There was drama in Parliament on Wednesday when some members were accused of having been bribed by the Executive Director of the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC), Godfrey Mutabazi, in order to kill a minority report pining him on conflict of interest over his failure to switch off Uganda telecom (UTL) the moment UCC realized it […]
Parliament has proposed to discipline the former minister of works, Abraham Byandala, for his continuous alleged assault on journalists whenever they cover the who is battling corruption related cases at the Anti- Corruption Court in Kololo. This follows reports that Byandala again beat up NTV –journalists Denis Kabugo last Wednesday while he appeared for trail […]
Planet could heat up far more than hoped as new work shows temperature rises measured over recent decades don’t fully reflect global warming already in the pipeline Hopes that the world’s huge carbon emissions might not drive temperatures up to dangerous levels have been dashed by new research. The work shows that temperature rises measured […]
Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has tasked government to explaining the continuous delay in tabling a proposed bill that seeks to regulate landlords and tenants in the country. The move follows a petition from Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) demanding that Parliament enacts a law to regulate landlords and tenants to save the frequent confrontations […]
Theresa May will raise the issue of climate change with Donald Trump this weekend when the pair meet for the first time since she lost her majority in the general election. They will talk at the G20 summit in Hamburg, which runs on Friday and Saturday. The two leaders will hold a formal bilateral meeting, […]
The Ministry of Finance has threatened to halt the release of funds to all ministries, department and agencies that have failed to submit their plans for the financial year 2017/2018. According to statistics from the National Planning Authority, of the total current number of 130 ministries, department and agencies, only 27 have successfully submitted their […]
Proprietors of SACCOs across the country have urged government to scrap taxes against them to enable their members prosper at a higher rate through their various activities that they set up. The board chairperson on one of the SACCOs under the names of Shuuku SACCO ltd, Stephen Bongonzya, while appearing before Parliament’s committee on finance […]
The Minister for Agriculture, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja,on Friday told members of parliament that Uganda’s food crisis has worsened has reached an alarming stage. The minister also said currently the available food stocks can only serve the famine hit areas with people in dire need only up to June this year. Ssempija said this while updating […]
Refugees in West Nile have resorted to stealing food and animals from local communities due to low supply of food to refugees in their region. This was disclosed by West Nile Members of Parliament who include; Women representative for Adjuman district, Jesca Ababiku and Obongi County MP, Hassan Kaps Fungaroo, while briefing the media on […]
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has said the major challenge, that has delayed starting construction of some roads and drainage in the city is compensation for right-of-way to have these done. Addressing journalists at the Uganda media center recently, the Director Engineering and Technical Services at KCCA, Justus Akankwasa, said that some of the […]