Newly appointed Defence Advisors (DAs) have today been urged to maintain discipline and hardwork at their respective Areas of Responsibility (AOR) for the continuation of peace and stability. These remarks were pronounced today by the UPDF Joint Chief of Staff (JCOS) Maj Gen Leopold Kyanda on behalf of the Chief Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Wilson…
Nomination of candidates to run in the byelections for the seats of Member of Parliament in Bukimbiri County and Gogonyo County, respectively, has started. The nominations will take place at the offices of the returning officers in the aforementioned districts today and tomorrow beginning at 9am and ending at 5pm, according to a statement from acting EC spokesperson Paul Bukenya. “We are beginning to nominate candidates for the byelection for the positions of Member of Parliament for Bukimbiri County in the Kisoro district and Gogonyo County in the Pallisa district. The exercise officially begins today, Monday, August 1, 2022,” he declared. He stated that all requirements for nomination as a Member of Parliament must be met by the potential candidates. The exercise will be over by Tuesday, August 2, 2022, he added, adding that nomination papers had already been distributed to potential candidates. According to Bukenya, the nominated candidates will hold campaign meetings for seven days, starting on Wednesday, August 3, and ending on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. The by-election voting day and results counting will take place on Thursday, August 11, 2022, according to the EC “We urge all relevant parties in those districts to adhere to this program and the rules we have established for these …
Uganda Christian University has finally rolled out another set of graduands on its 22nd graduation. The graduation has seen thousands of students walk away with degrees and diplomas in their respective courses. This years graduands have finally celebrated after the learning difficulties they faced in COVID pandemic. The vice chancellor has urged the graduands to…
President Museveni has been asked by a group of NRM MPs to offer an expedient solution that address the actual issues that Ugandans are facing rather than focusing discussion on the need for electric vehicles. According to Mps, the President can still use his government for practical solutions to an inescapably unsustainable situation. Mps want government to concentrate on the oil refineries instead of their focus on building a pipeline to export crude oil. On Wednesday, President Museveni delivered a national address and expressed need for Ugandans to shift from the fossil fuel cars to electric cars as the country joins the global power…
It is thought that a 33-year-old woman who passed away three weeks after arriving in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, died after a botched kidney removal procedure by her employer. Abdulrazik Juma, the woman’s husband, asserts that Rose Atieno called him in her final moments of suffering to tell him that she had been pressured by her…
The Kampala High Court has stayed the warrant of arrest it had on July 13, 2022 issued directing Police to arrest Businessman Shukla Mukesh on sight; pending determination of the main application Mukesh has filed challenging the amount due to Nakawa West MP Joel Ssenyonyi; as exhorbitant. It should be noted that Shukla Mukesh was…
The Ministry of Health has Tuesday, received 2,400 test kits for Monkeypox from the World Health Organization Uganda. The test kits will help support the testing of Monkeypox in the country. To- date, the country has carried out 70 tests and all turned NEGATIVE for Monkeypox. The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the unprecedented…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, also the NRM National Chairman, in a politics rally urged the people of Soroti City East to cast their votes in favor of the NRM flagbearer for effective service delivery. The President made the call today while campaigning for the NRM flag bearer for the Soroti City East by-elections, Hon Herbert…
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, who arrived in Uganda Monday night, will later today hold bilateral talks with president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and address a joint press conference at Entebbe State House Entebbe. The Minister, is on a two-day working visit to Uganda staring July 25-26, 2022 as part of his tour of…
Authorities in the new tax park have resented KCCA’s plan to relocate hawkers into the park. The authorities say the relocation of hawkers back into the park will congest the areas. They now argue that the exercise could result into increased criminality. The New tax park was one of the major operational grounds for the…
