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Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Anita Annet Among has threatened to cut the budget for parliamentary committees that haven’t submitted their reports to date. While presiding over the plenary, Among revealed that the executive arm of government tasked them to work on sixty (60) bills this term and currently little has been tackled yet next […]
The Uganda Meteorology Authority has warned Ugandans that throughout this month (August) different parts of the country will receive persistent rainfalls. These say that the rains are more likely to be extraordinary in Eastern part of the country, Northern Uganda and Midwest. Farmers have been advised to grow water resistant crops currently, and those in […]
Leader of opposition in Parliament Hon. Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba has urged opposition parties bigwigs and supporters to emulate the unity among opposition members of Parliament and be exhibited even outside Parliament. Mpuuga who was speaking to students of Makerere University Business School (MUBS) revealed that opposition members of Parliament are cooperating well under his stewardship […]
Taxi operators in Kampala under their association’s umbrella Taxi Operators Federation have embarked on registering themselves as a way of streamlining their industry through issuing identification cards and uniforms. The exercise looks at capturing most important details from the taxi operators in the Kampala metropolitan area, among the specifics needed include, name, stage, National Identification […]
Experts say that Russia is looking at building more mutual relationship with various African countries against United States Of America and European countries. Speculations come at a time when the Moscow Foreign Minister Sergei Lovrov is on a state visit in Uganda. It’s alleged that Lovrov will meet almost all other African country presidents or […]
Democratic Party (DP) members of Parliament have vowed not to walk into the marriage between their mother party and the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) This followed the signing of the corporation agreement between DP’s President Norbert Mao and NRM’s chairperson who doubles as the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at Nakasero State Lounge […]
Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has stressed that his government will not cut taxes on fuel imported into the country as requested by several people in a bid to tame skyrocketing commodity prices. While addressing the country at State House, Nakasero last night, Mr. Museveni acknowledged his knowledge about high fuel prices having affected commodity […]
Leaders in Njeru Municipality, Buikwe District have opened up to the Minister of Lands Hon. Judith Nalule Nabakooba regarding the Residential District Commissioner’s office involvement in land wrangles. Residents had hosted Minister Nabakooba at the alleged Custodian board land on Ntegeese and Wampogwe Villages where squatters were allegedly evicted unlawfully with the help of the […]
Security beefed up at Makerere University after the University council overnight canceled the would be today’s Varsity guild president polls. This followed the death of a student identified as Betungura Bewatte. Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire confirmed the incident and confirmed the arrest of Kassanda South MP Hon.Kabuye Frank, Ssekidde Allan and Kaburwa […]
Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has opened a Food Safety Testing Laboratory for Northern Region based in Gulu. The Equipment for the Laboratory was donated by VODP through Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) and TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) funded by the Danish Government. According to Mr. David Livingstone Ebiru, the […]