Politics & Governance

Bobi Wine Urges fans not to abandon Cranes game

Bobi Wine Urges fans not to abandon Cranes game

Kyaddondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu popularly known as Bobi Wine has called off the plan by his supporters to boycott the upcoming Cranes match against Cape Verde. Bobi Wine went on his Facebook page on Monday to refute the use of hashtag #boycottugandacranes that started when his concert named Kyarenga concert was left in balance. “I […]

Cameroon’s Biya wins seventh presidential term in mudslide victory

Cameroon’s Biya wins seventh presidential term in mudslide victory

Prof Maurice Kamto, Cameroon opposition leader only received 14.2 percent of the total vote: COURTESY PHOTO Paul Biya, Cameroon’s president since 1982 has won the 2018 presidential seat to rule the country for a seventh. The Constitutional Council announced that Biya attained a mudslide victory with 71.3% of the total vote cast on October 7. According […]

Museveni fires six in Education ministry over fraud

Museveni fires six in Education ministry over fraud

President Yoweri Museveni has sacked six senior government officials in the Ministry of Education and Sports due to fraud. The directive also provides for the dismissal of the Contracts Committee of the ministry of Education due to “mishandling of the process for procuring furniture for selected primary schools in Uganda under the Ministry of Education […]

Raila Odinga appointed Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa

Raila Odinga appointed Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa

Leader opposition leader in Kenya Raila Odinga was on Saturday appointed High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa by African Union Envoy. Moussa Faki Mahamat who is the Commission chairperson said the decision was taken mainly to pattern with Africa through infrastructure. “His mandate includes mobilizing further political support from Member States and the Regional […]

Muntu’s New Formation starts recruiting members

Former Forum for Democratic Change(FDC) president, Mugisha Muntu has started voluntary recruitment of members into his new party, New Formation. Sources who preferred anonymity told daily monitor the New Formation is recruiting members on voluntary basis despite having plans to reach out to nationally recognised politicians who may wish to work with the new party. […]

Police tells Bobi Wine to cancel his planned Kyarenga concert

Police tells Bobi Wine to cancel his planned Kyarenga concert

Uganda Police has finally released a statement regarding Bobi Wine’s anticipated Kyarenga Concert that was scheduled to take place in Namboole on 20th October 2018. In a statement, Police asked Kyagulanyi to cancel the concert since it’s not on the calendar of events Namboole Management submitted to them. It further states that Bobi Wine and his team […]

Bobi Wine calls Kanye West-Museveni meeting immoral

Kyandondo East Mp and Uganda’s leading opposition legislator, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has called Kanye West meeting with president Yoweri Museveni immoral. On Monday,president Museveni posted photos of him exchanging gifts with the US rapper and wife Kim Kardashian at state house. Bobi Wine said it was immoral of West to  “just to rub shoulders […]

KCCA Executive Director, Jennifer Musisi resigns

KCCA Executive Director, Jennifer Musisi resigns

Kampala Capital City Authority Executive Director, Jennifer Musisi has written a resignation letter to president Yoweri Museveni. In the letter, Musisi states that She wishes to resign from her duties as the executive director effective on December 15, 2018. CLICK TO READ FULL LETTER  She listed a number of achievements that the organisation has reached […]

FDC Party President Patrick Oboi Amuriat arrested

FDC Party President Patrick Oboi Amuriat arrested

Forum for Democratic Change President Patrick Oboi Amuriat was today arrested on his way to Kasese for a party meeting. Amuriat and Busongola North MP William Nzoghi had earlier escaped Police at Rwamiti where road blocks were all the way with an attempt of cancelling their journey. Amuriat tried to exchange words with the police […]

Kanye West, Kim Kardashian hosted by Museveni ahead of Uganda video shoot

Kanye West, Kim Kardashian hosted by Museveni ahead of Uganda video shoot

Kanye West and wife Kim Kardashian have been hosted today at the Uganda state House in Entebbe by his excellency president Yoweri Museveni. President Museveni has posted pictures of him and the West family on his official facebook and a gratitude note welcoming the American rapper for coming to the pearl of Africa. “I welcome […]