Priest warned against participating in LC1 elections

Priest warned against participating in LC1 elections

The Luweero Anglican Bishop has directed priests not to contest and participate in the forthcoming Village council elections, saying it might split their churches. Bishop Eridard Nsubuga Kironde issued the directive on Sunday shortly after ordaining priests at St. Mark Cathedral Church in Luweero town. In his speech, Bishop Nsubuga warned the priests against contesting […]

Muntu loses FDC presidency

Muntu loses FDC presidency

Rtd Gen. Mugisha Muntu lost to Amuriat as president of The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) on Friday evening during the 7th National Delegates Conference at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole. The incumbent, Muntu was facing off with Patrick Amuriat Oboi (former Kumi CountyMember of Parliament), Malcom Dan Matsiko (former FDC youth leader and mobiliser) and […]

Comedian Mariachi introduced by fiancée

Comedian Mariachi introduced by fiancée

Comedian Charles Kasozi alias Mariachi was on Thursday officially introduced by his longtime lover Lydia Mirembe Bogere in Kamuli district. Mirembe and the Mariach are childhood friends and went to the same school in Nansana and that was the genesis of their love. For years, they have been living together as a couple in Nansana, Wakiso […]

Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as Zimbabwe president

Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as Zimbabwe president

Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in as president of Zimbabwe today becoming the country’s second leader since independence from white minority rule in 1980. Mnangagwa took his oath of office in front of tens of thousands of jubilant Zimbabweans who had gathered at a stadium in Harare, after greeting the crowd with a raised fist. People […]

FDC decides on next party president today

FDC decides on next party president today

A total of 1,209 delegates from the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party will today cast their votes to decide the next party president for the next five years. The delegates, who convene today at Namboole Stadium, will decide on who will be their next president with the choice appearing to be between internal institutional […]

Nambooze returns from India after a successful spine operation

Nambooze returns from India after a successful spine operation

The Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament Hon. Betty Nambooze Bakireke returned to the country on thursday from Manipal Hospital in India where she underwent a successful spine operation following the September 27 parliamentary fracas, when unknown security operatives evicted suspended legislators from the House. “I am not saddened by what I am going through because […]

Zimbabwe’s economic situation very alarming – IMF

Zimbabwe’s economic situation very alarming – IMF

Zimbabwe must act quickly to dig its economy out of a hole and access international financial aid, the International Monetary Fund has warned. Government spending and foreign debt are too high and it needs structural reform, Zimbabwe mission chief Gene Leon said.The once-thriving economy is now seen as a regional basket case. “The economic situation […]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic sets Champions League record

Zlatan Ibrahimovic sets Champions League record

Zlatan Ibrahimovic became the first player to represent seven different clubs in the Champions League when he came on as a 74th-minute substitute for Manchester United in their 1-0 defeat to Basel on Wednesday He is also the first player to score for six different sides in the UEFA Champions League; Ibrahimović was level with […]

Singapore to introduce driverless buses from 2022

Singapore to introduce driverless buses from 2022

Driverless buses will appear on some roads in Singapore from 2022 as part of plans to improve mobility in the land-scarce city-state, its transport Minister said on Wednesday. The buses will be piloted and deployed during off-peak traffic hours in three new suburban towns designed to accommodate the vehicles in a pilot project in three […]