Ultimate Media Uganda has kicked off negotiation aiming at expanding its markets with the other African trading blocks of EAC, SADC and COMESA. The Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Industry says the negotiations will see an expansion of markets which will increase the country’s bargaining power, attract investments and promote its industrial development and […]
Ultimate Media The Makindye magistrates’ court has asked the state to speed up its investigations into the case against two editors of the Daily Monitor accused of forging the President’s signature. Daniel Kalinaki, the Managing Editor of Daily Monitor and Henry Ochieng the Sunday Monitor Editor appeared before magistrate Rosemary Bareebe on Monday and had […]
Ultimate Media Lydia Draru, the key suspect in the murder of former Army commander, Maj. Gen. James Kazini will reappear in court on April 15th, 2010. Draru appeared before Makindye Grade One magistrate Maxecia Namagembe on Monday who further remanded her until 15th April for mention of the case. This is the eighth time […]
Ultimate Media The Minister of Uganda for Internal Affairs, Al hajji Kirunda Kivejinja has finally talked about the problem of heavy backlog of cases in Uganda courts. He attributes the heavy backlog of cases in the courts to a dysfunctional system within the judiciary. It is estimated that the judiciary in Uganda currently has […]
Ultimate Media The Uganda Red Cross Society has started relocating thousands of people who remain at the risk of being hit by landslides in Bududa district. The landslides that struck three villages of Bududa earlier this month left over 90 people dead and over 300 people missing while thousands of others displaced. A recent […]
Ultimate Media The woman MP for Arua, Christine Bako Abia has refuted media reports that she was involved in a fist fight with Arua district LC 5 chairman at a meeting convened to address wrangles between municipal law enforcement officers and illegal vendors. Arua district council meeting last month ended abruptly after Christine Bako […]
Ultimate Media The government of Uganda has been accused of lacking political will to fight corruption in the country. Transparency Uganda, a policy monitoring group alleges that there’s no commitment to curb corruption that has led to mass financial losses to the nation through embezzlement and mismanagement of public resources in most of the […]
Ultimate Media The former Executive Director of Uganda National Forestry Authority (NFA), Damiano Akankwasa is out bail. Akankwasa appeared before the head of the anti-corruption court, Justice John Bosco Katutsi on Monday who released him on a non-cash bail of 100 million shillings. Akankwasa is alleged to have conspired with other forests officers at […]
By Walakira Nyanzi, Ultimate Media The police in Nakaseke are hunting unidentified criminals who murdered a kid on Sunday in Ngoma Sub County. The LCI chairman of Ngoma zone C, Moses Bigirwa identifies the slain baby boy as Deo Naturinda, 2. The LCI chief, who describes the incident as shocking and merciless, says the […]
Ultimate Media The Secretary General of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) has dismissed threats by opposition inter party coalition to field one presidential candidate to defeat NRM in 2011 polls. The opposition inter party coalition comprises of Uganda Peoples Congress, Forum for Democratic Change, Jeema and Conservative Party. These four parties plan to […]