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Government directed us to approve Kayihura as inspector general of governance, says MPs

 Members of Parliament on NRM ticket say they were under instructions to approve Lt. Gen. Kale Kayihura as the inspector General of Police.  President Museveni renewed Kayihura’s contract of the Inspector General of Police in November last year week and Kayihura’s name was sent to parliament for vetting.  We have been told that the members […]

Uganda Government wants MPs to start electing president

The people who have been planning to contest for president in 2016 should better read this first! An impeccable source at State House Nakasero has told this writer that there is a proposal for MPs to start choosing the country’s president.  A source explains that this proposal is still under discussion. The ruling party wants […]

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 […]

President Museveni explains why EAC presidents rejected Sudan entry

You have already read stories or heard media reports that the members of the East African community (EAC) rejected Sudan’s entry into the regional bloc. The EAC countries: Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania rejected Sudan during their 13th East Africa Heads of States Summit recently. There were two main reasons why the EAC presidents […]

Uganda Government wants MPs to start electing president

The people who have been planning to contest for president in 2016 should better read this first! An impeccable source at State House Nakasero has told this writer that there is a proposal for MPs to start choosing the country’s president. A source explains that this proposal is still under discussion. The ruling party wants […]

Museveni again cited in Basajjabalaba botched compensation

The high court judge Billy Kainamura has told the public accounts committee of parliament investigating the compensation by government that all the claims that were paid had been authorized by the president. Kainamura who appeared before the committee in camera told mps that he got the letters for authorization of payment for different claims of […]

Oil sector probe committee says Museveni is frustrating their work

The ad hoc committee investigating the alleged bribery in the oil sector has said that President Museveni is frustrating its activities. The remark follows the yesterday’s incident when the Attorney General, Peter Nyombi jumped the committee meeting to meet President Museveni at State House in Entebbe The committee’s chairman Hon. Warikhe while talking to the […]

Hospital in Entebbe closed due to load shedding

Grade B hospital in Entebbe town has failed to reopen due to the long hours of load shedding. The hospital’s medical superintendent, Dr. Martin Okmal says that the hospital has failed to handle complicated cases like operating on delivering women due to lack of electricity in the hospital. He says that they recently closed the […]