By Sarah Namulondo The FDC electoral commission has today come out and denied earlier allegations of cheating in the recently concluded FDC by elections. Dan Mugarura, the FDC electoral commissioner, said that all the issues of cheating that were raised about people voting more times than they should was total …
Read More »Prison bosses defend Kazinda’s absence at PAC
By Sarah Namulondo Former Principal Accountant in the Office Prime Minister (OPM), Geoffrey Kazinda was a no where to be seen at Parliament on Monday like it was earlier reported. Kazinda who is facing 28 charges of abuse of office and forgery is on remand at Luzira prisons and was …
Read More »Museveni blames poor economy on Amin
By Sarah Namulondo President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has blamed Uganda’s poor economy on Amin’s expulsion of Indians from Uganda. He said that characters like Idi Amin disturbed the relationship between Uganda and India. The president said if the Indians were not expelled Uganda’s economy would be very far with their …
Read More »Kale Kayihura summoned over Owino
By Sarah Namulondo The parliamentary committee of presidential Affairs has summoned the inspector General of police Gen Kale Kayihura to explain why he has failed to provide security to Owino market. The committee decided to summon Kayihura after KCCA officials told committee members that the Authority failed to conduct a …
Read More »Museveni launches southern bypass
By Sarah Namulondo President Museveni today launched the $350 million construction project of the southern bypass by digging out soil from the road in Kyengera in Kabojja Village. The road project which is equivalent to the northern bypass will have 15 roads running from Busega to Entebbe but will be …
Read More »US not to cut Aid
By Sarah Namulondo Although most funders have cut aid, the United States of America has assured Uganda that it will not cut off the Aid it has been extending to Uganda. “The U.S has decided to continue giving aid to Uganda despite the ongoing numerous investigations into the misuse of …
Read More »Child Sacrifice Cases on the Rise in Gulu
Gulu, Uganda | Sarah Namulondo| The African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN) on behalf of the Civil Society Organisation and the Anti-Child Sacrifice Coalition in Uganda expressed their disappointment with the increasing cases of child sacrifice in the country. They said that in a …
Read More »Olara Otunnu to observe Sierra Leone elections
Kampala, Uganda | Sarah Namulondo | The president of Uganda People’s Congress, Olara Otunnu, will lead the Commonwealth Observer Group on Nov 17, in monitoring both National and Local Government Elections. The elections which are the third to take place in Sierra Leone since its decade-long conflict ended have always been observed …
Read More »Makerere College of science celebrates World Radiography Day
Kampala, Uganda | Sarah Namulondo | Students and lecturers at Makerere College of science have joined in today’s celebrations of the international World Radiography Day. The day which is gazetted by the World Health Organisation is celebrated to commemorate the 1895 x-ray discovery by Dr W Roentgen in German. The discovery introduced …
Read More »Generation Change formally launched in Uganda
By Sarah Namulondo The US Mission has launched the Ugandan Chapter of generation change at Hotel Africana with 20 youths already participating in it. The US Ambassador Scott H. DeLisi at the launch said that the project launch will be followed by a two-days training on collaboration, networking, presentation skills, …
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