3,000 Burundi, South Sudan Refugees Flee to Uganda
Refugees are arriving in Uganda from South Sudan tired and hungry due to the ongoing food insecurity situation in many parts of the country, a United Nations refugee agency told ChimpReports Monday....
View ArticleKaramoja MPs Urge Museveni to Retain Janet as Cabinet Minister
The First Lady and Minister for Karamoja Affairs Janet Museveni has urged Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Karamoja region to actively involve themselves in the monitoring of the food aid...
View ArticlePolice Warn Gashumba Over ‘One Million Walk’ Protests
The Uganda Police Force has warned outspoken activist and Kampala businessman Frank Gashumba over his ‘one million walk’ plan to the home of Dr Kizza Besigye. Gashumba last week said he was organizing...
View ArticleMbabazi Petition: Muwema Fires Back on Shs 900m Bribe
Controversial lawyer Fred Muwema has refuted media claims that the ruling government bribed him with a staggering Shs 900m to compromise the election petition in which Amama Mbabazi was challenging the...
View ArticleBesigye Close to His Freedom- Lukwago
Kampala’s elected Lord Mayor and lawyer Erias Lukwago has expressed hope that his client Dr. Kizza Besigye might be released from house arrest where he has been held without trial for more than a...
View ArticleRugunda to Cabinet: We’re Doing Poorly in Public Service Delivery
The Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Sekandi has urged civil servants in the country to work diligently if the action plans for the Financial Year 2015/16 are to be implemented. The Vice President was on...
View ArticleFDC: We Wouldn’t Share Power with NRM
Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has dismissed the possibility of engaging in talks with the ruling NRM party officials with the aim of sharing power. During the party’s weekly press...
View ArticleJinja: Police Officer Collapses Dead on Mission
By Andrew Nkwanga Corporal Alfred Munyoli 46, collapsed and died instantly after being picked from Jinja Central Police Station by police officers from Kampala, to help in the arrest of a...
View ArticleMbarara Residents Raid Town Clerks’ Office Over Garbage
Residents of Lugazi ward, Kakoba division in Mbarara municipality yesterday morning stormed the office of the town clerk Johnson Baryantuma Munono over garbage. The angry residents went to raise their...
View ArticleAnger as Kizza Besigye Case Takes New Twist
The hearing of a case in which FDC strongman Dr Kizza Besigye is challenging state’s decision to put him under what officials describe as ‘preventive house arrest’ has taken a new twist with the file...
View ArticleBesigye Proceeds to High Court Amid Protest
Opposition Forum for Democratic Change’s Col Dr. Kizza Besigye has instructed his lawyers to proceed to the High Court after the case he had filed before the Kasangati Magistrates Court was recalled....
View ArticleLawyer Muwema Writes to Facebook’s Zuckerberg Over TVO
City lawyer Fred Muwema is not relenting, following a social media buzz that branded him corrupt and accused him of betraying one of his clients — former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi. The claims posted...
View ArticleEC Announces New Polling Dates for Eastern Youth MP
The Electoral Commission has Tuesday announced that the polls for the Eastern Youth Representative in Parliament will be held on March 23 and 24. Members of the Electoral College who participate in the...
View ArticleDP Lures Independent Members Back Home
The Opposition Democratic Party (DP) is willing to receive back all party members that recently stood as independents in the concluded general elections, despite the party constitution calling for...
View ArticleKagame Replaces Intelligence Chief Karenzi Kareke
Rwanda President Paul Kagame has replaced the head of National Intelligence and Security Services Lt.Gen Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, Chimp Corps report. The powerful intelligence chief, who was recently...
View ArticleMPs Pay Tribute to Ex Busoga Premier Kiwagama
Members of Parliament have paid tribute to the fallen former Busoga kingdom Prime Minister William Wilberforce Kiwagama. The deceased also served as MP Bunya West County in Mayuge district. The late...
View ArticleClerics Want Museveni to Punish Discordant Minister Tumwesigye
Health Minister Dr Elioda Tumwesigye is on a collision course with religious leaders in his home district of Sheema in western Uganda, who accuse him of fanning sectarianism and causing animosity...
View ArticleNtagali Decries Violence, Calls for Tolerance in Easter Message
The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Stanley Ntagali has said that as the country celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter, the people should reflect on ways that would...
View ArticleUPC Worried, Besigye Might Never be Free
Opposition Uganda Peoples’ Congress (UPC) is worried the infringement on the rights of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) candidate, Dr. Kizza Besigye might never stop, following the court gymnastics...
View ArticleFDC’s Odonga Otto Wanted Invitation to Kyankwanzi
The Aruu County Member of Parliament, Samuel Odonga Otto is unhappy that for the 15 years he has been in service, he has never been to the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi. While paying his...
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