MPS have warned President Yoweri Museveni to stop being the first person to go to trouble spot on the African continent. This followed the media reporting that president Museneni is engaging heads of state for southern Sudan and Khartoum government who are guarantors of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in a bid to contain the escalating conflict between […]
The Member of Parliament for Aswa County in Gulu district Regan Okumu has asked parliament to divide the UPDF MPS into two groups while sitting in the chamber of the parliament. Okumu made the demand while contributing during the orientation of MPS on Rules of procedure at parliament. He said that the five army mps […]
Students accompanied by their parent today jammed the streets of fort portal municipality in Kabarole district as they headed to school to kick start the second term of the 2011 academic year. Business was in high gear at Mpanga markets among other supper markets as students made their final shopping expected to last them for […]
The Woman MP for Mityana district Sylvia Namabidde has called upon government and parliament to give health sector the first priority if Uganda is to develop. Speaking to journalists at parliament Namabidde said that poor health has been a major hindrance of development and therefore it should be tackled seriously. She also noted that the […]
A commission established to probe over alleged mismanagement of funds at the Uganda Wildlife Authority appears to have got stuck after witnesses failed to testify. The commission was instituted to carry on inquiry in the way the Uganda Wildlife Authority utilized the 35 million dollars secured from the World Bank and the government of Uganda […]
In a bid to improve service delivery in the judicial sector, High court in Kampala has enrolled over 150 new lawyers at the court premise. The exercise was conducted by the deputy registrar of this court Ashaf Ntege on Thursday. The council has vowed to competently execute their duties given the fact that it is […]
As schools begin their second term on Monday 23rd May 2011 primary schools in Kabarole district have recruited over 100 teachers to solve the problem of inadequate teachers especially in government aided schools. According to the Kabarole District Education officer, Balinda Christopher, numerous vacancies for teachers were advertised so as to solve a long-existing problem […]
The assistant director financial stability at the central bank, Robert Mwebazize has revealed the banks plan to amend the Financial Institutions Act 2004 in a bid to create a regulatory frame work to monitor micro finance deposit institutions (MDI) just like other financial institutions. Mwebabazize states that the proposed changes were forwarded to the finance ministry for […]
The Bank of Uganda has expressed concern at the surging inflation rates in the country which have now reached 14.1% from 11.1% in the year ended March 2011. The Director, research at BOU, Dr. James Mugume notes that annual core inflation nudged to 9.7% for the year ending April 2011 from 7.8% in the year ending March 2011. Mugume also says that inflationary rate […]
Opposition mp Odonga otto that was beaten by Jacob Oulanya of NRM on the post of deputy speaker of parliament has conceded defeat and said he will closely work with his opponent. Otto however says that the public shouldn’t expect much from the opposition side as they cannot do much to check the executive since […]