People have reacted differently to the Exposes by WikiLeaks and the arrest of the website’s founder Jualian Asange over alleged rape case. Some strongly condemn WikiLeaks and Asange for set out to steal public secrets and publishing them, while others have defended Wikileaks and Asange as doing a noble job in opening the lids on public secrets […]
Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied media reports that the government of Uganda is concerned about a looming war with Egypt. The Observer media today ran a headline story quoting statement by Uganda Ambassador Ibrahim Mukibi warning over a loaming war with Egypt over the use of River Nile waters. Mukibi is reported to […]
Small and Medium Entrepreneurs have asked government to offer them interest-free loans in order to improve the quality and quantity of their services. They say that the quality of their products is still low for international markets and they can solve the problem if they get financial support in form of soft loans from government. […]
The situation was paralyzed this morning when business men and women in Park Yard market in Kampala went on strike over failure by Kampala City Council to remove streets vendors from city center. The registered business men and women in the Park Yard Market picked sticks to beat up the street vendors saying they have taken […]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has hailed the agreement reached at the United Nations climate change talks in Cancún as an “important success for a world much in need of it,”. Known as the Cancún agreements, nations after a two week meeting agreed a package of decisions to help countries advance towards a low-emissions future, […]
The Uganda counter terrorism task force is still investigating suspected bomb making materials that were recovered from a bus at Uganda Revenue Authority headquarters in Nakawa. Police swung into action at around 8:30am today with police dogs that helped identify the materials on the bus that had just arrived in the URA premises. The URA […]
Tanzania’s Taifa stars beat CECAFA cup holders Uganda Cranes in the second semi final game played at Mkapa National Stadium on Friday. Tanzania beat Uganda 5-4 on penalties after the two teams failed to score a single goal in 120 minutes. All Tanzania’s players converted their penalties, and their keeper, Juma Kaseje saved Tony Maweje’s […]
Uganda Cranes will face another uphill task when they take on Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro Stars on Friday at 5pm in the second semi final match of the ongoing CECAFA Challenge cup taking place in Tanzania. Kilimanjaro Stars coach Jan Poulsen has already warned the Uganda Cranes to prepare for their first defeat in a long time, […]
Those planning public events should notify the police and involve security operatives or risk having their events stopped. The Kampala metropolitan police commander Andrew Sorowen today announced new regulations requiring all event organizers to get clearance from the police. He says the move is meant to protect the public against terror attacks following the July […]
The Uganda Electoral Commission has announced that it has finalized the process of cleaning the voters register ahead of the 2011 general elections. The Chairman of the EC, Dr. Badru Kiggundu says after a process of removing names of those who registered twice, the under age and the dead, the EC has now compiled a […]