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By Ronald Musoke With about 50 days to go, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) says it will not give any additional time to Ugandans who may not have registered their SIM cards by then. The deadline for registering SIM cards in Uganda is March 1, which is about 52 days …

By Aloysious Kasoma Victoria University is set to lose support from the United Kingdom citing constraints of freedom of speech and homosexuality in Uganda. The UK based University of Buckingham posted the statement on their website on 8th January 2013 that they have been in discussion with Victoria University and …

By Joan Akello MPs seeking for the recall of parliament submitted signatures to the office of the speaker in her absence. The legislators want the speaker Rebecca Kadaga to summon parliament from recess and have a special sitting over the arrest of some MPs who made remarks following the death …

By Julius Odeke Al Shabaab has again suffered a major setback after AMISOM forces raided their base and inflicted heavy losses to the al Qaeda linked group, some 120km North West of Mogadishu in the thickets of the general areas of Balidoogle. The Ugandan contingent forces who have been following …

By Ronald Musoke Justice David Wangutusi has summoned the Luziira Prisons doctor to come to the Anti-Corruption Court on Jan.8 and explain to Court why Geoffrey Kazinda, the interdicted Principal Accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister, is failing to honour his scheduled court hearings. Kazinda who is facing …

By Julius Odeke The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission  (SRCC)  for  Somalia,  Ambassador  Mahamat  Annadif  has congratulated President  Hassan  Sheikh  Mahamoud,  his  government and  the  people  of  Somalia  on  the occasion of the 41st anniversary of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) and the …

By Sarah Namulondo The Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Hon Amelia Kyambadde has today said that the implementation of the pre-verification on conformity of imports (PVOC) date has been extended as a government decision to harmonise various technical and logistical requirements. The implementation which was set to begin on …

By Julius Odeke The former party president Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Dr Kizza Besigye warns that the current political faith by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party is likely to throw the country into political turmoil. Besigye points out the manner in which government handled the death of …

By Sarah Namulondo Police has this morning arrested Adam Kalungi the said lover of the late Hon. Nebanda after he was arrested and deported to Uganda by the Kenyan police. Kalungi who was reported to have been one of the last people with the deceased before her fateful death on …

By Julius Odeke A UPDF officer Capt Eliano Franco attached to the Chieftaincy of Production shot and injured one person over land wrangles in Bululu Sub County in Kaberamaido district. The suspect one Capt Eliano moved in company of an LC I chairman and other village mates to the Sub …