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…
Here are the prayers sought in the Supreme Court petition by Azimio La Umoja Presidential candidate Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua. Seven Supreme Court judges led Martha Koome have 14 days to hear and determine Odinga’s petition and 8 others filed on August 22, 2022. -Re-tallying and verification of the presidential vote…
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…
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…
Police in jinja is firing teargas live bullets in some parts of Jinja City to disperse people who are protesting high fuel and commodity prices. Local leaders have condemned the protests and blamed an invisible hand for fueling young people. National planning authority ED Joseph Muvawala has called on police to rush and secure the…
The Cabinet will sit today to discuss whether to permit workers to be exported from Uganda to the Middle East. The government has been forced to have the hard talk due to the persistent cries of a group of employees, most of whom move to the Middle East to work as domestic helpers. The Cabinet…
Police are investigating circumstances under which Batungura Bewotti 27, a student of law at Uganda Christian University Kampala Campus and resident of Kikoni Zone B, Makerere 3 Parish Kawempe Division in Kampala was murdered The incident took place yesterday July 14, 2022 at around 7pm during the last guild Presidential open campaigns at rugby grounds…
Two years after Parliament approved a 10m Euros (about Shs37.4b) loan for the Ministry of Health to construct new health facilities and rehabilitate old ones in Karamoja sub-region, nothing has been put on ground. This situation has upset Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa who at the start of the Thursday afternoon plenary sitting, informed Parliament that…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Kampala has dismissed with costs an election appeal that sought to dislodge Hajji Idd Isabirye from Parliament where he represents Bunya South. The Court upheld the victory of NRM’s Hajji Isabirye Idd as the validly elected Member of Parliament for Bunya South in Mayuge district. Three justices of the…
The Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has sent out his congratulatory message to Muslims across the country. This came upon reaching of this year’s Eid Al Adha that will be marked tomorrow. “We join you to celebrate the grace of Allah demonstrated in the known act of sacrificing animals and we praise Allah…
