Former Principal Accountant in the Ministry of Public Service Christopher Obey has pinned the Ministry of Finance over the pension mismanagement scam. Obey told the Anti – Corruption court in Kampala that the treasury failed to effectively control money sent to the Ministry of Public Service, leading to the scam. …
Read More »VIDEO: Negotiations with striking non-teaching university staff hits snag
NBS: Government and striking university non teaching staff have failed to agree on modalities of ending the industrial action that would allow a new academic year to open as scheduled. The negotiations hit a dead end following conflicting explanations from finance minister Matia Kasaija and his technocrats on whether the …
Read More »VIDEO: Museveni urges Ugandan athletes to show national pride in Brazil
THE Pride of Uganda is in the hands of 21 athletes who represent the country in the summer Olympics that officially opened in Rio on Friday . Those were the sentiments of President Yoweri Museveni s as he flagged off the 2nd batch of athletes to Brazil. The President urged …
Read More »VIDEO: When Besigye brought Mbarara to a standstill
NBS: Presidential runner up Col Kizza Besigye has dismissed the call for dialogue with President Museveni saying, he can only meet the incumbent if they are discussing the end to life presidency project. Besigye who paralyzed Mbarara town for hours, told mammoth supporters who thronged his rally that what Ugandans should …
Read More »VIDEO: Thousands Brave the Imbalu Knife
President Museveni has challenged Bamasaba Cultural leaders to abandon the practice of using a single knife on different imbalu candidates in order to check disease that are caused by blood transfusion. In the speech, read by the second deputy prime minister and minister for East African affairs Kirunda Kivejinja, the …
Read More »VIDEO: Will Gen Kale Kayihura Appear Before Court?
NBS: The past weeks have clearly been tough for police chief general Kale Kayihura, with calls for his sacking by a section of opposition politicians and members the public. Gen. Kale Kayihura and seven of his officers were summoned by the Makindye Magistrates’ court over torture charges relating to police …
Read More »VIDEO: Imbalu festivities embrace modernity
NBS: The change in the health and social economic dynamics has forced cultural leaders in Bugisu to make some drastic adjustments in the conduct of their cultural practice of Imbalu (circumcision) for sustainability. Elders are now proposing the incorporation of health and social – economic development aspects in the cultural …
Read More »VIDEO: Museveni fires all staff at Health Centre over laziness
President Yoweri Museveni has ordered for the immediate transfer of health workers at a government health facility at Mpumudde in Nakawuka, Wakiso district, accusing them of laziness and neglect of duty. The President had visited the area to inspect the condition of health services at the Health Center III facility. …
Read More »VIDEO: MPs move to save business community from rent nightmare
Members of Parliament are set to enact a law that is intended to protect local business men and women from the escalating manipulation from landlords that has caused many of them run out of business because of rent. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »VIDEO: Public, activists contest proposed Land Law amendments
NBS: Lands minister Betty Amongin has cleared the air on the proposal to amend the Land Acquisition Act, of 1965 which was mooted in the recently concluded Cabinet retreat in Kyankwanzi. Minister Amongin says that under the amendment, government will have the powers to compulsorily acquire land from the owner …
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