Makerere University Researcher and social activist Dr. Stella Nyanzi has been granted bail. A visibly ill looking Dr Stella was earlier brought to Buganda Road Court for a hearing in which her lawyers responded to the state’s application to inquire into her mental status, and applied for bail. Nyanzi  was arrested on …

VIDEO: The Inspector General of Police General Kale Edward Kayihura has finally been approved by the Parliamentary appointments committee. Kayihura who appeared before the Uganda Parliament Speaker led committee on Tuesday, was approved for his three-new year tenure together with his Deputy Okoth Ochola. Also approved is Commissioner General of …

Manager- MFS Strategic Partnerships Manager MTN The position reports to the Senior Manager-Ecosystem Development Main Purpose of the Job Acquire new income streams by identifying and enhancing opportunities in value chains that are underserved by MFS and enhance existing ones as well as promote innovation in digital financial services to …

MTN, which has 60 million subscribers in Nigeria, says it is the largest distributor of music Lagos, Nigeria | AFP |  Phizbarz is only 23 but hopes to become the next Nigerian Afropop star to be famous across Africa — and to get himself known and earn a living, he’s using …

Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired FBI director James Comey, ousting the man heading a wide-ranging investigation into whether his aides colluded with Russia to sway last year’s US election. In a shock move that drew comparisons to the Watergate scandal that brought down …

Washington, United States | AFP |  US President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired his FBI director James Comey, the man who leads the agency charged with investigating his campaign’s ties with Russia — a move that sent shockwaves through Washington. The surprise dismissal of Comey, who played a controversial role …

Washington, United States | AFP |  US President Donald Trump on Tuesday made the shock decision to fire his FBI director James Comey, the man who leads the agency charged with investigating his campaign’s ties with Russia. The surprise dismissal of Comey, who played a controversial role in the 2016 …

Kampala City Hall Court has sentenced an 18-year-old woman to one and half years imprisonment after she pleaded guilty to giving false information to Uganda police regarding the murder of fallen AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi. Kaweesi, who was spokesman and the director of human resource development and training in Uganda police, …

Kampala, Uganda | PWATCHUG| The Deputy Speaker of Par­lia­ment Ja­cob Oulanyah has blamed Pres­i­dent  Yoweri Mu­sev­eni for in­ad­e­quately fund­ing the Elec­toral Com­mis­sion. Oulanyah said this while meet­ing of­fi­cials from the Elec­toral Com­mis­sion led by its Chair­per­son Jus­tice Si­mon Byabakama, who com­plained of lack of funds to hold elec­tions in seven …

Kampala, Uganda | PWATCHUG| For­mer En­ergy Min­is­ter, Syda Bbumba has feigned ig­no­rance of the con­tent in an oil pro­duc­tion shar­ing agree­ment that led to a $157 mil­lion tax waiver to Tul­low Oil Com­pany. Bbumba is in the eye of the storm af­ter Pres­i­dent Yow­eri Mu­sev­eni, while meet­ing leg­is­la­tors on the …