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Makerere chancellor denies foul play in Guild elections

Ultimate Media Makerere University vice chancellor Prof Venasius Baryamureeba has dismissed claims that he influenced the decisions of the University Electoral commission to Announce the NRM candidate as winner of the polls. The much contested poll raised alot of storm at the campus which earlier caused the death of two international students. Prof Baryamureeba has […]

Former railway workers petitions Parliament

Ultimate Media Over 1, 500 former workers of the Uganda Railways Cooperation have today petitioned parliament over unpaid pension. The workers are decrying the impromptu pay of their pension having retired many years back. Some of petitioners retired as early as 1990 after over 30 years of service. The chairman Uganda Railways Pensioners Association, Manase […]

Chogm committee to meet president Museveni

Ultimate Media The probe committee into the alleged misuse of CHOGM funds is to meet President Museveni as one of its witnesses before winding up its investigations. The public accounts committee has so far unearthed many scandals in which billions of the tax payers’ money was either swindled or misused in preparation for the meeting […]

UTODA probes madman driver

Ultimate Media Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association (UTODA) have started investigating circumstances under which a tax driver in New Taxi Park gave keys of a commuter taxi to a mentally ill man, identified as Robert Mukiga on Monday evening. Police arrested a madman while driving a taxi registration number UAN 686A along Portbell road […]

DP denies being a rebel group

Ultimate Media The Democratic Party (DP) has today denied being one of the rebel groups in Uganda. The development follows army reports that the captured LRA political commissar, Solomon Okello ‘Mission’ was found with a DP membership card. Okello was captured by Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Soldiers at Ezo in Southern Sudan after a brief […]

Uganda asks Sudan to probe LRA rebels in Sudan

By Walakira Nyanzi, Ultimate Media The government of Uganda has asked their counterparts of Sudan to investigate and cause action on LRA ruminants still operating in Southern Sudan. The Minister of Uganda for International Cooperation, Okello Oryem says the government of Uganda is aware that some politicians in Sudan are supplying LRA rebels with food, […]

Immature fish impounded in Kampala

Ultimate Media The Ministry of Fisheries in conjunction with Kampala City Council have today impounded immature fish worth over 20 million shillings in Namasuba Zanna on Entebbe road. A special team from the Ministry of fisheries and KCC impounded over four tones of immature fish today as it was being driven to St. Balikuddembe Market […]

Headmaster arrested over mismanaging UPE funds

  Ultimate Media The Police have arrested George Katumba, the headmaster of Lumundi Primary school for allegedly mismanaging money meant for executing Universal Primary Education (UPE). Corporal Martin Walugembe of Wobulenzi police station says Katumba was arrested after police receiving complaints from concerned parents. Police say it is still investigating the case. Upon arrest, Katumba […]

Kayunga district boss urges Bududa residents to relocate

  Ultimate Media  Kayunga district Chairman Boniface Bandikubi has urged Bududa landslides survivors to accept to be relocated to Kayunga district without any conditions.  Bandikubi says the survivors should accept the 4- square miles of public land that was donated to them by the district.  He adds that the continued stay of the survivors in […]

Leaders asked to empower local courts

  Ultimate Media Local leaders have been urged to empower local courts at the grass root level to help resolve disputes with in their respective communities. Lady Justice Stella Arach Amoko says if these local courts are put in place then people may not need to go to the courts of law, thus reducing on […]