Gossip

Sudhiru Rupereria’s buildings cut off power

The government of Uganda ’s failure to subsidize power to support power producers has impacted negatively on the businesses of Kampala ’s property mogul, Sudhiru Rupereria. The information coming from Equatorial Hotel and City house building among others  indicate that many times the premises of the wealthy man can stay without power for very many […]

Police in Uganda to grow own food

The Uganda police force is set to start growing its own food due to high cost of food across the country. We have heard that the inspector general of police Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura has instructed the force’s director for research, Julius Sharita to find land on which all police officers and men will be […]

Man arrested for punching wife

The police have arrested a man in Kiryankuyega village in Mbirizi trading centre in Lwengo district over punching his wife. James Kayondo, a carpenter working in Mbirizi reportedly punched his wife Suzan Nakisekka. Nakisekka reported her husband this morning at Mbirizi police station. She says that her husband punched her last night when he returned […]

Government to cut Kampala into smaller units

The government is again planning to chop Kampala and other areas into smaller political administrative units. Currently Kampala is made up of five divisions. These are Nakawa, Makindye, Kampala Central, Kawempe and Lubaga division. We hear that the government wants to divide the above divisions into more units because of their big population.  President Museveni’s […]

Uganda demonstrators to be tried in military courts

Uganda is soon making a law to have people arrested during political related demonstrations charged in military court marital courts. This is because the Uganda laws are so weak and they don’t punish the demonstrators. According to the meeting held yesterday at statehouse, it was resolved that putting demonstrators before court martial is the right […]

Government to buy bicycles for LCI chairpersons

Although the money to buy the first batch of bicycles for LCI chairpersons across the country was embezzled last financial year, the government has not yet forgotten the LCI executives. We are reliably informed that the government has bought the second batch of bicycles for LCI chairpersons across the country. The sources in the line […]

Statehouse: Load shedding to end next year

Although UMEME has been sending messages on peoples’ phones that the people of Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono districts among others are to continue facing frequent outages because the ‘Mutundwe’ power station is under restoration, we have learnt that this information is not true. An impeccable source at statehouse intimated to us that the agreement which […]

Uganda demonstrators to be judged in military courts

Uganda is soon making a law to have people arrested during political related demonstrations charged in military court marital courts. This is because the Uganda laws are so weak and they don’t punish the demonstrators. According to the meeting held yesterday at statehouse, it was resolved that putting demonstrators before court martial is the right […]

Government to issue stamps for LCs

The era of each LCI village council across the country to print its own stamp or stamps is soon coming to an end. This is because many LCI executives have been abusing the right given to them to make their own stamps. Many LCI executives especially chairpersons, vice chairpersons, and secretaries have been holding different […]

Uganda Parliament to host inter parliament union

The Parliament of Uganda will host the 126th Inter Parliamentary Union meeting from March 31 to April 4th, 2012 in Kampala. Uganda Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga tells us that Uganda Parliament is ready to receive the over 1500 delegates from 160 countries during the inter parliament union. Ms Kadaga says that even all Ugandans […]