President Yoweri Museveni has said that women are the base of society and, therefore, should not be marginalized. Museveni made the remarks during the celebrations to mark International Women’s Day held at Busuubizi Core Primary Teachers’ College in Mityana district. This year’s theme is “Empowerment of Rural Women and Girls: Opportunities and Challenges.” President Museveni […]
The National Resistance Army (NRA) historicals have been told to pick their benefits from Luwero triangle ministry including President Yoweri Museveni for having participated in the war that led in the NRA government into power. The minister of state for Luwero triangle Dennis Galabuzi said that his ministry agreed to give one off gratuity of […]
The MPs opposed to the age limit amendment sitting on the legal and parliamentary Affairs committee have accused parliament for denying them funds to carry out consultations on the presidential age limit bill. A report read by the Kumi district MP Monica Amoding stated that failure for parliament to give the committee funds to get […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will this week make a two days state visit to Kenya on Wednesday and Thursday for bilateral talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta. He will be the first leader to visit Kenya after Uhuru was sworn in for the second and final term in office on November 28 in Kasarani Stadium. Museveni […]
The parliamentary committee on trade and Industry is set to meet President Yoweri Museveni mid-this month to discuss matters regarding the Sugar Bill 2016. The committee chairperson, also Fort Portal Municipality MP, Alex Ruhunda, says that among other things to be discussed with the President on the 18th of December is to see how the […]
President Yoweri Museveni has called for blocking all the ways and causes of disability adding that the number of People With Disabilities (PWDs) should not grow beyond 4.4 million of the national population. “We need to block all the possibilities of disability to prevent more disabilities like we did to eradicate polio and measles. Even […]
President Yoweri Museveni and his visiting Sudanese counterpart Omar Hassan Al-Bashir have reiterated their commitment to strengthen and enhance trade and investment between their two countries, Uganda and Sudan. The two leaders reiterated this while addressing a Business Forum yesterday at State House, Entebbe where the two leaders held talks at the start of President […]
The Central Executive Committee of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has told that party members to abandon the advocacy for the lifting of the Presidential age limit in the constitution. Speaking to journalist at NRM offices in Kampala some of the NRM central executive committee members attacked some of the party members advancing the amendment […]
President Yoweri Museveni has agreed with cabinet to change the sitting day for their meeting so as to ease minister’s work in parliament. Cabinet sittings have been shifted from Wednesday to Friday of every week. This was approved by the cabinet in the meeting held last week at state house in Entebbe chaired by the […]
As Uganda joined the rest of the World yesterday Monday June, 11, 2017 to commemorate the World Population Day, authorities have come out to admit that early pregnancies is still one of the most crucial challenges that hinders sustainable development. Early pregnancy is said to be at 25% and this has stagnated for the last […]