The Member of Parliament for Oyam South, Ishaa Otto has slammed the move by the Uganda Electoral Commission (EC) to put more efforts in registering voters in urban areas than rural areas. Otto told Journalists at Parliament that the move is unreasonable because even in rural areas many people have not yet registered. The MP […]
The Network for African Parliamentarians is carrying out campaign to have all various Parliaments in Africa come up with committees on Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) in their various Parliaments to ensure easy implementation. The MDG’s are access to universal primary education, eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, promoting gender equality and women empowerment, reducing child […]
The Daily Monitor has today launched its 100 midsized company survey in Kampala. The survey that was inaugurated last year seeks to identify the fastest growing midsized company in the country. Partnering with audit firm KPMG, Daily Monitor will recognize the country’s 100 best performing businesses in terms of growth and resilience. The country leader […]
The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) has expressed its readiness to offer reinforcement in quelling Opposition demonstrations that threaten to get out of hand in different parts of the country. The announcement follows a wave of clashes between the Police and opposition demonstrators of the Inter-party coalition who are calling for the re- constitution of […]
The Vatican representative to the U.N Archbishop Celestino Migliore has appealed to all stakeholders involved in the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS to invest more resources in equipping people with knowledge, ability, technical competence and tools to ensure that the scourge is combated. While addressing the United Nations General Assembly of international efforts to […]
The Uganda Minister of Internal Affairs Kirunda Kivejinja has defended the police on the recent Uganda Heroes day demonstrations by the opposition which led to the beating of the FDC leader Dr. Kiiza Besigye by members of the Kiboko Squad. Kivejinja whose ministry is politically responsible for the activities of the Uganda Police Force told […]
Antoinette Louw and Anton du Plessis of the Pretoria-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS) have described the new International Criminal Court decision to criminalize the use of armed forces against another states as complicated, damaging to the institution and not practical. The crime of aggression seeks to criminalize the use of armed force by one […]
Ivory Coast Captain, Didier Drogba has been cleared by to put on a cast on his arm FIFA to play in tonight’s World Cup game against Portugal as the two countries begin their world cup campaign. Drogba has been allowed to put on a protective arm band on his arm that got injured in […]
The Uganda mainstream Democratic Party (DP) headed by Nobert Mao is soon likely to join the Uganda opposition coalition arrangement called the Inter-Party Coalition (IPC) after the deputy DP spokesman John Kakande told journalists in Kampala today that the party is forming a committee to negotiate joining the coalition. Kakande says the party is […]
The Chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Gen. Aronda Nyakairima has indicated that the Uganda Army will launch an investigation into the killing of 10 UPDF soldiers in Central African Republic (CAR) last week. The soldiers who are on the hunt down for Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels led by Joseph Kony […]