Uganda Government to pay new born Babies a monthly salary
The programme will cost 467 billion shillings annually, and according to the Minister, it will be funded by donors. According to Minister, every child who is born will automatically be enrolled in the...
View ArticleCourt rejects request to issue arrest warrant for Sudan President Omar Bashir
Bashir who was in Uganda on a 2-day state visit is wanted by the International criminal court on Genocide and war crimes charges.The International Crimes Division court has declined to issue a...
View ArticleGovernment orders striking doctors to leave hospital houses as negotiations fail
According to the Daily Monitor, All striking doctors have been asked to quit the hospital premises as government embarks on a recruitment process of new doctors who are willing to work under the...
View ArticleEntebbe expressway to be commissioned in May 2018
According to the Uganda National Road Authority, 86% of the work is done, and when it is complete, the facility will help decongest the ever busy Entebbe Road. Using the road will, however, cost...
View ArticleGulu residents cry out as doctors' strike continues
A mother walked several kilometers from Atanga in Pader to seek medical attention for her sick child.She broke down into tears after she was told to seek medical attention in a private health...
View ArticleMan in Busia dies of injuries sustained in house fire
Rashid Ouma the landlord to the house where the victims have been renting has blamed the petrol attack on Ojambo Oduki a notorious criminal. He says Ojambo had accused the deceased of snatching his...
View ArticleYou will be sacked, President Museveni warns striking doctors
He argued that government will soon get good doctors to replace those he accused of betraying the country.As the doctor’s strike enters a fortnight, the president Yoweri Museveni has revealed that...
View ArticleDoctors strike: UPDF and Prisons to deploy medical personnel
Uganda People’s Defense Forces and Uganda Prisons have confirmed that they will send a team of medical officers to Mulago, Kirudu and Kawempe hospitals to attend to patients. Uganda People’s Defense...
View ArticleLaw development centre locked up in land wrangle
The Law Development Center LDC is embroiled in a row with a family which says the institution has taken 15 years to compensate them for their land in Makerere.The Law Development Center LDC is...
View ArticleUgandans losing hope in democracy - New report
The study was conducted between December 2016 and January 2017 among 1200 Ugandans. The researchers noticed that every time elections are were held, the public seem to lose trust in the country’s...
View ArticleAGE LIMIT BILL: Parliament's Legal Committee financially constrained
The sources revealed that committee members have not received their sitting allowances since 31st October.The Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee says it is financially constrained to carry out...
View ArticleTop Buganda kingdom officials strategise for development
Buganda kingdom Prime Minister told the leaders in their different capacities in the Kingdom to stop criticising the projects of the Kingdom, and instead, work on helping to improve themThe Buganda...
View ArticleNGO launches drive to keep children in Karamoja
The Programmes Director of Uganda Change Agents Christopher Bwambale says they will help the children cope with life at home.Napak district has launched a campaign to remove all Karimojong children...
View Article250,000 more tourists expected in Uganda in 2018
Government anticipates a quarter a million more tourist arrivals into the country over the next yearThe government anticipates it will attract a quarter of a million more tourist arrivals into the...
View ArticleDoctors resist government pressure, resolve to keep strike running
The Doctor’s have revealed that they will maintain their strike save for emergency situations despite the pressure from Government to return to work.The Doctor’s have revealed that they will maintain...
View ArticleUgandan Lawyers to start working in all East African countries without...
According to Gimara, lawyers within the East African region are confined to state Jurisdiction and can only practice within their country unless the Heads of Government sign the new legal framework.The...
View ArticleUganda police's image damaged by increasing criminal activity in the country...
During the launch of the report published by Human rights Network Uganda, Patrick Maine the coordinator Human Rights Law Program attributed the bad perception about police on the increased levels of...
View ArticleRoads authority releases new tough regulations
The Uganda National Roads Authority UNRA new statutory instruments are geared towards protecting Uganda’s roads. Uganda National Roads Authority is planning to introduce new regulations for road users,...
View ArticleArmy doctors try to close the gap at public facilities
One doctor from Bombo military hospital told NTV that the number of patients lining up for treatment at Kiruddu hospital has risen since the doctors reported on Friday.At least 14 medical personnel...
View ArticleKadaga calls on people to join government in fighting child marriages
Kadaga says the people behind these acts are within the community and people should report them.The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has called on the people of Luweero to help join the government...
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