By Amos Ssemuwemba The Minister of ICT and National Guidance, Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, has endorsed President Yoweri Museveni’s decisive action to sack senior officials at the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) following the tragic collapse of the Kiteezi landfill, which resulted in the deaths of over 30 people. On Tuesday, President Museveni removed KCCA Executive…
By Amos Ssemuwemba Parliament is set to convene for a plenary session this afternoon at 2:00 PM, with the top item on the agenda being the reconsideration of the Higher Education Students Financing (Amendment) Bill, 2024. The government is pushing to reintegrate the Higher Education Students Financing Board into the Ministry of Education, a move…
By Amos Ssemuwemba In a heartfelt address at a retirement ceremony held yesterday at State House Entebbe, President Yoweri Museveni urged retiring military officers to make prudent use of their retirement packages and avoid the perils of gambling. The President’s remarks came during an event that honored five senior UPDF generals, marking the culmination of…
By Amos Ssemuwemba Jubilant scenes unfolded across Kampala’s streets today as city cleaners, many of them women, celebrated the sacking of top Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) officials. Following months of unpaid wages and frustrations, the cleaners, who had tirelessly maintained the city’s streets, finally saw the departure of Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka, her deputy…
Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago has convened an emergency stakeholders’ meeting to address the pressing leadership vacuum in the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA).
By Amos Ssemuwemba In a significant effort to curb the resurgence of polio, the Ugandan government is preparing to immunize over 2.7 million children under the age of five in the eastern part of the country. This was announced by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday, as officials outlined a door-to-door vaccination campaign scheduled for…
Tensions flared in Parliament today afternoon as Ssemujju Nganda, the Kira Municipality MP, raised concerns over remarks made by Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF).
By Amos Ssemuwemba In a significant shake-up, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has dismissed three top officials from the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) over the Kiteezi waste management scandal that resulted in the tragic deaths of more than 20 individuals. The Executive Director, Dorothy Kisaka, along with Deputy Executive Director Engineer David Luyimbazi and Director…
