The government has warned people from Bududa and neighbouring areas who are going to Kiryandongo to join the Budada people resettled there after landslides displaced thousands of them. The Minister of Distaster Preparedness, Musa Ecweru says that there are people from Bududa who were not affected by the landslides but have followed affected friends […]
Members of Political parties that form the Inter Party Cooperation have hit back at Michael Mabikke’s allegations that the IPC is a one man’s show. Mabikke who is the President of the Social Democrats Parts, one of the four parties in the IPC told journalists yesterday that the since Dr. Kizza Besigye was elected […]
The members of the Uganda Manufactures Association (UMA) have asked the East African Community to ensure water transport on Lake Victoria is opened to reduce the transport costs of goods from the coasts. The members say that it is expensive for landlocked countries to use road than water transport which necessitates the countries in […]
It is now 15 years since the idea of ‘Different BUT One’ annual Art Exhibition for staff of the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Art, was first conceived. I take the opportunity to applaud all those who have steadily and persistently kept the momentum of this very important event that has kept our […]
The former Managing Director of National Social Security Fund, David Chandi Jamwa has been found guilty of causing financial loss of 3 billion shillings to NSSF. Jamwa now faces the possibility of a 14 years sentence or fine of 6.7 million shillings or both, but he will be a happier man given that he was […]
One of the most notable politicians from northern Uganda, Col. Walter Ochora is dead. Ochora died Thursday at the International Hospital Kampala where he was undergoing treatment for an undisclosed illness. Ochora, 54, was the Resident District Commissioner of Gulu, and before that Chairman LC5 of Gulu district. He was very instrumental in the Juba Peace talks […]
David Otti, the Coach of Express FC is dead. He was 74. Otti died on Thursday at Case Hospital in Kampala following a sustained battle with diabetes. According to Hamid Juma, a close friend of the deceased, Otti collapsed today morning after he and his wife Faith had just returned to their home in […]
All roads will on Friday February 25th lead to Kololo Airstrip in Kampala as the National Resistance Movement members celebrate the victory of their flag bearer, President Yoweri Museveni in the just concluded Presidential elections. The Electoral Commission on Sunday declared Museveni to have won the 2011 Presidential elections by amassing over 68 percent […]
As technology continues to play a marked role in Uganda’s elections and politics, many Ugandans are currently in a rare happiness after receiving telephone calls from President Yoweri Museveni and sms messages from the president thanking them for voting him in the February 18th Presidential elections. In different parts of the country, people have […]
The Kampala city mayoral candidate Emanuel Tumusiime has called for police to arrest the perpetrators of fraud in yesterday’s failed elections. Tumusiime, who had cast his vote yesterday morning, says he was surprised to hear the announcement from the Electoral Commission that elections in Kampala had been cancelled due to elections irregularities and ballot […]