Ultimate Media The Democracy Monitoring Group has called for a time limit on election petitions. The call comes days after the high court nullified the election of Mukono North MP, Rev. Peter Bakaluba Mukasa over voter bribery. The nullification followed an appeal by Democratic Party’s Betty Nambooze who contested for the same seat in the […]
Ultimate Media Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga has warned Ugandan political leaders against promoting violence as the country prepares for the 2011 general elections. Addressing journalists in Soroti this morning, Odinga said Kenya’s experience in 2007 should a lesson to all those who lose in the elections to take defeat honourably and avoid unnecessary […]
East Africa is proud to announce that Uganda will host the 3rd East African Community Investment Conference, in Kampala from 27th – 30th April, 2010. The East African Community now stands as a region that operates under a fully-fledged Customs Union. In November 2009, the East African states signed the Common Market Protocol that will […]
Ultimate Media UK based oil prospecting company Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has announced successful drilling of the Likonde-1 well, onshore Tanzania, which they say has encountered thick sands with hydrocarbon shows. Likonde-1 is located in the Lindi Block in the Ruvuma Basin of Southern Tanzania. The well has been drilled to a total depth of […]
Ultimate Media President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people of Amolatar district and Ugandans in general to improve their household income by engaging in commercial farming. The President was yesterday addressing a rally in Amolatar Boma ground, Amolatar cell in the newly created district of Amolatar at the conclusion of his 3 day tour of […]
Ultimate Media The Makerere University Elections Tribunal has declared null and void the election victory of John Teira, the National Resistance Movement party candidate in the Makerere Guild race. The committee in a statement signed by its Chairperson, Christine Kiganda ruled on the petition that was filed after the March 23rd elections that there were […]
Ultimate Media Police in Fort Portal has summoned three Tooro Human Rights activists to answer charges of sedition over statements made on Beta FM – a local FM station based in Fort Portal regarding the burning of Kasubi tombs and the death of former Defense Ministry permanent Secretary, Brig. Noble Mayombo. The three who are […]
By Walakira Nyanzi, Ultimate Media Abelrahim El-Siddig, the Deputy Head of Mission of the Sudan Embassy in Kampala has assured Ugandans that Khartoum is a partner in the fight against LRA rebels. He says his government (Sudan) has been assisting Uganda Peoples Defence Forces in the fight against LRA rebels headed by Joseph Kony since […]
Ultimate Media A man who walked to Kampala Central Police Station and confessed setting ablaze the renowned Kasubi Tombs is mad. The inferno that burnt Kasubi tombs on March 16th, 2010 sparked an emotional outcry around the country with some people alleging that the inferno was engineered by the central government. Nalongo Namiiro, […]