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The parliament appointments committee chaired by the speaker Rebecca Kadaga has finally today approved the designate appointed deputy Attorney general Jackson Kafuuzi who doubles as Kyaka south MP in Kyegegwa district. Kafuuzi first appeared in the same committee on 3rd January but his appointment was not approved as he lacked a number of documents as required. […]
Kampala Metropolitan Police – Bulenga, Wakiso district have arrested a fraudster who swaps People’s ATM cards in various banking machines. The suspect has been operating in Kampala Metropolitan Policing areas. The suspect, Ampurira Ronald aged 35 years was arrested yesterday after he had swapped Mr. Mulumba’s ATM card in Bulenga at one of the ATM […]
United Nation (UN) Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has called for international intervention/aid to “avert any threats to food security, livelihoods, malnutrition”. It requires 10 m U.S dollars. Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are struggling with “unprecedented” and “devastating” swarms of the food-eating locusts, the FAO has said, fearing locust numbers could grow 500 times by […]
The family of former Butaleja district woman Member of Parliament late Cerinah Nebanda dismisses claims by Kayunga district Woman member of Parliament Aidah Nantaba that the family knows people who want to kill her. On Tuesday while speaking on the floor of parliament, Nantaba also former State minister for ICT and National guidance alleged that she received […]
Rukungiri District Woman legislator Betty Bamukwasa Muzanira living in fear of assassination. She has messages,assailants demanding that she sends Shs75 million or else they take her life. Hon Muzanira said that she first got the death threats in October 2019 when the alleged assailants sent her a mobile phone massage informing her that she was […]
The Japanese government announces a grant of over 341 million dollars (app 1.2 billion shillings) to Uganda for the implementation of new technology in the repair of community roads in the country. The Do-nou technology involves wrapping soil in a gunny bag to address the road needs of the poorest and most vulnerable groups and […]
Ugandan Traders who lost goods and money in South Sudan in partnership with Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) are set to organize a peaceful demonstration over non-payment of money for supplies and contracts performed in South Sudan. KACITA Spokesperson Issa Sekitto says that several understandings have been reached between the two states to have payments but […]
Duach Chuol Kaylech Toang, a Sudanese national was just a normal traveler crossing Malaba OSBP by bus from Kenya to Uganda. His final destination was South Sudan through Uganda. As is the norm, travelers crossing the boarder are checked and so is their hand luggage. One by one, their hand luggage went through the non […]
Government chief whip Ruth Nankabirwa on Tuesday Jan 21,2020 asked parliament to let government conclude the ongoing talks between the Ugandan government and its counterpart in Rwanda, prompting Parliament to respond with an order. This was after the Rukungiri municipality legislator Roland Mugume raised a matter of national importance in which commented about the continued […]
The just released December 2019 audit report notes that the lack of financial rule to guide the usage of money from the petroleum fund impacts on government monitoring and management of public fund. The Auditor General John Muwanga lamented while handing over the Audit report to Speaker Rebecca Kadaga at Parliament. The Auditor General revealed […]
