Politics

Bashir still on list of presidents to visit Kampala for AU summit

 Uganda is still expecting the President of Sudan, Omar El Bashir to attend an African Union summit in Kampala this month. The minister of Uganda for Foreign Affairs, Sam Kutesa says the Sudanese embassy in Kampala recently confirmed that it received Bashir’s invitation letter and sent it to Khartoum. The African Union summit is taking […]

Buganda Kingdom denies joining opposition

The Katikkiro of Buganda, Eng. JB Walusimbi has denied allegations that the kingdom is working to unseat the ruling government. The Katikkiro says Buganda is out to promote culture and kiganda norms. He says the decision by the former ministers and Katikkiros in Buganda kingdom to join opposition is not a move by Buganda kingdom […]

Attorney General warns judiciary

The Attorney General of Uganda, Prof. Kidhu Makubuya has warned all members of the judiciary to avoid corruption tendencies that undermine the country’s judicial system. Makubuya urges members of the judiciary to advance justice for privileged and non privileged persons. He says the work of people in the judiciary is not to make financial gains […]

Minister wants female circumcision banned

The Minister of Uganda for Gender and Culture, Rukia Nakadama has urged UN member states to ban female genital mutilation at the forth coming gender assembly in September this year. In Uganda female genital mutilation is widely practiced by the Sebei and some Karimojongs. She also urges African Union member states sitting in Kampala this […]

Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma to attend African Union Summit in Uganda

The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth,  Kamalesh Sharma is scheduled to visit Uganda from 23 to 26 July 2010 to attend the 15th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union that is taking place at Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo. A statement from the Commonwealth says that Sharma will be in Kampala to seek new avenues […]

NRM postpones election of chairpersons

The office of the Secretary General of National Resistance Movement has postponed the election of party chairperson that was scheduled today to Friday this week. The party’s Secretary General, Amama Mbabazi says the elections have been postponed because the election materials for some districts in Buganda and Eastern Region had not arrived by Tuesday. He […]

Uganda denies targeting Muslims in arresting suspected terrorists for Kampala bombs

The government of Uganda has denied it is targeting Muslims in arresting suspects in the current investigations into the July 11 bomb blasts in Kampala that killed 76 people. The Member of Parliament for Maikindye East, Hussein Kyanjo complained on the floor of parliament that the government was arresting many Muslims in connection with the […]

Government secures 19 billion loan from AfDB for treatment of Trypanosomiasis

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Industry and Fisheries has secured a loan of about 19 billion Uganda  shillings from the African Development Bank for the project entilted “creation Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis free areas” The project will aim at creating sustainable Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis free areas to support the eradication of Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis in Uganda. […]

AMREF survey reveals low district health budgets as biggest constraint to improving maternal health in East Africa

According to a survey of AMREF, low district health budgets have been identified to be the biggest constraints to improving maternal health services in East Africa. The survey that involved the reviewing of status of health of 18 districts and county health systems districts from three East African countries Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to assess […]