The president of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has visited his counterpart in Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli to straighten trade relations between the two countries. President Museveni was , today, welcomed by Magufuli himself at the Julius Nyerere International Airport from where they headed to State House Dar es Salaam for talks. Last week, Tanzania announced it would […]
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and his former deputy as well as the country’s main rebel group leader Riek Machar have signed a ceasefire and power-sharing agreement puting an end to a prolonged civil war. “I call on everyone as a leader of South Sudan that this agreement which we have signed today should be […]
The new Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party president Patrick Oboi Amuriat has made changes within the party in which Winnie Kizza has been sidelined as leader of opposition in Parliament.After Kizza’s two year service, the president has resolved to replace her with Gulu Woman MP Betty Aol Ochan. In a Press conference convened at the FDC party […]
“Unfortunately, our judges in Uganda spend more time on form and not substance, on procedure and not substance” is one of the many controversial statements that President Museveni said in response to the the recent judgement on the Age-limit. In a statement released on his website, he took a swipe at the judges and boasted […]
Indian Prime minister, Nandera Modi, has arrived in Uganda for two days visit before flying to South Africa for the 10th Brazil, Russia,India, China and South Africa (BRICS) summit. Modi’s visit is intended to strengthen the ties between Uganda and India that were damaged during Idd Amin’s regime as well as removing the imbalances in […]
By Imran Bataliwo The Speaker of parliament Hon. Rebecca Kadaga has ruled that the house will not interfere with mobile money and social media taxes. Rebecca Kadaga was expected to comment on whether the August house could put on hold and act after government rejected demands from the MPs to suspend the implementation of the […]
By Becky Kisozi Naluyima LC 1 Elections in Nansana Municipality in Wakiso district yesterday afternoon turned into chaos and voting at many polling centers was cancelled until further notice. In several villages, voters turned rowdy, accusing some of the candidates of ferrying voters from outside villages. The Mayor of Nansana Municipality, Regina Bakite confirmed these allegations […]
Presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Omar el Bashir of Sudan and Salva Kiir of South Sudan held talks at State House, Entebbe regarding the peace process in South Sudan. The leader of Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition, Mr. Riek Machar, also attended the talks. In comments after the talks ended this evening, the Minister […]
This follows an outcry and anger from the citizens who, rather than make mobile money transactions as was before the taxes, prefer to use public means such as motorcycles, taxis to transfer money as they found it cheaper to travel than incur the extra costs that come with the tax. For social media, users have […]
President Yoweri Museveni has emphasized the need for the integration of the East African Community (EAC) saying that three crucial areas that encompass prosperity, strategic security as well as the heritage and identity of the region’s people are the major objectives of the regional bloc. “We need to ensure our prosperity through production of goods […]