President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Kathleen Hicks to be deputy secretary of defense, making her the first woman to hold the number two position in the Pentagon if she is confirmed by the Senate. Hicks, who is heading Biden’s transition team at the Pentagon, served in the Defense Department under former president Barack Obama, […]
President Yoweri Museveni, will for the third day be in the Ankole sub-region campaigning to be re-elected to the country’s top seat; as one of his 10 rivals Mugisha Muntu, from the Alliance of National Transformation (ANT) spends another day in Eastern. Muntu is expected to be in Katakwi, Serere and Soroti. The other Presidential […]
President Museveni of the NRM will today be in Mbale in Eastern Uganda while the National Unity Platform president will be in Kasese and Bundibujuo. This is the second day Robert Kyagulanyi will be back on trial after his three day arrest after an incident in Luuka district where riots begun to strike with 45 […]
National Unity Platform President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has been granted bail after being arrested three days ago in Iganga. Kyagulanyi who is among the people competing for the seat of President has appeared in court in Iganga district on Friday after being arrested for three days at Nalufenya Police Station in Jinja. During his appearance […]
The Katikiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga has condemned the arrest of most presidential aspirants in the coming elections. In an interview at Mengo, Mayiga described the arrests as total humiliation and violation of their human rights in disguise of preventing the spread of COVID-19. “The method of preventing the spread of COVID-19 shouldn’t be […]
A Ugandan voter, Habib Buwembo has requested the Electrol Commission to get access and inspect the nomination papers of President Yoweri Tibuhabura Museveni. He claims that he wants to state a complaint of fraud and forgery against President Museveni. The letter that was sent by the Electrol Commission Says “As you are aware on November […]
Robert Kyagulanyi of the National Unity Platform, who is expected in Kaabong, Kotido, and Moroto today, will for the first time as a politician enter this Karamoja sub-region to canvass for votes. Museveni, the National Resistance Movement flag bearer, will be returning to Nebbi a district that gave him 65.86% (72,505) of its votes in […]
President Yoweri Museveni will today be in Arua, as Robert Kyagulanyi heads to Oyam, Apac and Lira on the fourth day of the Presidential campaigns. Museveni of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) and Kyagulanyi of the National Unity Platform (NUP) are part of the 11 candidates who have been cleared by the national Electoral Commission […]
State Minister for Labour, Mwesigwa Rukutana, is still in the race for the Rushenyi County parliamentary seat and has not contemplated withdrawing, Rukutana was on Wednesday morning in Rushenyi County campaigning contrary to social media reports that he had stepped down in support of his main rival, Naome Kabasharira. A close confidant of Rukutana, Bob […]
The Government has lifted restrictions on the exportation of labor giving relief to companies to start sending Ugandans to work in countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Somalia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Tumwebaze noted that the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Aggrey David Kibenge would issue a detailed statement on the […]