The members of Parliament on NRM ticket have been asked by the NRM Chairman Gen. Yoweri Museveni to increase the money they contribute to the party’s consolidated fund per month. According to sources, President Museveni and NRM Secretary General Amama Mbabazi have proposed that each MP on NRM ticket pays a monthly tax of 15% […]
Ultimate Media The East Africa Legislative Assembly MPs have today managed to pass the Inter University Council for East Africa bill despite heavy protests from the East Africa Council of Ministers. The bill, which was passed by the assembly today, will establish a regional body to accredit universities that wish to establish themselves in the […]
The chairman of Spear Group of Companies Prof. Gordon Wavamuno, has been chosen by the Queen of England for the Knighthood honor. Wavamuno’s notification was published in the London Gazzette on the 17th January 2012, while the date of the ceremony for the knitting is yet to be announced. Wavamuno becomes one of a few […]
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon are among the world leaders who have left Addis Ababa, Ethiopia after attending the 18th African Union summit. Others who have left Ethiopiaare Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yayi, and Libyan interim Prime Minister Abderrahim el-Keib. Over 40 heads of states attended the summit. […]
It seems the presidents of opposition parties inUgandahave a secret source where they get cash. After John Ken Lukyamuzi of the Consevative Party and FDC president Col. Kiiza Besigye bought houses in Kololo and Makindye respectively, we have got information that Norbert Mao, the president general of DP has bought a pad in Luzira. We […]
FDC National Executive Committee meeting gathered at the party villas in Kampala today to express themselves on a number of issues affecting the main opposition party in Uganda. Top on the agenda was the reports of state operatives that have penetrated into FDC and other opposition parties. The FDC President Col. Kiiza Besigye has told […]
The Chairman of Kampala City Traders’ Association Everest Kayondo says they are not satisfied with the out come of their recent strike. Kayondo says that despite having resumed business, the traders still need to put more pressure on the government to put a ceiling on the interest rates commercial banks charge on loans. The traders […]
Unlike manyUganda’s MPs who want to stay in parliament until they die, the Kyadondo East MP Hajji Ibrahim Semujju says he doesn’t want another term in the August house. Semujju has told his political pals at parliament that he wants to retire from politics and concentrate on managing his businesses including the weekly observer newspaper […]
It seems factions in Uganda’s oldest opposition political party, the Democratic Party (DP) are not about to end soon. After the party was split recently over leadership row, we have been reliably informed that the party is once again divided over elections of a person to represent the party in the East African Legislative Assembly. […]
The Chairman of Uganda People Congress (UPC) party, Maj. Edward Rurangaranga has said that by constitution David Pulkol and Odit are still officials of the party. Addressing the media in Kampala today, Rurangaranga reiterated that the party constitution does not give the party president powers to expel the officials who were elected by the General […]