The first grain ship to leave the Ukrainian port of Odesa under a UN-brokered deal to ensure safe passage through the Black Sea departed on Monday morning, according to Ukrainian and Turkish officials. “The first Ukrainian grain ship since #RussianAggression has left port,” Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov tweeted, thanking Turkey and the UN for…
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…
Busoga kingdom premier and National Planning Executive Director Joseph Muvawala has rushed to his home area in Busoga to calm down angry and rowdy youths. Disgruntled youths in Jinja yesterday upset the areas of Namulesa, Kivubuka, Mafubira and Wakalenge in early morning protests against the rising cost of living. Transport was paralysed, shops remained closed…
Soroti East by-election unites opposition in an unprecendeted way. Uganda,s opposition kingpins Dr. Besigye and the leader of the redcard movement are jointly campaigning for the FDC candidate Moses Attan Okia in Soroti with the NUP supreme Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. Dr. Besigye on his third day in Soroti where he is drumming support for FDC,s…
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…
