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 […]
HRNJ: The safety and security of journalists in Uganda have witnessed its greatest decline to the lowest ebb says, the Press Freedom Index (PFI) report 2011. The report released today indicates that 55 journalists were subjected to different forms of violence singling out particularly physical attacks on individual journalists to be on rise with 36 […]
Kampala city council executive director Jenipher Musisi Semakula has said KCC administration is going to be restructured to ensure more efficiency and accountability. She has today announced that KCC corporate structure was undergoing review to ensure more defined roles for the staff. Semakula says the KCC administration will be divided into ten departments each with […]
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 Prime Minister Prof. Apollo Nsibambi become a subject of debate by parliament which demanded to know where he got powers to order ministers to hand over office before the expiry of their term. The house chaired by Speaker Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi which sat for a very brief period before adjourning to Tuesday, saw MPs […]
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 […]
Leading members of the opposition party FDC have walked smoothly from their areas of residence to the party headquarters in Najjanankubi for a meeting. One of the group plying the Jinja road route comprising of, Budadili west MP, Nathan Nandala Mafabi, Patrick Amuriat, led by the party chief mobilizer, Maj.Gen. Gregory Mugisha Muntu moved through the capital to the party […]
Women activists from different Women organization are appealing to the Government to intervene and reduce on the fuel prices that have made commodity prices shoot up to an extent that some women cannot afford prepare meals for their families. Through a walking procession in different towns of Kampala carrying placards with readings, Fuel prices must go […]
The legal and parliamentary affairs committee of parliament has entered its final day of conducting the public hearings on the controversial anti homosexuality bill. The chairperson of the committee Steven Tashobya says that the bill has been overshadowed by other government programs but says that it is high time parliament gives it a priority. He […]