There is reported tension in Burundi as the country conducts its much awaited elections on Monday June 28th. Six candidates from opposition political parties have all pulled out of the elections citing manipulation by president Piere Nkurunziza whom they accuse of rigging the elections before it took place. Burundi which is just recovering from a […]
The prime Minister of Uganda, Prof. Apollo Nsibambi has asked called for tough measures against non-governmental organizations that fail to account for government and donor funds. Nsibambi was speaking on Monday during the 3rd review meeting of the Peace Recovering and Development Programme taking place at Hotel Africana in Kampala. The report presented by the […]
Women activists in Uganda have blamed the media for frustrating the ambitions of women in politics and also contributing to their failure to win elections through discouraging coverage of women. The former Coordinator of the Uganda Women’s Network, Solome Nakaweesi Kimbugwe has told Ultimate Media that during elections, women candidates for the various electoral posts […]
The Former Managing Director of the National Social Security Funds, Prof. Mondo Kagonyera has blamed the failure of NSSF to follow the right procedures in procuring 60 cars worth over 30 billion shillings on the heads of the procurement committee, contracts committee of NSSF who were directly in charge of the purchase of the cars. The […]
The Secretary General of Uganda’s rulling party, the National Resistance Movement John Patrick Amama Mbabazi has today been criticizedby the Member of Parliament for Lwemiyaga County Theodore Ssekikubo for alleged abuse of office and using the position for personal gain. The MP says Mbabazi exhibited abuse of office by printing his photo on the party’s […]
Uganda has received a loan of about 200 billion to implement the activities of the second phase of the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund. The Permanent Secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister, Pious Bigirimana has told journalists at the office of the Prime Minister that that the key objective of the second phase […]
A report on Sexual and Gender Based Violence has urged the government to regulate traditional practice as means of fighting gender based violence in Uganda. The report which packages incidents of Sexual and Gender Based Violence in the print media is titled “A synopsis of SGBV in the print media”. The gender based violence report […]
A senior manager of the National Social Security Fund has pinned the former Managing Director, David Jamwa and his deputy, Prof. Mondo Kagonyera over a decision to purchase cars at about 4 billion shillings. According to the Auditor General’s audit report, a decision to purchase 67 cars by the fund using outright purchase instead of […]
The Minister of State for Northern Uganda Reconstruction, David Wakikona has revealed the government of Uganda and different stakeholders on Monday June 28th start a review of the Northern Uganda Peace Recovery and Development Programme (PRDP). Wakikona tells journalists in Kampala that the 3rd such review meeting meeting set to take place at Hotel Africana […]
The DR Congo Minister of Defense Charles Mwando, has indicated that his government has started a military offensive against the Uganda rebel groups of Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and the National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (NALU) on the DR Congo side of the Rwenzori Mountains. Mwando says that the offensive is aimed at […]