NBS: In order to cope with the odds, Kyambogo University management has recruited temporary non teaching staff to salvage the situation at university following the non teaching staff refusal to get back to work. The non teaching staff refused to report back after they failed to agree with government on …
Read More »VIDEO: Kabaka Calls for an end to child sacrifice
NBS: Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has reiterated his concern over the continued murders of children through acts of child sacrifice. The king who was opening the 24th sitting of the Buganda Lukiiko at Bulange Mmengo demanded for authorities to punish those involved in the vice. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »VIDEO: Government deports over 2500 illegal immigrants
NBS: The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control has beefed up its operations across the country following an increase in the number of illegal immigrants crossing into the country through the porous border. This has seen the deportation of over 2400 foreigners since the start of 2015. The Directorate has …
Read More »VIDEO: Ministry of Health officials fail to account for billions
NBS: Officials from the Ministry of Health have faced the wrath of legislators on the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament after they failed to account for billions of tax payers’ money. Angry legislators accused the officials of complacency, and tasked them to recover the money from those guilty of having stolen it. …
Read More »VIDEO: Chief Justice condemns court siege by Kayihura supporters
NBS: The Chief Justice, also head of the third arm of government Justice Bart Katureebe, has condemned the attack on Makindye court premises by people said to be supporters of Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura. Speaking about the Wednesday events in which the court magistrate and Kampala Lord Mayor …
Read More »VIDEO: Besigye asks IGP Gen. Kale Kayihura to resign
NBS: Opposition strongman Dr Kiiza Besigye has spoken out about Wednesday’s besieging of Makindye Magistrates Court – asking police chief Gen Kale Kayihura to step aside and pave way for investigations for setting what he calls a dangerous precedent in law enforcement. Speaking to the media at his home in …
Read More »VIDEO: Will Kayihura appear in the dock over Police brutality?
NBS: Will he appear, or will he not? The expected appearance of IGP Kale Kayihura before the Makindye Chief magistrates’ court over police brutality took a new twist when three of the witnesses lined up by the petitioners in the matter bowed out of the case. They claimed the petitioners, some …
Read More »VIDEO: No way forward for univesities’ strike
The Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni has presented a statement before Parliament on the ongoing standoff between non-teaching staff at public universities and government, over failed payment of salary enhancement and arrears. The minister says government needs more time to harmonize the salary scale of the staff. …
Read More »VIDEO: Petition against IGP Kayihura gets set back as witnesses quit
The expected appearance of the Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura before the Makindye Chief Magistrates’ court over police brutality took a new twist Tuesday when three of the witnesses lined up by the petitioners in the matter bowed out of the case. They claimed the petitioners, some ministers and …
Read More »VIDEO: US considers 4000 peacekeepers to South Sudan
The United States has recommended that the United Nations Security Council authorize a force of 4,000 peacekeepers for South Sudan’s capital Juba after a recent outbreak of violence. The US circulated a draft resolution to the 15-member council that would approve a regional protection force “to use all necessary means, …
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