President Yoweri Museveni who is also the National Chairman of the Electoral Commission has directed that all National Resistance Movement (NRM) members with cards but are not in the party register should be allowed to vote in tomorrow’s primary elections for parliamentary aspirants. In a letter dated 2nd September 2020, president Museveni directs that any NRM member whose name is not in…
Police in Kabalagala have arrested one suspect on allegations of assault and disrupting elections. It is alleged that on the 02/09/2020 at Jack and Jill polling station, Kyene Zone in Kabalagala Makindye Division, Musingizi Ronald, 20, a resident of the same area unlawfully assaulted Lunkuse Hasifah, 25, who had lined up for voting thereby causing…
President Yoweri Museveni has opened up on tribalism, a debate that has headlined recent national conversations. Police have recently issued summons and arrested creative artists and other public figures critiquing the reality of tribalism in the country. The president has now come out to refute the allegations that most jobs especially in the public service and army…
The ministry of health has today launched the Board of Directors of Malaria Free Uganda an innovative Public-Private Partnership recently established to sustain and accelerate the National Malaria Response. The Board is comprised of 11 members including Kenneth Mugisha, Patrick Bitature, Solomon Ossiya, Lillian Ajarova and Fabian Kasi. The others are Barbara Mulwana, Harrison Mutikanga,…
The court of appeal has set free former leader of the Tabliq Muslim sect Sheik Muhammad Yunus Kamoga who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for uttering statements that resulted in the death of two Muslim clerics Mustafa Bahiga and Hassan Kirya in 2014. This is after three justices of the court led by the…
Singer and BET award winner Edirisah Musuuza aka Eddy Kenzo has been unveiled as Uganda’s Tourism Ambassador. Kenzo was unveiled by the state minister for tourism Godfrey Kiwanda at an event held this afternoon at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala. Kiwanda remarked that the ministry is proud to be associated with a man like Kenzo…
Veteran Journalist and former Baba TV presenter Bassajja Mivule has said the struggle to liberate this country by the National Unity Platform(NUP)/People Power Movement is non existent. According to Mivule this new wave stands without agenda, no knowledge of fiscal policy and with evil motives supported by the homosexuality world and other foreign backers who…
The Electoral Commission will today the 31st of August 2020 conduct Polling for Persons with Disabilities Committees (PWDS) at the Parish Level. The PWDs Executive Committee members who were elected at the village level about two weeks ago will participate in today’s exercise in all parishes across the country where the elections were contested. Paul…
Close to 95% of people who test positive for COVID-19 in Uganda do not require being admitted to hospitals, the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has disclosed. The revelation comes at a time the country is entering stage four of the COVID-19 pandemic with community spread in many parts of the country.To-date, Uganda has 2,756 COVID-19…
Leila Kayondo a talented vocalist in Uganda has got herself into another scandal where she is alleged of stealing a car. These lies are all being propagated by Nayima Nassunna who says Leila stole the car from her late husband Luke Sendawula . Nayima says she kept asking the husband to return the car home…
