The new High Commissioner of the Republic of India to Uganda, Mr. A. Ajay KUMAR yesterday paid a courtesy call on Hon. Henry Okello ORYEM, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs: International Cooperation of the Republic of Uganda. The Minister congratulated the High Commissioner upon his appointment and lauded India’s commitment to the two countries’…
The Electoral Comission(EC) has commenced issuing nomination forms and nomination guidelines for the 2021 presidential elections today. Paul Bukenya the EC’s Media and Public relations manager says a total of 10 aspiring presidential candidates collected the documents from the EC headquarters in Kampala on the first day. These include Daniel Matsiko (independent), Charles Bbale (Ecological…
A fraud scam at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) is threatening the institution that has been faulted by social media for statistical errors. A clique at the country’s custodian of statistics is swimming in a cash bonanza aided by the absence of a supervisory Board almost a year since the expiry of the old…
Distribution of government facemasks in Kampala metropolitan area is set to commence tomorrow, the ministry of health has revealed. The free face mask distribution which started in June this year is part of government’s intervention to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the country. While giving an update on COVID-19 response in Uganda today, the…
Police in Kampala are hunting for musician Pius Mayanja aka Pallaso on charges of escaping from lawful custody and obustraction. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire, Pallaso flee on handcuffs after police raided his home in Makindye for hosting a group of unruly people . Below is Owoyesigyire’s full statement on the…
Police in Jinja have released on bond four Baba FM presenters who are being accused of inciting violence and disobeying lawful orders. Three of the presenters Hussein Muyonjo aka Swengere, Alton Kasolo, and Atanansi Kalyowa were yesterday summoned to appear before the OCCID Jinja Central Police Station (CPS) to answer to the charges. However, on reaching the police station, their…
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has refuted allegations that Kampala is headed for another lockdown. This, after news circulated by a section of tabloids indicated that the minister of Kampala Betty Amongi revealed government’s intension for another lockdown on Kampala due to the registered COVID-19 community cases in the city. However, the KCCA’s acting spokesperson Daniel…
The territorial police at Kira Division carried out a night operation targeting bars that were continuing to operate with in the areas of Kira Municipality in violation of ministry of health guidelines against the spread of COVID-19. Luke Owoyesigyire the Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson says the operation followed a tip off by residents that…
