Kyadondo East result Robert Kyagulanyi: 25,659 Sitenda Sebalu: 4,556 Apollo Kantiti: 1,832 Muwada Nkunyingi: 575 Kayongo Male: 377 Kampala, Uganda| THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER | Musician Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine is the new Member of Parliament of Kyadondo East. He was declared …
Read More »Vote tallying starts in Kyadondo East, Bobi Wine in flying start
Kampala, Uganda | Godfrey Ssali | Early tentative and unofficial results from the Kyadondo East parliamentary by-election indicate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has got a good start. Bobi wine had clear leads from about 5% of 93 polling stations, whose tallying was broadcast live on TV. At one centre, Kazinga, tentative results show Bobi wine …
Read More »MINISTER: There is no SGS vehicle inspection deadline
KADAGA: Stop the caution phase, stop the adverts on radio and TV as we wait for the committee to report Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER| Minister of Works Monica Azuba Ntege has clarified that there will be no deadline for the ongoing countrywide motor vehicle inspection. Azuba told Uganda’s parliament today that …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Will Kabaka fire Katikkiro Mayiga?
In the Independent this week: Will Kabaka fire Katikkiro Mayiga? COVER STORY Will Kabaka fire Mayiga?: Anger, anxiety, unease over Buganda monarch’s fights over land. NEWS ANALYSIS Muntu faces FDC boot: Defiant members plot to oust party president. THE LAST WORD The incongruence of the incongruence: How Ugandans get angrier …
Read More »Uganda’s She Cranes are Africa netball champions
FINAL RESULTS Uganda ?? 67 Zambia ?? 50 Malawi 71 Botswana 39 Zimbabwe 68 Namibia 37 Uganda’s She Cranes are Africa netball champions. With five wins out of five, the She Cranes capped a memorable tournament by beating Zambia 67-50 baskets on the final day of the six-nation event at Lugogo, …
Read More »LIVE: Kyadondo East by-election
Kampala, Uganda | Godfrey Ssali | Voters in Kyadondo East go to the polls today to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP). Voting ends at 4pm, after which tallying starts. The Kyadondo seat fell vacant in April following a Court of Appeal ruling that upheld an earlier ruling by the High Court which …
Read More »Accountants examination board releases June 2017 results
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The Public Accountants Examinations Board (PAEB) of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) has released the June 2017 examinations results showing decline in performance in comparison with the November 2016 results. The examinations covered three courses – Accounting Technicians Diploma (ATD), Certified Tax …
Read More »Get out of wetlands, river banks to avert disaster – President
Kampala, Uganda | PPU| President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans that have invaded, cultivated and settled in wetlands, forestry reserves, river banks and lake shores to leave them peacefully and save the country from disaster. The President was speaking at a public rally at Rushoroza Seed School in Kihihi sub-county in …
Read More »MPs question government over Constitutional Review Commission
Kampala, Uganda | PWATCHUG| A section of Members of Parliament have tasked government to explain its delay to appoint a Constitutional Review Commission to oversee an overhaul of amendment of the constitution. Buliisa County MP, Stephen Mukitale Birahwa, while raising a matter of national importance recently, told the House that …
Read More »DPP orders Minister Kabafunzaki and others be tried in High Court
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Embattled Minister of State for Labour Herbert Kabafunzaki together with his Political Assistant Brian Mugabo and a relative one Bruce Lubowa have been committed to the High Court to start trial on charges of corruption. Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Agnes Alum sent the trio to the High …
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