Youths in the country are vehemently against the plan by MPs to have tremendous increase in their salaries and allowances which they say is a sign of selfishness. According to the national chairman of the Commonwealth Youth Council, Kavuma Samuel, MPs should hold on to their plan since the country is under economic crisis. MPs recently met under closed doors […]
Some members of the Parliament appointments committee, currently scrutinizing and vetting President Museveni’s ministerial appointments seems uncomfortable with the age bracket of all Deputy Prime Ministers. The first Deputy Premier, Eriya Kategaya told journalists waiting for him outside of the committee room that Leader of Opposition Nandala Mafabi has questioned his age. Mafabi reportedly said […]
Leading opposition party, Forum for Democratic Change has said that the full list of the shadow cabinet is slated to be out on Wednesday this week after the completion of all the pending processes. Speaking to the press today, FDC’s secretary for publicity, Hon. Philip Wafula Ogutu states that, the leader of opposition, Nathan Nandala Mafabi is expected to name the new shadow […]
Former vice president Professor Gilbert Bukenya has been summoned by Anti-corruption court on charges related to expenditures for the 2007 common Heads of Government Meeting. Bukenya who was the chairman of cabinet sub-committee on CHOGAM faces charges of abuse of office. He has also been sued jointly with Motor Care Uganda LTD on alleged charges […]
The business communities have expressed concern on the high cost of doing business in Uganda. Speaking at the presidential round table, the chairman Uganda investment Authority, Patrick Bitatule said they are faced with a number of challenges such as the cost of registering the business infrastructure, electricity bills, water among others. He says although Uganda […]
Daniel Kazibwe a.k.a Ragga Dee’s musical journey dates as far back as 1988 though it was during the 1990s and the first eight years of the twenty first century that saw Ragga dee soar to heights he may never reach again as a musician. With hits like Bamusakata, Kamukube Mpeeta, Letter O and Oyagala cash […]
The members of the ninth (9th) parliament will each be given a car worth 192 million shillings to facilitate them in implementation of their duties and government programs. The 375 members of parliament have been valued to cost over76 billion shillings. According to Justine Kasule Lumumba, an outgoing member of the parliamentary Commission, the law […]
The government has been urged to provide special funding to institutions especially those offering practical and technical skills as the means to tackle unemployment among the youth. Officiating at the 13th graduation ceremony of Tinner International School of Beauty, the Executive director of the school Ruth Kibirige said practical training centre’s which could help youth […]
As the country awaits the reading for the national Budget for the financial year 2011/2012, there are sections of population who are raising key issues that should be the main focus of the national budget One of such groups is the HIV/AIDS activists who have called for the need to increase in the budget allocation […]
President Yoweri Museveni has directed the new Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi to ensure creation of new seed board to be established within the next two months in the ministry of agriculture. The functions of the board would be collection, management, and storage of seeds that would be grown the next season of bumper harvest in […]