Maurice Kirya is set to hold in first ever grand concert in September 2010 in Uganda, Ultimate Media can reveal This comes after Maurice Kirya suspended his monthly shows at Club Rouge dubbed the “Maurice Kirya Experience” for about three months on May 25th 2010 when he had his last show ahead of the grand […]
Government has agreed to pay 15million shillings to a former employee of the Omukama of Bunyoro kingdom over torture by UPDF soldiers. The money is being paid as special damages for loss of earning for 18months, following the severe beating suffered. Sam Kashure, who was in charge of opening boundaries of the Omukama Solomon Gafabusa […]
Ultimate Media The Uganda National Teachers Union has today launched a quality educators project aimed at addressing challenges affecting the quality of education. The project is to kick off in northern Uganda, which has registered major challenges in terms of poor performance. The teachers’ union secretary general, Teopista Birungi says the project will help ensure that […]
Ultimate Media The People’s Progressive Party delegate’s conference is ongoing, with its founder Jabiel Bidandi Ssali expected to be elected the party’s flag bearer in the 2011 elections. Addressing delegates earlier today, Bidandi vowed to fight corruption in the country once he takes over the country’s leadership. He lamented that corruption has become a […]
Ultimate Media A new report released today indicates that 86% of Ugandans are keen to participate in the 2011 general elections, pointing to a possibility of a big voter turn up. The report was released by Synovate Uganda, a research firm, after a survey conducted across the country. The Synovate field manager John Kavuma says […]
Ultimate Media The United Nations has asked Ugandan political leaders to stop uttering sweeping statements, which undermine the use of contraceptives in the country. Several politicians including President Museveni have been urging Ugandans to produce more and more children, in what they say will improve the country’s market base. Experts are however questioning the […]
Businesspeople and entrepreneurs from across Africa have been called upon to submit their entries for the 2010 Legatum Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship The 2010 Legatum Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship is now open for entries from the very best small and medium-sized businesses from across 15 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The Grand Prize is US$100,000 (about […]
The Member of Parliament for Mbale Municipality, Wamai Wamanga (Forum for Democratic Change) has petitioned Uganda parliament today over the increasing Red-Eye disease infection in different parts of the country. Red eye disease has of recent hit Mbale, Arua, Luweero, Kampala, Kayunga, Pader, Kitgum, Kotido, Pader, Tororo and Jinja among other districts of the country. […]
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been heavily questioned for the various flaws that exist in the procedure that the ministry follows in issuing diplomatic passports to the various Ugandans that ask to be issued with the passports. According to the Passport regulations 2004, only Judges of the High Court, Foreign […]
Members of Parliament have ordered that the British American Tobacco plant be relocated to another area from Jinja Road in Kampala following complaints from the surrounding areas that the gasses omitted from the plant badly affects their health. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Steven Kagoda which is one of the institutions whose offices neighbour the […]