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Security tight on Kampala –Masaka road

Security is tight onKampala–Masaka road following an anti government rally organised by members of the ‘Action for Change” in Kyengera. The inspector general of police, Lt. Gen. Kale Kayihura has confirmed the deployment and said it is there for the good of all Ugandans. When our informers made the tour of the road, they saw […]

An Arab kills Ugandans in Southern Sudan

A man believed to be an Arab from Khartoum (Northern Sudan) has killed over 40 people in Southern Sudan. There are fears that the dead might include Ugandans operating in Southern Sudan. The Interior minister in Southern Sudan, Manani Magaya told the press that the people killed were from the cattle corridor of Warrap state. […]

Uganda to open embassy in Ramallah, Palestine

Ugandais to open an embassy in Ramallah inPalestine. The development was recently agreed upon byUgandapresident Yoweri Museveni and thePalestinehead of state, Sheikh Mahmood Abas. Abas is a close friend of President Museveni. And in fact Abas visitedUgandain April last year and held closed door talks with Museveni. LaterUgandastatehouse officials issued a press statement that indicated […]

Directorate of ethics and integrity drafts bill against corrupt officials

The Directorate of Ethics and Integrity is in final stages of drafting a bill that will allow individual Ugandans to sue corrupt government ministers, president among other public officials. The bill against the corrupt will be called ‘’quintum bill 2012.’ The bill will allow individual Ugandans to provide information and the Attorney General will be […]

Otafiire moves to Nairobi to sue Kenya Ports Revenue Authority

The motor mouthedUgandaconstitutional and Justice Minister, Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire has threatened to sue Kenya Ports Revenue Authority for destroying his sugar worth millions of shillings. The sugar was destroyed this week at the Customs warehouse inMombasa, because of its reported poor quality state. The value of sugar the Kenya Ports Revenue Authority destroyed was […]

Someone Museveni secretly prepares to replace him named

You may not know, your close friends might not have told you, but president Museveni is secretly preparing someone to replace him when he retires from the presidency. That someone is not even his blue eyed prime minister, Amama Mbabazi, Vice President Kiwanuka Sekandi, Foreign Affairs minister, Sam Kutesa or his blood brother Gen. Salim […]

Commonwealth Secretary-General condemns attacks in Nigeria’s Kano state

 Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has expressed his revulsion at the attacks on innocent people in Kano state, Nigeria, on 20 January 2012. “We condemn these cowardly attacks, which have led to large-scale loss of life and critical injuries,” said the Secretary-General, who is on an official visit to Malawi. “The perpetrators of this despicable crime […]

US names Scott H. DeLisi as new ambassador to Uganda

Former US Ambassador to Nepal Scott H. DeLisi has been named the new US Ambassador to Uganda. DeLisi will replace current Ambassador Jerry P. Lanier after the changes are by the US Senate. DeLisi wrote in his Facebook status that he had got a White House notification about his new posting to Uganda. By the […]

East African MPs will sit in Kampala Uganda from January 24th

East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) session will sit in Kampalafrom to morrow January 24th to February 2nd  this year.  According to the programme president Museveni of Uganda and his counterpart of Kenya Mwai Kibaki will address the members during their sitting.  The EALA session will sit in the chambers of the parliament of Uganda. President […]

Spies penetrate FDC, Besigye cries out

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 […]