A fraud scam at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) is threatening the institution that has been faulted by social media for statistical errors. A clique at the country’s custodian of statistics is swimming in a cash bonanza aided by the absence of a supervisory Board almost a year since the expiry of the old…
The Electoral Commission has issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the various election activity for purposes of the General Election Roadmap, 2020/21 amidst COVID-19. Justice Simon Byabakama the Electoral Commission Chairperson says these SOPs incorporated measures and guidelines put in place by the Ministry of Health and the outcome of consultations made by the Commission…
Journalist Andrew Mwenda today picked nomination forms from people power Movement/ National Unity Platform , revealing his intentions to contest for the party top seat Below is Mwenda’s full statementI went to the head office of NUP expecting to be lynched! went to the head office of NUP expecting to be lynched! I was prepared…
As media houses struggle to position their brands and cash in on the huge expenditures expected to characterize the 2021 political season, new ones are fighting hard to snatch viewership from the traditional giants. TV stations have been signing up new talent to bolster their popularity. The latest such signing is Baba TV’s Noorden Ntege…
Distribution of government facemasks in Kampala metropolitan area is set to commence tomorrow, the ministry of health has revealed. The free face mask distribution which started in June this year is part of government’s intervention to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the country. While giving an update on COVID-19 response in Uganda today, the…
Police in Kampala are hunting for musician Pius Mayanja aka Pallaso on charges of escaping from lawful custody and obustraction. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire, Pallaso flee on handcuffs after police raided his home in Makindye for hosting a group of unruly people . Below is Owoyesigyire’s full statement on the…
Police in Jinja have released on bond four Baba FM presenters who are being accused of inciting violence and disobeying lawful orders. Three of the presenters Hussein Muyonjo aka Swengere, Alton Kasolo, and Atanansi Kalyowa were yesterday summoned to appear before the OCCID Jinja Central Police Station (CPS) to answer to the charges. However, on reaching the police station, their…
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has refuted allegations that Kampala is headed for another lockdown. This, after news circulated by a section of tabloids indicated that the minister of Kampala Betty Amongi revealed government’s intension for another lockdown on Kampala due to the registered COVID-19 community cases in the city. However, the KCCA’s acting spokesperson Daniel…
The territorial police at Kira Division carried out a night operation targeting bars that were continuing to operate with in the areas of Kira Municipality in violation of ministry of health guidelines against the spread of COVID-19. Luke Owoyesigyire the Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson says the operation followed a tip off by residents that…
BET award winner Edrisah Musuuza aka Eddy Kenzo who had been Stranded in Ivory Cost following the closure of Entebbe International Airport in March this year is finally back home. Kenzo is among the 56 Ugandan Nationals and legal residents who were stranded in West African countries of Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Senegal,…
