Ultimate Media Members of Parliament have today abolished compulsory membership of youths on a village youth council. The MPs say the youths should willingly become members of the village youth council. Parliament has considered this new provision in the National Youth Council Amendment Bill 2008 today. The National Youth Council Amendment Bill 2008 provides […]
Ultimate Media The Parliamentary Public Accounts committee has rejected another request by former Local Government minister, Hope Mwesigye to appear before the committee. Mwesigye, the minister for Agriculture wrote a letter to the committee chairperson, Nandala Mafabi seeking audience today to clarify reports by the Auditor General on the 631 million shillings decoration contract […]
Ultimate Media The European Union has joined the UPDF in training the Somalis in military skills in order to enable them defend their country. The European Union country ambassador Vincent de Visscher says they have invested 5 million Euros in the program. This one year program to be carried out at Bihanga camp in […]
Ultimate Media The ministry of disaster preparedness says it has finally finished drafting the policy that will provide mechanisms for timely prediction and response to disasters in the country. Uganda has for long lacked a national disaster policy, a fact that has often been blamed for the slow response to natural calamities. The state […]
Ultimate Media The Prime Minister of Kenya, Eng Raila Odinga has challenged East African leaders to take the lead in fighting Corruption. Speaking at the 3rd East African Investment Conference today in Kampala, Odinga said corruption is another form of Non Tariff Barrier affecting business in the East African region. Odinga says that corruption […]
Ultimate Media The East African investment conference has ended today with a call to member states of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi to implement recommendations aimed at fostering economic growth at regional level. The conference attended by over 2500 delegates has resolved to tackle non-tariff and improve investment in electricity generation to boost […]
Ultimate Media The Mayor of Kampala, Nasser Ntege Ssebaggala has filed a counter petition in court against the National Environment Management (NEMA) on allegations that he is planting trees on his land located in a wetland. NEMA was the first to sue Sebaggala for allegedly destroying a wetland in Bugolobi, a Kampala suburb. Sebaggala […]
Ultimate Media The Parliamentary committee on Presidential Affairs has approved 6 billion shillings to recruit new assistant Resident District Commissioners (RDC) to handle youth related affairs. The recruitment of the RDCs has in the past been rejected by sections of opposition MPs who believe that allocating billions of shillings for the RDCs’ activities is […]
Ultimate Media The Minister of Uganda for Information and National Guidance, Kabakumba Matsiko has stormed out of parliament’s rules and discipline committee after MPs failed to keep time. The Committee chaired by Buruuli county MP Peter Nyombi was scheduled to sit today, but the minister waited for the members in vain. Minister Kabakumba accused […]
The Abasimuki believe they are the holiest and do not want involve themselves in any earthly things.