The Ugandan representative at the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Bernard Mulengan says that the opposition talk about violence is their political game to put the public in fear. This as the army, police and religious leaders have warned against the looming political violence in 2016 general elections. Mulengan says that Ugandans should be calm because […]
I have been voting for Dr. Kiizza Besigye ever since 2001 when he started contesting for the Uganda Presidential Elections. I never liked him because he is was a Medical Doctor, Westerner like me or because he was a high ranking military official at the rank of a Colonel. My reason for liking him is very simple, “he […]
Civil society organizations advocating for children’s rights are concerned over the delayed discussion of the children‘s Amendment bill lying in parliament. The civil society organizations gathered at parliament noted that since the withdraw of government Children amendment bill to give way to the private members bill on the matter , nothing is going on to have […]
The Parliamentary appointments committee approved the members of the Board of the Petroleum Authority. The committee that approved the Board of the Petroleum Authority was chaired by the Speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga. The Board of the Petroleum Authority vetted Dr. Jane Nambakire Mulemwa as Chairperson and two members to the board counsel; Kiryowa Kiwanuka […]
President Yoweri Museveni urged elders in the fishing communities of Uganda to take a leading role in protecting the lakes from overfishing and the catching of immature fish because it has led to the depletion of stock and pledged to deploy the army to support them. “Lake Victoria is here but it’s a dead lake […]
The Ministry of defense has confirmed the death of 10 UDF officers during clashes with militant Islamist group al-Shabab in Janaale, Somalia. This was disclosed to parliament by the Minister of state for Defense, General Jeje Odong, while briefing Members of Parliament on the attack to the UPDF in Somalia. General Jeje said that Uganda lost […]
NRM secretary general also picked nomination forms from the electoral commission for the 2016 presidential flag bearer taking the number of those who have picked the forms to 38. Picking the form on behalf of the NRM 2016 presidential candidate, the party national secretary general, Justine Lumumba said as the custodian of the party’s secrets she has the mandate […]
The Speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked investors from Gulf countries to bring their business to Uganda to enable Ugandans get jobs. Kadaga made the call while meeting the Ambassador of United Arab Emirates to Uganda Abdulla Mohammed Al Takkawi who had paid courtesy call to the Speaker. Kadaga said that the United Arab Emirates embassy […]
The public accounts committee of parliament has discovered that Uganda prison Authority inflated food cost for inmates and added 4.5 billion shillings which they failed to explain before the committee. Members of Parliament on the committee chaired by Alice Alaso, while meeting the officials from prison authority led by the Uganda prison service undersecretary Simon Kimono, […]
Youth have vowed to shun whoever wants to lead this country in 2016 unless he or she agrees to their demands. The demands were contained in what they called the youth manifesto authored by youth organizations in conjunction with Uganda parliamentary forum on youth affairs led by the female national youth MP Monica Amoding. Among […]