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UPDF to recruit 300 youth in Karamoja into LDU

UPDF is set to recruit a total of 300 youth from Karamoja region as top up to Local Defense Unit personnel. The 300 will be recruited from the 4 districts that are part of 3rd Division i.e Moroto, Napak, Nakapiripirit and Amudat while Kaboong and Kotido will be considered under 5 Division. The exercise is […]

I love Bukenya so much, says Amama Mbabazi

Prime Minister, Amama Mbabazi, the politician who is considered by many Ugandans as number one enemy of former Uganda Vice President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya has proved it otherwise. Mbabazi shocked people in Kakiri town council yesterday when he told them that he and Bukenya are good friends and they are birds of the same feather. […]

Why NRM is losing key political battles?

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) woman parliamentary by election loss in Luweero was widely interpreted by political observers and analysts as a significant blow to the ruling party in Uganda. It is not only because it is the first time the NRM party lost a major constituency in by elections in its 26 year rule […]

DP vows to win NRM in Jinja East MP race

The Democratic Party vows to defeat NRM party in Jinja East parliamentary by elections come January next year. The seat fell vacant last week after the high court nullified the victory of Igime Nabeta (NRM) over lack of academic qualifications and voter bribery. The DP president General, Norbert Mao says that DP has got money […]

Public to share housing units with police

  Ugandans for the first time will be allowed to share housing units with Uganda police force officers after redevelopment of Nsambya, Kibuli and Naguru police barracks. The Projects Manager of Uganda police Jim Mugunga have confirmed the development and said that the housing units to be shared have been built by police in partnership […]

Police open bids for Nsambya police land redevelopment

    Police and other government officials have today opened bids that seek to redevelop Nsambya, Kibuli and Naguru police barracks. The police want to redevelop the barracks through a Public Private Partnership. The redevelopment may save the Uganda Police officers from an acute shortage of housing units. According to the programme, tens of thousands […]

Uganda to start police courts

  Uganda is planning to start police courts to check on the growing rate of domestic violence in Buganda Kingdom and across the country in general. The courts will handle mostly rape, defilement, murder and attempted murder cases among married persons. The police courts are coming into force soon after Uganda’s president, General Museveni advised […]

Lord Mayor of Kampala Erias Lukwago to resign mayorship

  We have heard that Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago is planning to resign and leave his deputy in the daily running of KCCA affairs. A source in his camp tells this informer that Lukwago will resign in around 2015 in order to contest for DP presidency and consequently contest for president of Uganda . […]

MP Mohammad Nsereko says public order bill unconstitutional

  The MP for Kampala Central, Mohammad Nsereko has told the media that the proposed ‘public order bill 2011’ is unconstitutional and all Ugandans should fight it off. Nsereko has advised Uganda’s ruling party, the National Resistance Movement and the government in general to withdraw the bill in its totality. Nsereko says that president Museveni […]

Cameras spying on Col. Kiiza Besigye’s home

  Security agencies in Kampala are reportedly spying on Col. Kiiza Besigye’s home in Kasangati, in Kampala, headquarters of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), and Besigye’s up country home in Rukungiri. Besigye is the president general of FDC and he has contested for president thrice and lost the polls. A source in security tells us […]