Uganda Parliament’s Appointments Committee starts vetting the presidential nominees for ministerial appointments today. The day in parliament however started earlier, with the approval of Ruhakana Rugunda as Prime Minister this morning. The House voted 262 for, 3 against and 4 abstentions. Vetting of ministers designate is scheduled to start at …
Read More »Former Foreign Minister Kibedi dies in London
Joshua Wanume Kibedi, Foreign Minister in the early days of the Idi Amin regime, died Monday in a London hospital. Deputy Prime Minister Kirunda Kivejinj announced the death of Ambassador Kibedi. He died at dawn at St. Thomas Hospital in London, according to Kivejinja. Kibedi famously fled to exile soon …
Read More »Art of Propaganda
By Nathan Kiwere Following the social and political mayhem that was engendered by the botched 2007 general elections in neighbouring Kenya, politicians and the public went into an unprecedented frenzy, outshouting each other to prove culpability in what turned out to be a national festival of hooliganism. As they say, …
Read More »Museveni in Angola for ICGLR summit
President Yoweri Museveni is in Luanda, Angola for the 6th Ordinary Heads of State and Government Summit of The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). The Summit is being held under the theme “Accelerating the effective implementation of the Pact and its Protocols for a more democratic and stable …
Read More »Kayihura reassures Uganda on safety
Following a Sunday night attack on Gulu central police station by yet unknown assailants, IGP Kale Kayihura has reassured the country of safety. Addressing the press at the media weekly media briefing at the Police headquarters in Naguru, Kayihura said, “despite the attacks, we wish to assure all Ugandans that …
Read More »Kigali’s puts final touches for the African Union Summit 2016
ATC News by Wolfgang H. Thome When the African Union Summit 2016 will open its doors on the 10th of July, will Rwanda’s new national convention and exhibition center and the adjoining Radisson Blu Hotel Kigali be at the heart of things, meetings, accommodation and banquets. The new facility is …
Read More »Museveni Cabinet – Service delivery or political appeasement?
When President Yoweri Museveni released his long-awaited new cabinet on June 6, it took everyone by surprise because only days earlier he had laughed off complaints by the Speaker of Parliament about his failure to name a new Cabinet. Having been sworn in on May 12, Museveni’s Cabinet list has …
Read More »UPDF: “Gulu situation back to normal”
Gunfire rocked Gulu Sunday night for close to an hour, and when calm returned, the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) spokesman Paddy Ankunda announced the “situation back to normal.” Initial reports indicated an attack on an army barracks, while another talked of an army rebellion. Ankunda @defenceuganda, brought an end …
Read More »LIVE: URA Budget analysis engangment
The Uganda Revenue Authority together with the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on Monday held a seminar to help tax payers understand what they are up against in the budget that was read last week. “We are here to help the ordinary person understand how the budget affects …
Read More »Uganda pulls troops out of C. Africa, “LRA no longer a threat”
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Uganda is set to pull its troops out of the restive Central African Republic, deeming the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to be “no longer a threat”, an army spokesman said. “Uganda has met its goal in the fighting against LRA,” army spokesman Paddy Ankunda …
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