The Forum for Women in Development has called upon the Ministry of Education to create a special desk to handle gender related issues. FOWODE’s Programme Director, Julius Mukunda, made the call while presenting a research paper on Gender budgeting to the Social Services committee today. Mukunda notes that in spite of government’s efforts to […]
The ruling National Resistance Movement government (NRM) rigged Padyere county parliamentary by-elections. The President General of Uganda Peoples Congress, Dr. Olara Otunu said the exercise of electing the new MP for Padyere registered major complaints like vote rigging, names of opposition supporters’ missing on the register, heavy police deployment to intimidate opposition supporters from voting […]
President Museveni has received credentials from the newly accredited ambassadors of South Africa, Tunisia, Egypt, Sierra Leone and Turkey. The President received the five credentials on Wednesday evening at Statehouse, Entebbe. President Museveni with the envoys discussed matters of bilateral interests between the five countries of Tunisia, Egypt, South Africa, Sierra Leone and Turkey. […]
Efforts by Democratic Party president Norbert Mao to bring on board members who broke away from the party seem to have yielded no fruits. The break away faction led by MP Lulume Bayiga has announced a date for its delegates conference that will see the group elect its new leaders. The group has also […]
Ultimate Media The Minister of Uganda for Agriculture, Hope Mwesigye has accused the Parliamentary Public Accounts committee (PAC) of attempting to damage her reputation. This follows today’s media reports in Kampala that she walked out on the committee probing the misuse of CHOGM funds. Minister Mwesigye was required to appear before PAC to answer […]
Ultimate Media The President General of Uganda Peoples’ Congress (UPC), Dr. Olara Otunnu insists that he is not going to appear at Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) for interrogation claiming that he has no case to answer. Dr. Otunu was summoned to the police last week to clarify on statements he allegedly made while on […]
Electrical and electronics dealers are crying that delay of transportation of their goods is hindering their business and sales. They say that infrastructural difficulties like poor roads and counterfeits in different parts of the East African region affect the delivery of their goods because most of them get spoilt along the way when in […]
Ultimate Media Local Governments in rural areas and councils in urban centres in different parts of the country are going to benefit from 200 billion shillings (100 million dollars) loan that the government of Uganda wants to borrow from Export –Import Bank of China. But the Members of Uganda Parliament have to first approve […]
By Rukia Nakadama The government of Uganda with pleasure joined the kingdom of Tooro to celebrate the birthday of the Omukama of Tooro, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. The birthday stood out because the Omukama of Tooro had come to the age of 18. From the age of 18 on king Oyo will […]
Mato Oput, the Acholi Traditional Justice system is being proposed to solve the crimes committed during the war in northern Uganda by Lords Resistance Army leaders who were indicted by the International Criminal Court. See detailed Ultimate Media article on Mato Oput Part 2 Part 3 Part 4