The residents of Kawempe North are asking government to compensate them for the over four years they have not been utilizing their land. The land in question was acquired by the Kenya-Uganda Pipeline Extension Project. The angry residents were appearing before the parliamentary committee on natural resources to defend their petition on the said project […]
Luwero district Woman MP Brendah Nabukenya is not taking the court decision lying down. She has decided to file an appeal with the High Court over her quashed application for criminal summons against the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Aronda Nyakairima. Nabukenya had gone to court accusing the General of making comments about the possibility […]
Uganda’s first lady, Janet Museveni also minister for Karamoja Affairs says she is ready to appear before the public accounts committee of parliament. The committee is currently investigating the mismanagement of the PRDP funds in the office of the prime minister. This comes after members of this committee disagreed on whether or not she should […]
Uganda Peoples Defense Forces officers operating in the Rwenzori region have today cleaned a number of urban centers and health facilities ahead of the Tarehe sita celebrations set for tomorrow. The 2nd Division Puplic Relations Officer Lt. Ninsiima Rwemizuma said that the army men and women cleaned the towns and health centers to re-affirm their […]
Uganda has taken vital steps in stopping Female Genital Mutilation also known as female circumcision, a cultural practice in some communities. The country joins the rest of the world to mark the day against Female Genital Mutilation on Wednsday. The day that is meant to promote zero tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, is marked every […]
A 42 year old mother is Speciaza Nambooze is asking for help to treat her children who got injured in an accident along the Mityana-Mubende road on Sunday. The accident that involved a commuter taxi left atleast 5 people dead, some of them students returning to school. Namboze too, and her children were heading back […]
The probe into the scam at the office of the prime minister continues to unearth irregularities. The public accounts committee has today grilled two more suppliers of the Office of the Prime Minister. They are Zephaniah Robuk the director of Salgado Enterprises and Fabian Cassie the managing director Centenary Bank. The committee chaired by Jinja […]
The Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has called for regular attendance and effective time management by the legislators. This she says will help reduce the heavy backlog which has affected the parliamentary Calendar. In her opening remarks as Parliament reopened on Tuesday, Kadaga observed that a lot of business scheduled for completion by the end of the […]
Court has dismissed an application for criminal summons against the Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Aronda Nyakairima. Nakawa Chief Magistrate Joyce Kabagi has dismissed the application filed by Luweero Woman MP, Brenda Nabukenya on grounds that it was filed in a wrong court which has no jurisdiction to handle the matter. The magistrate also said […]
The Acting commissioner, Uganda Human Rights commission Dr. Katebalirwe Amooti says although they recognize that the Uganda electoral commission has challenges, some of them beyond their control, little has been done to improve the handling of the election process. He was speaking as Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate the international human […]