Monday

Makerere University students beat policemen

Violet groups of Makerere University students on Monday staged a fight with the police and in the process four police men were injured and dozens of students arrested. The police had gone to Makerere University to curb the students strike at the university’s main campus. The students were protesting against a new internship policy. The […]

FDC officials complain against costly trial

The officials of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) who are facing treason charges in the High Court in Kampala have complained that appearing every month without trial is so costly for them as individuals and the party in general. The officials include Ingrid Turinawe (FDC woman leader), Sam Mugumya (FDC Presidential aide), LC3 […]

NRM retreat with NRM party leaders to end on Wednesday

A retreat for members of the National Consultative Forum for Political Parties being held at Lake Victoria Serena hotel will close on Wednesday this week. The retreat which attracted representatives from the Democratic Party, Forum for Democratic Change, Justice Forum, National Resistance Movement, Uganda Peoples Congress and the Conservative Party kicked off on Monday March […]

NRM retreat with NRM party leaders to end on Wednesday

A retreat for members of the National Consultative Forum for Political Parties being held at Lake Victoria Serena hotel will close on Wednesday this week. The retreat which attracted representatives from the Democratic Party, Forum for Democratic Change, Justice Forum, National Resistance Movement, Uganda Peoples Congress and the Conservative Party kicked off on Monday March […]

Electoral commission holds meeting with NRM

The electoral commission has held a closed door meeting with the political party leadership inUgandaincluding the National Resistance Movement (NRM). The Monday consultative meeting dubbed ‘the National Consultative Forum’ took place at Ranch on the Lakein Wakiso district. The political parties discussed good governance, economy and rule of law among others issues. The meeting was […]

Family members who have been secretly killing people for over 20 years arrested

Family has been reportedly ambushing people, robs of their properties, kills them and then secretly buries them in banana plantations. The bodies have been exhumed by the Police today, walakira Nyanzi reports. The discovery of the bodies shocked people. The bodies were found in a banana plantation owned by a medical assistant, Wilson Karaira, a […]

‘Obama is in Uganda’

The Executive Director of the United States of America and President Barack Obama’s Global Health Initiative chief, Lois Quam has arrived in Uganda on Monday. Lois Quam is in Uganda for a one week visit to support Uganda’s Ministry of Health’s effort to reduce maternal deaths by at least 50% in four western districts of […]

Museveni to sack press staff over negligence of duty

We have been told that president Museveni has threatened to sack the leaders of his press team over negligence of duty. The president is reportedly bitter that his press team is almost the poorest in the east African community. A source in statehouse Nakasero told us this morning that the president wonders how the statehouse […]

Police deployment at Kampala taxi parks enters day three

The police deployment at Old and NewTaxiParksin Kampalahas entered day three. This follows Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) took over the management of the taxi parks. The High Court in Kampala on Monday dismissed a case filed by Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association (UTODA) against KCCA on grounds that the case was wrongly filed. […]

UTODA to file an ordinary suit against KCCA

UTODA is preparing to file an ordinary suit at the High Court in order to bar Kampala Capital City Authority from taking over taxi parks inKampala. This comes after the court on Monday ruled that KCCA is free to take over the administration of Old and New Taxi Parks. UTODA says that it is preparing […]