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The Minister of Security General Elly Tumwine has maintained that the speaker of parliament is ignorant about the facts of the Nommo gallery. This was when he was explaining to parliament about the alleged attack on the speaker of parliament over parliamentary decision calling him out of the Nommo gallery. Recently parliament passed a resolution […]
President Yoweri Museveni has assured crime preventers in the country that they will maintain their duties as they are now regarded as a Reserve Army of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), State House Uganda reports. “A few weeks ago, I saw in the papers and somebody said that the fate of the crime preventers […]
President Yoweri Museveni yesterday held bilateral discussions with his visiting Rwandan counterpart, President Paul Kagame at State House, Entebbe. According to the Presidential Press Unit, the Rwandan leader who is new African Union (AU) Chairman, was in the country on a one-day day working visit to brief President Museveni on the recent AU Summit in Kigali […]
President Yoweri Museveni has said that women are the base of society and, therefore, should not be marginalized. Museveni made the remarks during the celebrations to mark International Women’s Day held at Busuubizi Core Primary Teachers’ College in Mityana district. This year’s theme is “Empowerment of Rural Women and Girls: Opportunities and Challenges.” President Museveni […]
As Uganda today joins the rest of the world to commemorate the International Women’s Day, women Mps under their umbrella body Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) want government to produce a comprehensive report on the mysterious brutal killings of women around in and around Entebbe and Wakiso areas last year. At least 28 women were […]
Teenage pregnancy has hit hard kamuli district among the districts in Busoga sub region. Reports available at kamuli general hospital indicate that the teenage pregnancy has moved from 24% to 25% among the adolescent girls in this district. The Project officer of the Forum for African Women Educationalists – Uganda Chapter in kamuli district, Ms. Jackline Nafuna […]
661 female pioneers of the Presidential Initiative on the Skilling of the Girl Programme that is tailored to fight against poverty and unemployment among the girl child group in the country, yesterday graduated at a ceremony presided over by President Yoweri Museveni. The ceremony for the young female learners from the 5 Divisions of Kampala […]
The shadow minister for Justice and constitutional Affairs Medard Sseggona says that the continuing strike by state prosecutors due to failure by government to meet their demand for their salary hike may enhance corruption in police. Three months ago, Government asked prosecutors to call off their strike committing to meet some of their demands, which […]
Government recently effected a proposal to raise payment for state prosecutors to reflect their workload. This was disclosed by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs, Ali Kirunda Kivejinja, following a query from the Fort portal Municipality MP, Alex Ruhunda, who had demanded government to explain what it was doing on the […]
The grandfather of Islam in Kibuli Prince Kassimu Nakibinge has condemned the increasing betting among youth. He says betting can’t make any one rich or economically empowered. Nakibinge has called for unity coordination from both religious and cultural leaders in ending betting among youths. Furthermore Prince Nakibinge has condemned the terror acts of shooting innocent Ugandans especially […]