Members of the East African Community have been reminded to expedite the process of amending their laws in order to comply with the region’s Common Market Protocol for their people to maximize the benefits of this trade arrangement. Speaking ahead of the 4th session of the East African Legislative Assembly starting tomorrow at the Uganda […]
The civil society has warned that the space for expression is to be further curtailed by the recent efforts by government to monitor communication via internet. As Uganda prepares to join the rest of the world to mark the Internet freedom Day slated tomorrow, the Unwanted Witness Uganda a local Human Rights body has released […]
Some MPS of the have hit back at presundet Museveni’s letter which was asking parliament to shelve the Bill Like Marriage and Divorce Bill halt Homosexuality Bill until further in-depth scrutiny of the Bill but not to hurry. The MPs says President Museveni is just looking for cheap popularity from the donors; yet Uganda has […]
The permanent secretary of the ministry of water and Environment David Obongo has demanded parliament for allocation of funds to purchase a weather radar equipment to solve on the problems of giving inaccurate weather daily predictions . Appearing before the Public accounts committee David Obongo said that absence of a weather radar should not be […]
Court sitting in Bushenyi presided over by the chief magistrate Birungi Hebert has convicted whitch doctor to 368 days or to pay one 1.8 million over driving a car without driving permit and other six charges. Court heard that on 28th of august 2013 Tumwesigye Robert 38 years a whitch doctor a resident of Ruburizi […]
The head of human trafficking department of police, Moses Binoga has revealed to the media the arrest of three of the country’s notorious human traffickers with more than four still at large being hunted. Among those arrested at the Special Investigations Unit include a one Aisha Musoke aged 35, Ziwa Henry aged 27, with Bagala […]
In a bid to create peace and harmony in the long troubled Somali land, Uganda’s police boss, Gen. Kale Kayihura together with his counterpart from Somalia, Brig. Adbihakim Dahir have signed an agreement that will see Uganda’s police forces provide training to Somalia’s police forces. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Gen. Kare stated that this […]
The parliamentary committee on Defence and Internal Affairs has again summoned the Defence minister Dr. Crispus Kiyonga and the Attorney General Peter Nyombi over the mandate of the UPDF in South Sudan. This followed a report of Ugandan soldiers have died in the ongoing war in troubled country, yet the Parliament was informed that the […]
Members of the Uganda Olympics committee have asked parliament to allocate more money to the Olympic Games as Ugandan athletes prepare to participate in the common wealth games due in July this year. The president of the Olympics committee William Blick made the appeal at the function were the minister of education Jessica Alupo handed […]
High Court Judge Yasin Nyanzi has set 24th of this month to decide whether he disqualifies himself from hearing the application filed by the lord Mayor Erias Lukwago that requires the review of the tribunal report. This comes after the Attorney General represented by Martin Mwambustya during a closed door session asked the judge to […]