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Ultimate Media Some members and supporters of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) in Kampala have threatened to drag the leaders of their party to court over expulsion of the Member of Parliament for Rubaga North, Betty Kamya. The FDC delegates’ conference recently expelled Kamya over alleged lack of party discipline and insubordination. The supporters […]
The potential that Uganda’s oil sector presents has been confirmed beyond doubt. Tullow Uganda Country Manager, Brian Glover says if Uganda can produce 200, 000 barrels of oil per day, it would generate $5 billion (about 12 trillion shillings) in export earnings for the country, whose current total export earnings stand at $2billion. But according […]
Ultimate Media The increasing cases of strikes in schools, fire outbreaks and cases of homosexuality have been blamed to drug abuse. The Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura says some negative elements in public lure pupils and children into taking drugs which lead them to commit the above behaviour. The police chief […]
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 […]
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 Walakira Nyanzi Low voter turnout is reining in Padyere County Parliamentary by-elections today. The elections kicked off at 8:00am this morning but some poling stations had not received a single voter by 10:00am. Padyere MP Seat fell vacant in February this year after the death of the former area MP, David Ringe Chan. […]
Two people have been confirmed dead after a boat accident that has occurred on lake Victoria in Mayuge. The Mayuge district police commander Nazarious Mugisha has identified the dead as Aramanzani Kisira and one Brown both residents of Iganga district. He says the duo met their death when a heavy wind blew the boat they […]
Thirty people in Kayunga district who are charged with inciting violence and disobeying lawful police orders during last year’s September riots have protested the continued delay by the state prosecutor to complete investigations into their case. The suspects whose case is before the Kayunga district grade one magistrate, Esther Nasambu say their case has dragged […]
At least one person has been confirmed dead and several others injured in an accident that occurred in Kakira along Jinja-Iganga highway. The police says the accident involved a Trailer track that rammed into a mini-bus registration number UAN 499T that was headed to Jinja from Iganga. This accident comes just a day after a […]
The Uganda Athletics Federation has announced that the Kampala Athletics 2nd Track & Field Trial will be held on Saturday April 10 at Makerere University. The showcase of the meeting will be the Women’s 400 metres, which will feature three of the country’s top female runners – Mildred Gamba, Janet Achola and Agnes Aneno. In […]