Kibaale District deputy RDC Emmy Ngabirano wants National Forestry Authority (NFA) to stop all its activities of evicting people out of the forest in which they encroached illegally until the 2016 elections are done. According to Ngabirano, evicting people from the forest even if they settled there illegally might cause unnecessary unrest, and disgust to the seating government. This comes […]
The Minister of Internal Affairs General Aronda Nyakairima has promised to be rough on any illegal brigade that is created to disrupt and do violence against the people in the 2016 elections. Aronda said that no brigade, whether that of Major Roland Kakoza Mutale or any other, will find a reason of being involved in the […]
The Ministry of defense has confirmed the death of 10 UDF officers during clashes with militant Islamist group al-Shabab in Janaale, Somalia. This was disclosed to parliament by the Minister of state for Defense, General Jeje Odong, while briefing Members of Parliament on the attack to the UPDF in Somalia. General Jeje said that Uganda lost […]
NRM MPs allegedly forging academic papers are in trouble after the party’s Electoral Commission headed by Tanga Odoi seeks critical information from the Uganda National Examinations Board [UNEB]. The national examinations board was approached by the party’s legal experts to avail them with crucial information in relation to particulars of the aspirants who are under […]
Drama ensued at Makerere University yesterday after a group of students attempted to block a meeting convened by embattled Makerere university LC 5 Councilor to pronounce his decision to contest for the same seat. During the same meeting, Benard Luyiga intended to clear the air on recent media reports that he was arrested for failing to clear a 10 million shillings […]
NRM party members and the party leaning members of parliament have pledged total support to the son in law to the president Odrek Rwabwogo to contest for the position of NRM party Vice Chairman for Western region. Rwabwogo will be facing off with the incumbent, Major General Matayo Kyaligonza and after meeting MPs at parliament Rwabogo said that […]
Kampala central Member of Parliament Mohamed Nsereko Zake says abandoning NRM party ticket for the same parliamentary seat will not affect him. This as Nsereko resolved not to participate in NRM party primaries; Nsereko says that he is waiting to tussle it out with NRM party candidate. He said that standing as independent Member of Parliament would be […]
Parliament resumes work in a special sitting today as the opposition members of parliament complain about the recall. Parliament was recalled from recess for a second time to handle important and pending urgent business from 1st – 3rd September 2015. Among the business on order paper to be handled included the NGO Bill, Creation of districts, Loan […]
The opposition parties in parliament have opposed to the recalling of parliament from recess for parliament work next week. In a statement to journalists the leader of opposition Wafula Oguttu said that the recall of parliament for urgent business from 1st – 3rd September 2015 shows confusion in government. The opposition is concerned that recalling Parliament […]
According to the International Coffee Organization (ICO) Statistics, Uganda upstaged Ethiopia in 2014/2015 to become Africa’s number one coffee exporter and seventh globally. Approximately 2.24million 60kg bags were exported by Uganda in the period. In order to consolidate these gains, Uganda has also received a $1.3 billion grant from USAID’s Feed the Future Initiative which seeks to […]