It is hard to believe that despite the economic crisis in Uganda, Makerere University is planning to raise its tuition structure. A source in academic registrar’s office, has told this journalist that Bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery is scheduled to raise to 1,450,000 shillings from 1,344,000 shillings. Bachelor of dental surgery goes to […]
Stories Unusual
Uganda Government wants MPs to start electing president
The people who have been planning to contest for president in 2016 should better read this first! An impeccable source at State House Nakasero has told this writer that there is a proposal for MPs to start choosing the country’s president. A source explains that this proposal is still under discussion. The ruling party wants […]
Moses Golola’s promoter denies running away with money
Kick boxer Moses Golola’s promoter, Patrick Kanyomozi has denied rumours in Kampala that he ran away with the gate collections in last week’s fight between Golola and Hungary’s Andras Nagy. Golola’s promoter has told our informers at Hotel Africana in Kampala that he has not run away with millions of Uganda shillings as it has […]
Democratic Party organising secretary Sulaiman Kidandala swears in as Kampala Deputy Mayor
The Deputy Lord Mayor of Kampala Capital City Authority, Sulaiman Kidandala has been sworn in today despite complaints from the minister for Kampala Kabakumba Masiko. The KCCA Executive Director Jennifer Musisi and other council technical officers failed to block his swearing in ceremony. Kidandala was sworn in amidst heavy police deployment and harassing of his […]
9Degrees bar boss fired over booze
The marketing manager of 9degrees bar on Jinja road, Mr. Valen Aggrey has been fired by his employers over booze. We hear that his employers chased him because he was boozing too much while on duty. In fact some of the workers say that Aggrey was boozing more than the customers he was meant to […]
We have been told that singer Jose Chameleone and his wife Dorotia are in fight over their child’s custody. Dorotia and Chameleone separated a couple of years when Chameleone married Daniella. The name of Chameleone’s child with Dorotia (Osea) is Ayla Mayanja. The lift between Chameleone and Dorotia started last week when Chameleone wanted Dorotia […]
Forum for Democratic Change’s head suspended
When the FDC leaders gathered yesterday at their Kampala district office located on city house building in Kampala, they indefinitely suspended their district chairperson, Livingstone Kizito over reported abuse of office. Kizito was suspended from the post of FDC Kampala district chairman pending investigations. Following the dismissal of Kizito, the FDC officials have warned the […]
UYD elections flop in bud
At the beginning of the month of September this year, the leadership of Uganda Young Democrats (UYD) announced as it was set to change its leadership direct from the village level to national level. The UYD electoral commission was being headed by Vincent Mayanja, the former parliamentary candidate in Lubaga south. Mayanja had called upon […]
Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi to deploy in Darfur
Uganda Peoples Defence Forces have started a training programme to prepare its soldiers for deployment to the African Union United Nations hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID). According to a source in the ministry of defence, Uganda will deploy in Darfur early next year as per UNAMID programme. We are reliably informed that UNAMID has requested […]
Lt. Col. Samson Mande enters Democratic Republic of Congo
Lt. Col. Samson Mande has been sighted in Kinshasha town of the Democratic Republic of Congo raising fears in the UPDF circles that he could be planning to invade Uganda. Mande is one of the UPDF dissidents who are believed to be planning an armed struggle on the legitimate government of Uganda. The Uganda government […]