The Chief Engineer in the Ministry of Works Engineer Samson Bagonza has requested the Anti Corruption Court for a lighter sentence following his conviction on charges of causing financial loss to the government during works when Uganda was preparing to host CHOGM, the Commonwealth heads of Government Meeting in November 2007. This followed a guilty […]
There is reported tension in Burundi as the country conducts its much awaited elections on Monday June 28th. Six candidates from opposition political parties have all pulled out of the elections citing manipulation by president Piere Nkurunziza whom they accuse of rigging the elections before it took place. Burundi which is just recovering from a […]
The prime Minister of Uganda, Prof. Apollo Nsibambi has asked called for tough measures against non-governmental organizations that fail to account for government and donor funds. Nsibambi was speaking on Monday during the 3rd review meeting of the Peace Recovering and Development Programme taking place at Hotel Africana in Kampala. The report presented by the […]
The European Union has given Uganda a grant of over 85 billion shillings for the purpose of revamping agriculture in the Karamoja region of eastern Uganda and Northern Uganda. The Permanent Secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister, Pius Bigirimana has told journalists at Parliament that the money from European Union will also be used to […]
Women activists in Uganda have blamed the media for frustrating the ambitions of women in politics and also contributing to their failure to win elections through discouraging coverage of women. The former Coordinator of the Uganda Women’s Network, Solome Nakaweesi Kimbugwe has told Ultimate Media that during elections, women candidates for the various electoral posts […]
The 2010 Bayimba International Festival of Music Arts is set to take place from Septemeber 17th to September 19th 2010 at the National Theatre in Kampala Uganda. Prior to the festival, workshops will be held between 1st and 16th September for all those interested in participating at the music festival to prepare them for their […]
The Former Managing Director of the National Social Security Funds, Prof. Mondo Kagonyera has blamed the failure of NSSF to follow the right procedures in procuring 60 cars worth over 30 billion shillings on the heads of the procurement committee, contracts committee of NSSF who were directly in charge of the purchase of the cars. The […]
The Secretary General of Uganda’s rulling party, the National Resistance Movement John Patrick Amama Mbabazi has today been criticizedby the Member of Parliament for Lwemiyaga County Theodore Ssekikubo for alleged abuse of office and using the position for personal gain. The MP says Mbabazi exhibited abuse of office by printing his photo on the party’s […]
Hundreds of hopeful actors have today turned up at the National Theatre in Uganda to participate in the BBC Auditions of radio drama that BBC intends to run. This comes after BBC put up an African Performance Playwriting competition in which the first, second and third prize were all won by Ugandan writers. As a […]
Uganda has received a loan of about 200 billion to implement the activities of the second phase of the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund. The Permanent Secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister, Pious Bigirimana has told journalists at the office of the Prime Minister that that the key objective of the second phase […]