The President of Uganda, Gen. Yoweri Museveni is scheduled to meet with former Ugandaminister for Ethics and Integrity, Miria Matembe in a bid to woo her back to the ruling National Resistance Movement. Museveni in his capacity as the appointing authority of Uganda’s state and cabinet ministers sacked Matembe in May 2003. The Presidential Press […]
The Forum for Women in Democracy has urged the political parties in Uganda to promote gender equity and equality and ensure that women are represented in all the political party organs. This message is a result of a conference of FOWODE which took place between 14th and 16th June 2010 and gathered over 80 women […]
The Uganda Human Rights Commission has slammed the way the police in Uganda conducts itself in trying to regulate public demonstrations in Uganda. This comes after numerous incidents where police has beaten up and clobbered people who organize what the police call unlawful public demonstrations. The Chairperson of UHRC, Meddy Kagwa has told journalists in […]
An 84 year old man, Paul Mpagi has come out and accused Minister of Security Amama Mbabazi of grabbing the Temangalo land from him and 4 other occupants. This land which was a source of controversy when it was sold to the National Social Security Fund at a price alleged to be inflated about two […]
The Uganda Parliamentary Committee of Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises has started meetings with the National Social Security Fund to have the private pensions body explain some of the anomalies that arose in the forensic investigation report of the Auditor general on NSSF operations. The report which covers the period between 01 January 2005 to […]
The Uganda Human Rights Commission has appealed to Parliament and the government of Uganda to expedite the enactment of the anti torture law aimed at punishing perpetrators of torture. The Chairperson of the UHRC, Medi Kaggwa says the proposed anti torture bill has been shelved for long yet Uganda needs a law that punishes those […]
The Police in Kampala will start overnight patrols in most parts of Kampala and city suburbs in order to curb the rising rate of accidents taking place at night. The officer in charge of traffic at Kampala central police Station, Norman Musinga tells journalists that police in Kampala have noted that most of the accidents […]
Music producer, Eddy Yawe wants to become the Member of Parliament for Kampala Central division in Kampala district. He plans to replace lawyer Erias Lukwago, the current MP for Kampala central. Yawe is the first top musician in Uganda to publicly declare to take part in 2011 general elections. He is a music producer, composer […]
Police in Jinja district, Eastern Uganda have shot dead a notorious suspected robber, who has been on police wanted list. The deceased has been identified as Francis Ajere, a resident of Kakira town council in Mukono district. The spokesperson of police in charge of SouthEastern Regional, Samson Lubega says Ajere was netted from Mwiri forest […]
The Parliamentary Local Government committee wants the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) to reopen a court file against four Kampala City Council officials in which over a billion shillings was diverted from the council accounts. The Auditor General’s office found that about one billion shillings meant for the operations of departments in KCC was withdrawn […]