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A4C plans demonstration in Museveni’s home area

Members of the opposition Activists for Change pressure group are planning to take their walk–to- work protests and anti government rallies to Rwakitura, the district where Museveni’s upcountry home is located. Intelligence reports indicate that A4C is to spread anti government crusades in westernUgandain a bid to discredit Museveni’s government. The A4C coordinator, Matthias Mpuuga […]

Police block supporters of opposition parties

Police have blocked the supporters of opposition parties from entering Katwe play grounds where an opposition rally was due to take place. The rally was being organised by the Activists for Change (A4C) members. The venue where the rally was meant to take place is surrounded by soldiers and policemen. The coordinator of A4C, Mathias […]

Putting farmers first: Democratising and reshaping agricultural research in West Africa

News Release  UK parliamentarians and civil servants will this week join African farmers, international donors and scientists in a policy dialogue that aims to reshape agricultural research to serve development goals and the public good. The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier de Schutter, and the executive director of Oxfam-Novib, Farah Karimi, […]

Bobi wine denies murders took place at his One love Beach in Busabala

Singer Bobi Wine has distanced his one love beach from the death of the 2 gentle men who were found dead on Tuesday morning. The men Patrick Nyonyintono and Ronald Kasozi were found dead by police in Busabala on Tuesday morning. However Bobi Wine says that the bodies were found at least 1 kilometer away […]

FDC to sell party members interested in running for president

A source in FDC told our informers yesterday that the main opposition party in Uganda wants to start selling all its members interested in running for president to the public. Although the next presidential elections will take place in 2016, FDC says it wants to begin the process so early such that by the time […]

KFM’s Kanyomozi prepares to legalize love

As you read this news gossip page, media celebrities, Patrick Kanyomozi and his fiancé Rahmah Mbabazi of KFM are preparing to walk down the aisle. The couple made their introduction ceremony on September 18th this year thus marking the first step to legalize their love spree. The introduction ceremony took place in Hoima. The lovebirds […]

UYD elections flop in bud

At the beginning of the month of September this year, the leadership of Uganda Young Democrats (UYD) announced as it was set to change its leadership direct from the village level to national level. The UYD electoral commission was being headed by Vincent Mayanja, the former parliamentary candidate in Lubaga south. Mayanja had called upon […]

Kampala Capital City Authority to register garbage collection providers

Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) in a bid to streamline and put in place performance standards for all garbage collection service providers is to register all people and companies dealing in garbage collection. We hear that any person or company dealing in garbage must cough one million shillings to get registered. The KCCA director, Jenifer […]

Rwandese in Uganda plan to meet Museveni

 About 300 Rwandese residing inUgandaand working inKampalaare planning a meeting with president Museveni at a time to be defined soon.  We are told by one of Rwandese that they hope to meet Museveni this month under their umbrella association of ‘Umubano.’ However the preparations for the meeting have turned controversial because some Rwandese security operatives […]

Museveni, Somali president discuss offensive against al-shabaab

President Museveni of Uganda and his counterpart, the president of Somalia, Sheikh Ahmed Sharif have held a closed door meeting at statehouse Nakasero, Kampala. Sheikh Sharif Ahmed secretly arrived in Uganda on Tuesday this week and straight away headed to Statehouse Nakasero. The meeting was a one on one and no minister or aide of both Somalia or Uganda government attended it. […]