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Col. Kiiza Besigye, the president of Forum for Democratic Change says Uganda may have regime change in 2012

    The outgoing president of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Col. Kiiza Besigye has said that Uganda may have a regime change in 2012. Addressing members of FDC in Kampala at City House building in Kampala Central division, Besigye encouraged all his supporters no matter of their cultural, religion, economic or education background to […]

I will not expel Banyarwanda-Mao

It looks like DP President Norbert Mao is ready to give a try of presidential campaigns in the next general elections. He told the people of Masaka Municipality over the weekend that he will not mistreat Baganda or expel Banyarwanda living in Uganda when he comes to power. Mao says that although he comes from […]

Sudhiru Rupereria’s buildings cut off power

The government of Uganda ’s failure to subsidize power to support power producers has impacted negatively on the businesses of Kampala ’s property mogul, Sudhiru Rupereria. The information coming from Equatorial Hotel and City house building among others  indicate that many times the premises of the wealthy man can stay without power for very many […]

Statehouse: Load shedding to end next year

Although UMEME has been sending messages on peoples’ phones that the people of Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono districts among others are to continue facing frequent outages because the ‘Mutundwe’ power station is under restoration, we have learnt that this information is not true. An impeccable source at statehouse intimated to us that the agreement which […]

Uganda journalists threaten to storm Electricity offices

Uganda journalists operating in South Buganda (Greater Masaka) under their umbrella association of South Buganda Journalists Association have threatened to mobilize people to storm UMEME offices protesting against increased road shedding. The scribes want to storm UMEME offices demanding an explanation for the persistent loading shedding. The scribes through their head, Aliga Issa say they […]

Uganda law society criticizes public order bill

 The Uganda law society has quashed the public order management bill currently before the committee on legal and Parliamentary affairs, saying its’ not good in its current form. Making a submission on behalf of the society, the President of the society James Mukasa Ssebugenyi says if the bill is passed into an act in its […]

Born again pastors prepare for Passover festivals

As the year 2011 is soon coming to an end, born again churches in Uganda is busy preparing for the Passover festival that will welcome the New Year 2012. There is confusion when it comes to churches announcing the pastors among other preachers who will preach at different places. You can hear one pastor being announced to […]

MPs concerned about power generation facts

Members of parliament on the parliamentary committee investigating irregularities in the energy sector have discovered that Nalubale power plant is producing more power than kiira power plant yet there have been claims that the new dam was constructed to relieve pressure from the old dam. A member of this committee engineer Gabriel Ajedra says that […]

Government negotiating with thermal power companies to reduce load shedding

The state minister for energy, Peter Lokeris said that the government is holding negotiations with thermo power generating company Agreko to have the generators switched on to decrease on the rate of load shedding in the country. Lokeris who also apologized to the nation for the current increased load shedding which has caused losses to people’s business and property says […]

Government of Uganda outlines oil production program

The government has dismissed rumours that oil production has already started in western Uganda and that some oil companies and government officials are already secretly benefiting from oil proceeds. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Kabagambe Kalisa says that oil production has not started and will commence in 12-18months from […]