The inter-Religious council has asked the government to come-up clearly and explain the exact causes of food and fuel prices in the country and come up with possible remedies. While chairing a two day Post-Election conference at Hotel African, the Mufti of Uganda Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje says it’s not enough for the government to […]
Young people in Uganda have spoken out loudly about their love for hip hop music by naming hip hop artists as their leading musciains in the Buzz Teenies Awards held over the weekend. Hip hop stars Navio, GNL Zamba, Emcee Keko were the biggest winners of the event at the Lugogo Hockey Grounds. Navio was […]
The government of Uganda has alleged that there is illegal gold trade carried out between unscrupulous Ugandans and Kenyan nationals in north eastern Uganda. George Obia, the Karamoja Police Spokesperson says that some Kenyans have been reported entering Uganda illegally to mine gold in Nakapiripirit district with assistance from the locals. Obia says the police […]
The ministry for health is in the final stages of introducing new female condoms on the Ugandan market. According to the chairperson of the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS, Beatrice Rwakimaari, the new development comes after complaints were registered against female condoms where women were shunning them. Addressing journalists at parliament, Rwakimaari says the women are […]
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) vice president, Salam Musumba has revealed that the party president, Rt.Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye is set to return back to Uganda on Wednesday morning aboard Kenya airlines. According to the party’s top brass, Besigye is expected to touch down at 9am from the Kenyan capital Nairobi where he has been receiving treatment after he was spread […]
Members of Parliament are looking for a way forward in a bid to finding a solution to the impasse that is currently being experienced in the country. Initially at the start of the Session, the Government presented a video footage that showed and depicted Dr Kiiza Besigye wielding a hammer and later spraying pepper to […]
Renowned anti-gay activist Pastor Martin Sempa has appealed to the Parliamentary legal affairs Committee to expeditiously pass the Anti- Homosexuality bill. During his submission to the Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Sempa says that they agreed under the Uganda Joint Christian Council to remove the death penalty from the bill because it was not […]
Preparations for swearing in ceremony of Members of the 9th Parliament have kicked off at parliament. The newly elected MPs have started receiving invitation cards for the ceremony which will last for three days starting May 16th -18th 2011. The deputy spokes person of parliament Jotham Taremwa says that because of lack of space to […]
The opposition has put up a reward of one million shillings for the arrest of police officer Gilbert Arinaitwe who led the violent arrest of Forum for Democratic Change President Dr. Kizza Besigye. This has been announced by the the shadow minister for internal affairs Hussein Kyanjo while briefing journalists at parliament on the letter containing the demands the […]
Journalists and media practitioners in Uganda on Tuesday joined their colleagues all over the world to mark the World Press Freedom Day. As part of the events to mark the WPFD, a press freedom day panel discussion has been organised to discuss issues pertaining to press freedom and new media in Uganda. The panel discussion […]