Rally Drivers to Spice up City Fest
A few days to the annual Kampala Capital city Authority Festival scheduled for Sunday 2nd October 2016, the organizers have introduced a new innovation to spice up the event. In this year’s event, the...
View ArticleMinister Lokodo Warns Ahead of Saturday ‘Gay Pride Match’
The Minister for Ethics and Integrity, Rev. Fr. Simon Lokodo has said that the police will continue to thwart any activities intended to promote Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) movement...
View ArticleIbanda Prisoners in Road Accident; One Dead
Prisoners from Nyabuhikye Prison in Ibanda district on Monday evening were involved in a terrible accident after the vehicle they were traveling in failed negotiate a corner and overturned. The...
View ArticleDefence Ministry Honours Chinese Ambassador to Uganda
The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs Hon. Adolf Mwesige has thanked the outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Uganda, H.E Zhao Yali for the cooperation in defence between the People’s Republic of China...
View ArticleUPC To Sue Orient Bank Over Frozen Account
Uganda Peoples’ Congress (UPC) under the administration of Lira Municipality legislator, Jimmy Michael Akena is weighing legal action against Orient Bank, accusing the institution of illegally freezing...
View ArticleRDC To Arrest Early Campaigners in MP Race
Ibanda Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Erastus Tukamuhebwa has vowed to apprehend potential contenders in the MP race for Ibanda Municipality, who are involved in premature campaigning activities...
View ArticleGov’t Urged to Expedite National Policy on Religious Organisations
Religious leaders from Eastern Uganda have welcomed the proposal by government to draft a National policy on religious and faith based organizations in Uganda, calling for its fast tracking. The policy...
View ArticleGovernment Lab Shocks Parliament with Fake Land Title
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee was shocked yesterday when officials from the Government Analytical Laboratory presented a fake land title for its head offices in Wandegeya-Kampala. Led by...
View ArticleUgandans to Start Paying to Listen to Radio
As part of the ongoing digital migration process, Ugandans are set to start paying to listen to radios, the way it is with televisions, Chimpreports has learnt. Uganda officially migrated to digital...
View ArticleMayor Lukwago Denies Saleh’s Shs 3bn Offer
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has described as ‘psychologically disturbing’ and ‘baseless’, reports that he is quietly benefiting from a secret state fund, Chimp Corps report. Lukwago said such...
View ArticleNWSC Fines Kabale Tycoon Sh. 50M for Water Theft
A top businessman in Kabale Municipality Bernard Turyasingura has been fined Shs. 50 million by the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) for stealing water for the last two years. NWSC...
View ArticleMan Attempts Suicide at Garden City
Barely a month after 17 year old Mustafa Lule attempted suicide by jumping off one of Kampala’s tallest buildings, Mabirizi complex, another Ugandan has Thursday jumped off a building at Garden City...
View ArticleUCC Boss Mutabazi Irked by ‘Foreign’ Social Media
Uganda Communication Commission Executive Director Eng. Godfrey Mutabazi has said that despite the Ugandan media being one of the most liberalized, he feels irked by some people who misuse social media...
View ArticleLukwago says Gov’t Owes Him Shs500M for Closing his Office
Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago has said government owes him arrears totaling to Shs560 million that accumulated when his office was illegally closed for 3 years. Lukwago was thrown out of office in...
View ArticleMarginalizing Women, Girls Leads to Unbalanced Growth – Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni has said education and rural transformation can help empower the girl child and push women’s progress for a better society. He said marginalizing girls in the field of...
View ArticlePM Rugunda Meets Donors, Reacts to Suspension of World Bank Funds
A week after World Bank suspended further release of financial aid towards government projects citing low absorption and poor implementation, Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda has noted that government...
View ArticleKadaga Clarifies on Cash for MPs’ Medals
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has clarified that the money used to procure medals for over 1,000 current and old legislators, was secured four years ago and not picked from this year’s...
View ArticleGovernment Distances Self from $10, 000 Cranes Promise
Government has denied ever promising any financial gift to the Uganda Cranes team as a token of appreciation for making it to the continental competition the African Cup of Nations. Uganda Cranes made...
View ArticleGovernment Hands Out Shs 40Bn to Women Loan Scheme
The government under the Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development on Thursday handed out Shs 43billions to the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) with hope to address the challenges...
View ArticleMbarara to Mark Community Policing Week
Police in the Rwizi region is will be joining the rest of the regions to celebrate the oncoming national community policing week. The police force is celebrating its transformation from the old...
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