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FDC embarks on party restructuring

FDC embarks on party restructuring

POLITICS The process of restructuring Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party structures in villages and districts is ongoing and so far, it has been done well in Luwero district says John Kikonyogo the FDC deputy spokesperson. Addressing a press conference on Monday at the FDC headquarters in Najjanakumbi, Kikonyogo informed journalists that the party has […]

Poisonous cassava kills nine in North Eastern Uganda

Poisonous cassava kills nine in North Eastern Uganda

Government has confirmed nine people to have died of consumption of poisonous cassava plants in districts of Bugiri ,Busia and Tororo. This was disclosed by the Minister of Agriculture Vincent Sempijja while responding to the concerns raised by the MP for Tororo county south Fredrick Angura and Kumi municipality MP Silas Aorgon over the people […]

Parliament approves Government loan to fund MATIP 2

Parliament approves Government loan to fund MATIP 2

Parliament has approved a loan, authorizing Government to borrow USD 84.2million from the African Development Bank to finance Phase 2 of the Market and Agriculture Trade Improvement Programme (MATIP 2). The programme aims at tackling market infrastructure development, value addition and trade facilitation. It will be implemented over a five year period in nine municipalities […]

FDC members accuse Nandala of not picking phone calls

Monday has been hot in Busia district in eastern Uganda as business came to standstill as one of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC)’s presidential candidate Nandala Mafabi entered the town. The race to replace Col. Kiiza Besigye as the FDC party president has three candidates: Nandala Mafabi, Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu and MP Geoffrey Ekanya. […]

Amin’s family denies organizing alcohol tournament

The 54th son of the former president of Uganda, Late Iddi Amin Dada, Taban Amin has denied media reports that one of their family members organised an alcohol tournament and in the process one of the participants ‘kicked the bucket.’ Taban says that the tournament was organised by another person and Sadiq Amin, a grandson of […]