Kira Road Police Station has rescued a five-year old child, who was about to be cut by the father using a machete over unknown reasons. According to Luke Owoyesigyire the Kampala Metropolitan police deputy spokesperson, during the rescue, one of their officers discharged a bullet to disable the father, Suleiman Male, 28, but it fatally…
Youth in Uganda under the coalition of the Platform for Youth Inclusion in Politics (PYIP) are calling for the immediate release of all individuals arrested during a raid on the National Unity Platform (NUP) head offices on Wednesday. At least 82 people were arrested during the joint security operation comprising of police and the military…
The Electoral Commission (EC) will today commence the 2-day exercise of nomination of candidates for Parliamentary Elections 2021. The exercise which was earlier scheduled for 12th and 13th October 2020 was postponed to 15th and 16th October 2020 following presentations from various stakeholders including the Parliament of Uganda. According to the EC boss Justice Simon…
In a bid to bridge the digital divide gap that exists between Karamoja and the rest of Uganda, government has been urged to set up Community Multipurpose Telecenters in the subregion. The recommendation has been made today by a team of researchers from Makerere University during dissemination of the findings from a study conducted in…
Following president Museveni’s directive for the immediate disbandment of all leaders for Kampala government markets and abattoirs the leadership of St. Balikudembe Market aka Owino has urged president Museveni to institute an independent Commission to look into matters of the market before the directive is implemented. According to a September 25th, 2020 letter to the Kampala Minister, Betty…
Muslim women under the umbrella of Uganda Muslim Women’s Vision (UMWV) have petitioned government over the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act which requires them to remove their veils before having their pictures taken for National IDs, Driving Permits, Passports and when going through immigration at international border posts. These contend that unless the act…
Following presentations from various stakeholders including the Parliament of Uganda on the above subject matter, the Electoral Commission (EC) has revised the programme for the nomination of candidates for Parliamentary Elections 2021, from Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th 2020, to Thursday 15th and Friday 16th October 2020. According to the EC chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama,…
With nomination of candidates for the 2021 parliamentary elections around the corner, many National Unity Platform (NUP) party candidates are likely to miss the nominations due to high nomination fees. The nomination fees for parliamentary aspirants was increased from Shillings 200,000 to Shillings 3 million in 2015. Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine the NUP leader…
Commercial Court in Kampala has ordered Diamond Trust Bank Uganda and Kenya to refund 120bn shillings which was illegally withdrawn from the account of city businessman Hamis Kigundu. While delivering his judgement today, Justice Henry peter Adonyo noted that the said money was illegally withdrawn from Hamis Kiggundu’s account by DTB Kenya which doesn’t have a licence to…
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Electoral Commission is set to conduct residual elections in the electoral areas where voting or results were cancelled for various reasons. According to the NRM electoral commission vice chairperson John Alimpa Kijaji, the party will tomorrow 8th October 2020 hold elections for Mbale city woman MP seat in the 58…
