VIDEO: Election process was credible. Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The European Union, African Union and the East African Community Observers have described Kenya’s national election as a peaceful, free and fair. Their preliminary reports advise those dissatisfied with the electoral process to seek justice through the courts. The observers have …
Read More »VIDEO: Rwanda arrives in Entebbe ahead of Nations Cup qualifier.
VIDEO: Rwanda arrives in Entebbe ahead of Nations Cup qualifier. Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Rwanda is settling into Entebbe ahead of their 2018 African Nations Cup qualifier against Uganda on Saturday. The match, which will be the first leg of the final qualifying round, will take place at St …
Read More »VIDEO: KCCA Withdraws Enforcement Officers from Streets
VIDEO: KCCA Withdraws Enforcement Officers from Streets Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | The Kampala Capital City Authority has withdrawn its enforcement officers off Kampala’s streets in response to the increasing public hostility against the men and women in yellow uniforms. Jennifer Musisi told legislators earlier yesterday that Kampala’s streets had …
Read More »VIDEO: Measles outbreak in Kampala
VIDEO: Measles outbreak in Kampala Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | Sixty seven suspected cases of measles have been reported in Kampala and surrounding areas, according to the Ministry of Health. The Ministry now says Ugandans should be on the lookout for the symptoms and report any suspicious cases to the …
Read More »VIDEO: Besigye says hacking claims in Kenya election can not be ignored
VIDEO: Besigye says hacking claims in Kenya election can not be ignored Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | As Kenyans await the final results of the presidential election and the results of other positions, Ugandan opposition politicians say what is happening in Kenya, where their colleagues have claimed malpractices, was expected. …
Read More »Airtel Uganda gets new MD
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Airtel Uganda has announced the planned departure of their managing director Anwar Soussa in a notice shared on Aug. 09. According to the notice, Soussa, who took up this role in June last year, is leaving as a result of a personal decision to take …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: New Museveni age-limit plan
In The Independent this week: New Museveni age-limit plan THE LAST WORD The Kenya, Rwanda elections: How voting in these two East African nations reflects our understanding of democracy. COVER STORY New Museveni age-limit plan: How president’s team has ‘trapped’ MPs. NEWS ANALYSIS Museveni’s refinery deal: Now gov’t says in …
Read More »KCCA vendor: Human Rights activists demand ‘just compensation’
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Human rights activists have demanded that Kampala Capital City Authority takes measures to tame the brutality of its law enforcement force and also compensate the family of the late Olivia Basemera who was pursued to death by the force Basemera, who was a vendor in …
Read More »Put land in the hands of women – PAP MPs
MIDRAND, SOUTH AFRICA | GODFREY SSALI | Women legislators of theAfrican continenthave decried what they have called the persistent marginalization of women in the control of productive resources. They said that despite being the majority population on the continent who account for 80 of food production in Africa, they continue to …
Read More »Cabinet approves the ratification of the tripartite free trade area
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Cabinet has approved the ratification of the EAC-COMESA-SADC Tripartite Free Area Agreement (FTA), paving way for the implementation of the Agreement. In a Cabinet meeting that took place on Friday 4th August 2017, members unanimously agreed that Uganda was ready to start the implementation of …
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