Ugandan politicians asked to stop hate campaign

The Minister of Uganda for Trade, Tourism and Industry, Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire has asked Uganda’s opposition politicians to stop hate campaigns. He says the government of Uganda is about to order police to arrest and charge people with hate speech while addressing people on functions, political rallies, churches and in bars. Otafiire was addressing […]

Booze blamed for rising crime in Uganda

Ultimate Media Police have embarked on a community policing programme in Kampala and other parts of the country in a bid to curb the escalating crime in Uganda. The programme follows bomb blasts in Kampala last weekend that left over 80 people dead and hundreds admitted in hospitals with fatal wounds. It also follows cases […]

Catholic bishop cautions against evil

Ultimate Media The Archbishop of Kampala Catholic Archdiocese, Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has told Ugandans to be patient, tolerant and avoid evil activities like rape, murder and jealousy. He says Ugandans like all people in the world have a lot of choices to make but those choices need Jesus’ guidance. He was meeting Makerere University […]

Katikkiro calls Ugandans to create own jobs

The Prime Minister (Katikkiro) of Buganda, Eng. John Baptist Walusimbi has called upon the people of Buganda and Uganda to create their own jobs. He says during the 1960s the government would make sure that it gets jobs for all graduates. Addressing students of Makerere University who met him at Bulange Mengo, the seat of […]

MP hails Museveni for new districts

The MP for Kalungu, Lule Mayiya has commended President Museveni for granting Kalungu, Kole, Maracha, Lwengo, Bukomansimbi, Gomba and other areas district status. He says Ugandans are so grateful to President Museveni for creating many districts in different parts of the country. MP Mawiya says creating new districts is a long cherished peoples demand across […]

Nambooze warns opposition parties against forming cliques

The MP for Mukono North, Betty Nambooze has warned opposition parties against forming cliques. She urges them to embark on the common goal of removing President Museveni and his National Resistance Movement government from power. Speaking to journalists today in Kampala, Nambooze said nursing cliques will favour the ruling National Resistance Movement government to win […]

Besigye urges religious leaders to participate in politics

The president of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Col. Kiiza Besigye has said religious leaders should join politics since they make important decisions in society. He says everyone including President Museveni understands that religious leaders make important decisions concerning development and they should not be blocked from participating in politics. Besigye says religious leaders are […]

Minister Bbumba is a blocked straw, says Nakaseke LC 5 boss

The LC5 chairperson of Nakaseke district, Ignatius Koomu has described Uganda’s minister of Finance, Hajjiti Syda Bbumba as a blocked drinking straw. This comes after Bbumba has declared to finance Koomu’s political rival, Edward Nsamba to unseat him. Bbumba was the first person to call Koomu a blocked straw who could no longer bring development […]

EASSI begins campaign for an East African Protocol on Gender Equality

The East African Sub- regional Support Initiative has began the campaign for an East African Protocol on Gender Equality. The Campaign will principally aim at advocating, lobbying and sensitization on a unifying and binding legal instrument that consolidates into one document the broader international and regional policies and laws that advocate for gender law. EASSI […]

Uganda declares seven days of mourning bomb victims

The president o Uganda, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has announced that the government has declared a seven day mourning period to remember people who perished in Sunday’s three bomb blasts that rocked two Kampala suburbs watching the 2010 FIFA world cup finals. According to Beatrice Wabudeya, the Minister for the Presidency, the seven day mourning […]