Former Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi has been admitted in Rashid Hospital in critical conditions after his health deteriorated while on flight. Ssekandi was returning from holiday in the United States of America but felt uneasy on board. When the plane landed in Dubai Ssekandi was rushed to Rashid Hospital in Dubai health city. Authorities…
Together with her Eastern Uganda team, MTN CEO, Sylvia Mulinge, is on a Jinja City visit where she will meet several clients. The CEO started her visit with a courtesy call on the Mayor of Jinja City, His Worship Peter Okocha Kasolo. The duo discussed MTN Uganda and Jinja City Council partnership opportunities to make…
The Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba, has resolved land conflicts in some parts of Rakai district. According to Ssalongo Kayiija Sam, a resident of Kakenkeke village, Lwamaggwa parish, residents in the area were being forced off their land after two men – identified as Kimbowa Joseph and Ssekiito Julius – claimed…
On September 24th, a peace event was held to discuss the development of sustainable peace in the Great Hall of Makerere, Uganda. About 1894 people, including lawyers, religious people, teachers, youth, and journalists, attended the event. The main event has been held simultaneously around the world since the 8th anniversary of the HWPL 9,18 Peace…
Speaker Anita Among during today’s afternoon sitting, Thursday 8 September 2022 directed that the country wide abductions be investigated. This followed concerns raised by MPs who decry the dubious and suspicious means by which Ugandan citizens are being abducted and their whereabouts not known.The issue raised as a matter of National Importance received overwhelming support…
Government has cleared Nyege Nyege Festival to take place but under adherence to strict guidelines. This follows a Meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Robinah Nabbanja with the Nyege Nyege organizers and other stakeholders. The meeting was attended by the 3rd Deputy PM, Minister for General duties,ICT and national guidance Minister, Minister for Kampala,…
President Yoweri Museveni held a meeting with the former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H.E Goodluck Jonathan, who made a courtesy call on him at State House, Entebbe. The President and his guest who is the Chancellor of Cavendish University and was in the country to officiate at the university’s second graduation ceremony, …
The National Unity Platform leadership has said its a shame for the country to keep spending heavily on treatment of its top cream abroad as our own health care systems worsens. NUP Secretary General Lewis Rubongoya took to his twitter account to scoff at Mr.Museveni’s health care system that is doubted by the very people…
The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa and National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Executive Director, Dr Barirega Akankwasah, have disagreed over water levels at River Nyagak in West Nile. The two government officials were on Tuesday, 23 August 2022 appearing before the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources that was charged by…
Are you generating, publishing and disseminating content on any online platform such as YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter in Uganda? Are you licensed by the Uganda Communications Commission or you are treating yourself as a private overzealous online space user? Its time out! The UCC has ruled that all persons generating, publishing, and disseminating content online…
