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UN Mission in South Sudan Boss Steps Down
The United Nation’s Special Representative and Head of the Mission in South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Løj has written to the world’s body’s headquarters in New York stating announcing her retirement next...
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Uganda, South Sudan Police Chiefs Hold Talks in Kampala
Police chiefs from Uganda and South Sudan have Saturday held bilateral talks in Kampala to follow up on the joint operations as agreed in a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2013. Top on agenda was...
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Minister Mutuuzo to Retable ‘Marriage and Divorce Bill’ as ‘Marriage Bill’
The State Minister for Gender and Culture, Peace Mutuuzo has assured women activists under the Uganda Women Network (UWONET) that her Ministry will take it upon itself to have the contraversial...
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Mbarara: Woman Arrested for Stealing 2-day-old Baby
Police in Mbarara is holding a 28yr old woman suspected of stealing a toddler from Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. The Hospital Director Celestine Barigye said that Kiconco Monica (mother of the...
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School Children Survive Accident In Mbarara
Police in Mbarara is investigating circumstances under which a Fuso Truck rammed into a Toyota Premio on the Mbarara – Masaka road yesterday, injuring one person. The Rwizi regional traffic officer...
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Kadaga Voted Chair of African Parliaments at IPU Assembly
Speaker of Parliament Hon Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has been elected to head the African Geo-Political Group at the ongoing International Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Geneva. The IPU Assembly...
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Customer Feedback Key to Better Service Delivery, Says NWSC Boss Mugisha
The Managing Director of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC), Eng. Dr. Silver Mugisha has urged all Utility leaders in the country to engage their customers and get feedback if they are...
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ICC Speaks Out on Burundi, South Africa Exit
The President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Sidiki Kaba, has expressed regret over the withdrawal of Burundi and South Africa from the...
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Umeme to Introduce ‘Oilless’ Transformers
Umeme, the company responsible for electric power distribution in Uganda is set to introduce Transformers that don’t use oil, as part of its efforts to conserve the environment. The development was...
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Football Fraternity Pays Glowing Tribute to Fallen Sports Journalist Luwandagga
The eulogies during the requiem mass held at the Namirembe Cathedral on Monday morning depicted the life that fallen veteran sports journalist Andrew Patrick Luwandagga lived. The cathedral was filled...
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Museveni to Zambian Opposition: Stop Trouble, Contribute to Development
President Yoweri Museveni has advised Zambian opposition leaders against sabotaging government programs saying that they should join the struggle to develop their country. “Stop Trouble and contribute...
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Africell, Kira Road Police Station Partners in Road Safety Campaign
Africell Uganda has joined hands with the Kira Road Police station to promote road safety. The telecom offered a free well connected police booth that will aid the police in executing their community...
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PM Rugunda Urges Scientists to Innovate for Ordinary Citizens
Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda has made an appeal to scientists to make their innovations more valuable and improve the quality of livelihoods of ordinary Ugandans. He said that African countries...
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Makerere: 15 Suspended for Invading Girls’ Hall of Residence
Makerere University has suspended 15 students for invading Mary Stuart, a female students’ university hall of residence and destroying property including chairs, cups, plates, dining tables, doors and...
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MAK Academic Registrar Under Fire over Kato Lubwama’s Admission
Makerere University Academic Registrar, Alfred Masikye is coming under fire for clearing Rubaga South Member of Parliament, Paul Kato Lubwama’s ‘wanting’ academic documents ahead of election...
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Three Foreign Suitors in Talks With Govt to Capitalize Crane Bank
Government is in negotiations with three foreign ‘suitors’ to capitalize troubled Crane Bank whose management was last week taken over by Bank of Uganda, the Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has...
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DP Blasts Gov’t Over Crane Bank Troubles
Opposition Democratic Party has expressed concern over the sudden take over of Crane Bank, saying the move would significantly hurt Uganda’s struggling economy. “The Democratic Party believes that the...
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Electoral Reforms: DP Threatens to Leave IPOD
Opposition Democratic Party (DP) have threatened to leave the Parliamentary Interparty Platform for Dialogue (IPOD) if no agreement is reached on implementation of the desired Electoral reforms, such...
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URA Arrests Kenyan with Stolen Car, Enroute to Congo
Tax governing body, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has Tuesday netted a Kenyan National with a stolen car as he made his way to Democratic Republic of Congo. The development was revealed by the...
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Kadaga Warns Against Human Rights Abuse
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga who has just been elected Chairperson of the African Geo-Political Group at the ongoing International Parliamentary Union (IPU), has spoken against human...
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