The Electoral Commission (EC) has extended the period for conducting nomination of candidates for Local Government Councils Elections 2021. The exercise which commenced on 21st September 2020 in all the 146 districts/cities across the country was scheduled to end today the 1st of October 2020. However, the EC has extended the exercise for four more…
With the 2021 election campaigns set to be conducted via media platforms, supporters of president Yoweri Museveni under their umbrella Museveni Supporters Association have today launched an app to help the incumbent leader in conducting the “scientific” campaigns. Codenamed MY SEVO, the mobile application which is the first of its kind in the whole world,…
Odaka Asuman For about a month now I have avoided watching TV, reading Newspapers nor listened to any radio bulletin for one reason- to avoid Kibalama crap. This is not because he is not news worthy but as a protest of how an entire nation’s conversations can be reduced to a celebration of wickedness. In…
A man who is alleged to have been fraudulently withdrawing money from people’s bank accounts after switching his fake ATM cards with his victims’ has been arrested in Entebbe. The suspect has been identified as one Geofrey Wandera (39) a fisherman and resident of Abaita ababiri in Entebbe municipality. According to Luke Owoyesigyire the Kampala…
One person has been confirmed dead and three others seriously injured following a landslide that hit Bunarutere Village in Bubyangu Parish Bubyangu Sub-County in the wee hours of Monday night. Ayub Twaha the Uganda Red Cross branch manager for Mbale identifies the deceased as 6 year old Hussein Walumu whose parents and grand parent were…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has set up a team to handle the verification of supporters for nomination of candidates for the 2021 Presidential Elections. According to Paul Bukenya the Electoral Commission spokesperson, the verification team starts its work today Monday the 28th of September 2020. Section 10(b) of the Presidential Elections Act provides that a…
Democratic Party President Norbert Mao has been elected Secretary General of the Democrat Union of Africa (DUA). The election took place during the organization’s General Meeting which was held virtually via Zoom today. The meeting attracted participants from Centre right political parties from across Africa and was addressed by Ghanaian President Nana Akufo Addo who…
The Uganda Network of Young People living with HIV/AIDS (UNYPA) has today launched a mini condom campaign aimed at increasing the demand and use of condoms among young people in a bid to curb unintended pregnancies, new infections and spread of STIs and STDs. This campaign is going to be implemented in the districts of…
Heavy rains accompained with hailstorm on Wednesday afternoon destroyed crops and houses in Rubuguri subcounty, Kisoro district. A total of 445 people from 65 households in the villages of Rushaga, Higabiro and Kasheija have been affected. The affected residents are now in fear that if this continues they won’t be able to harvest anything from their gardens…
Construction of the new state of the art Nakivubo Stadium is on course and is expected to be completed before the end of next year. This has been revealed by city tycoon Hamis Kiggundu the director Ham Enterprises Limitted which was contracted to carry out reconstruction works on the stadium. Speaking to journalists at the…
