The Electoral Commission (EC) has tasked all media persons who have been cleared to physically attend and cover the nomination exercise to present a 72-hr PCR negative test for COVID19, which will be taken at their own cost. This has been revealed by the EC spokesperson Paul Bukenya in a statement issued this morning in…
The Minister of State for Disability and Elderly Affairs, Hon. Sarah Kanyike has vowed to ensure that priority points of service for vulnerable persons are established in public spaces. The Minister who took over office recently noted that a number of Persons with Disabilities and Older Persons are keeping away from some service points because…
Opposition Democratic Party (DP) has reaffirmed its commitment to fronting a presidential candidate in the forthcoming elections despite delaying to submit supporter forms to the Electoral Commission (EC) for verification. Section 10(b) of the Presidential Elections Act provides that a presidential candidate’s nomination shall be supported by not less than 100 persons who are registered…
Police in Old Kampala have shot and killed a rape suspect as he resisted arrest and attempted to disarm officers, who were effecting an arrest. The suspect is alleged to have raped a woman on Wednesday 21/10/2020 in Lugala, Rubaga Division, Kampala Capital City. “The rape victim, whose name we will not disclose for privacy,…
Kira Road Police Station has rescued a five-year old child, who was about to be cut by the father using a machete over unknown reasons. According to Luke Owoyesigyire the Kampala Metropolitan police deputy spokesperson, during the rescue, one of their officers discharged a bullet to disable the father, Suleiman Male, 28, but it fatally…
Youth in Uganda under the coalition of the Platform for Youth Inclusion in Politics (PYIP) are calling for the immediate release of all individuals arrested during a raid on the National Unity Platform (NUP) head offices on Wednesday. At least 82 people were arrested during the joint security operation comprising of police and the military…
In a bid to bridge the digital divide gap that exists between Karamoja and the rest of Uganda, government has been urged to set up Community Multipurpose Telecenters in the subregion. The recommendation has been made today by a team of researchers from Makerere University during dissemination of the findings from a study conducted in…
Following president Museveni’s directive for the immediate disbandment of all leaders for Kampala government markets and abattoirs the leadership of St. Balikudembe Market aka Owino has urged president Museveni to institute an independent Commission to look into matters of the market before the directive is implemented. According to a September 25th, 2020 letter to the Kampala Minister, Betty…
Muslim women under the umbrella of Uganda Muslim Women’s Vision (UMWV) have petitioned government over the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act which requires them to remove their veils before having their pictures taken for National IDs, Driving Permits, Passports and when going through immigration at international border posts. These contend that unless the act…
Following presentations from various stakeholders including the Parliament of Uganda on the above subject matter, the Electoral Commission (EC) has revised the programme for the nomination of candidates for Parliamentary Elections 2021, from Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th 2020, to Thursday 15th and Friday 16th October 2020. According to the EC chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama,…
