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Parliament pins Kivenjinja over Kiboko squad

The Minister of Internal Affairs, Kirunda Kivenjija has been on the receiving end of scathing attacks by various Members of Parliament after he failed to give a satisfactory explanation to Parliament on the mystery surrounding the Kiboko squad. Hardly a week back, the Kiboko Squad reappeared on the Ugandan political scene after about three years […]

Experts unhappy with the new ICC decision to criminalize use of military force on other states

Antoinette Louw and Anton du Plessis of the Pretoria-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS) have described the new International Criminal Court decision to criminalize the use of armed forces against another states as complicated, damaging to the institution and not practical. The crime of aggression seeks to criminalize the use of armed force by one […]

Uganda’s youths urged to donate blood

The Director of the Uganda Blood Transfusion Service, Dr. Dorothy Kyeyune has urged the youths in Uganda to donate blood as the world celebrates the World Blood Donor Day on June 14, 2010. The World Blood Donor Day has been celebrated under the theme “New blood for the world” Kyeyune has told the press in […]

Uganda women activist Matembe defends sleeping ministers

Uganda outspoken women rights activist, Miria  Matembe has defended ministers who were sleeping when the Uganda president Yoweri Museveni was delivering his State of the Nation Address. This comes after press reports recently revealed published pictures of some ministers that including the Uganda Prime Minister Prof. Apollo Nsibambi sleeping while the president was delivering the […]

Uganda slum dwellers get 7 acres of land

Uganda’s Jinja Municipal Council has donated 7 acres of land to the Slum Dwellers’ Association for construction of houses that will provide an alternative place to live. This comes as good news to a country where about 60 percent of the population of Uganda’s capital City of Kampala, live in informal settlements closely similar to […]

Ugandan boy photo in competition for an international prize

A picture of a Ugandan boy taken in Nkozi town located in Mpigi district is up for a major international prize in a European country of Slovenia in a competition organized by the world photo camera manufacturing giant Nikon. The photograph taken by a Slovenian national Katja Lenart who has been working as a multimedia […]

Vice President urges Ugandans to protect refugees

The Vice President of Uganda, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya has asked Ugandans to aid refugees and Internally Displaced Peoples across the country. Bukenya says the refugees and Internally Displaced Peoples always need food, security, shelter and medicine so it is Godly that Ugandans with money and good heart should always feel free to join government in […]

President Museveni says Homosexuality not African

The Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has indicated that the act of homosexuality is not part of the African culture despite being practiced by some Africans. Addressing thousands of Christians who had gathered to pay homage to the Uganda Christian martyrs at Namugongo Church of Uganda Shrine in Kampala yesterday, Museveni cited the former king […]

Thousands attend martyrs day prayers in Kampala

  Thousands of Christian pilgrims from Uganda, Kenya, German, South Africa, India, United States of America and other countries have attended martyrs day prayers in Namugongo Kampala today. The Christians have gathered to remember the death of Uganda Martyrs in 1886 on the orders of the former king of Buganda, late Mwanga II. The day […]

Meet George Bukenya the Ex-International who featured in the first All African games in Brazzaville

With the heart of informing the Ugandans Once again   Weinformers  got in touch with the football historical who appeared in the first All African games in Brazzaville .George Bukenya and had varied issues to express as  Antonio Kisembo reports.- George Bukenya(GB) and Weinformers Website(WW) WW. Who is George Bukenya and how did you approach foot […]