NEWS

By Joan Akello This year’s theme is inclusion and the right to participate in public life for all people including women, youth, minorities to make their voices heard in public life and be included in political decision-making. Human rights, are aimed at ensuring that every individual is entitled to a …

By Ronald Musoke Justice David Wangutusi has warned the Ugandan press against convicting Geoffrey Kazinda, the interdicted principal accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister, before Court does so. Wangutusi said judgments being delivered in the newspapers are baseless. Speaking with direct eye contact with Kazinda, the judge said: …

By Sarah Namulondo The police have been named the most corrupt institution in the country in the annual corruption report released today by the inspectorate of government in collaboration with the economic policy research center of Makerere University. Following suit was the judiciary at 49% in 2011 to 24.8% in …

By Ronald Musoke Bunagana border post has been re-opened following one month of closure. The border was temporarily closed in mid-November to stop the M23 rebels from getting revenue which they were collecting from trucks ferrying goods through the rebel-held territory in the eastern part of the expansive Democratic Republic …

By Aloysious Kasoma Opposition Democratic Party has warned the government to handle the oil issue with care or else it can lead to political turmoil. According to DP there is enough evidence that president Museveni has personal interests in the industry “The available evidence indicates that President Museveni  has personal …

By Julius Businge The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has called on the members of the private sector, government and the public who are well versed with finance knowledge to help it scrutinize the budgets submitted by power generators and suppliers (licensees) for the year 2013. The budgets contain the costs …

By Ronald Musoke Uganda’s National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UNCCI) is set to boost banking services and agri-businesses in the new districts of northern Uganda according to an announcement made during the 34th Annual General Meeting of the UNCCI held on Dec. 7 in Kampala. Olive Kigongo, the president …

By Julius Odeke The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State (Bureau of African Affairs), Mr Jonnie Carson, has warned stakeholders involved in global initiatives to end the atrocities attributed to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels that no single silver bullet can on its own solve the LRA problem. According to …

By Julius Odeke The Somali National Army, with the support of AMISOM troops from the Ugandan Contingent, has yet again captured the town of Jawhar, 90 km northeast of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The joint forces faced little resistance as they entered the town, which has served as a major …

By Julius Odeke Following recent media reports of a one Chris Mubiru who is alleged to have been sexually abusing minors, Government of Uganda wishes to condemn such acts in the strongest terms possible. Through several video images so far availed to the media and Police, Mubiru seemed to have …