President Museveni wants law on Fertility Health Care in Uganda
If passed into law, it would regulate medical practitioners who provide fertility services and protect members of the public who seek these services. President Yoweri Museveni has called on the...
View ArticleMinister Muyingo blames poor performance of students on hunger
He says, over 60% of the children who attend school in Uganda go without lunch. The State Minister for Higher Education Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo has blamed the poor performance of pupils on the...
View ArticleGeneral Tumukunde apologises for the Government's failure to rescue Susan Magara
Tumukunde was speaking at the burial of Susan Magara who was murdered by unidentified assailants in Kampala after being held for 20 days. Security Minister, Gen Henry Tumukunde, has apologized to...
View ArticleState of Goverment aided schools in Namisindwa district shocks Minister Chris...
The Ministry of Education recently embarked on a countrywide exercise to close down private schools that do not meet the minimum standards. However, there are government aided schools that are...
View ArticleKiwatule residents demand action as heavy downpours leaves area flooded
The residents are demanding for compensation after their property was destroyed by the floods.Residents of Kigoowa Valley along the Northern bypass on Friday morning held a demonstration over flooding...
View ArticleHoima Airport contractor SBC Uganda urged to hire local residents
SBC Uganda limited, the company that is constructing the airport was formed as a joint venture between Colas Ltd a UK firm and SBI International Holdings a Ugandan Construction Company.The construction...
View Article6 African Presidents reject UN security council resolution on Somalia troop...
The leaders of the Troop Contributing Countries have described as unrealistic any attempts to withdraw their troops under the African Union Mission in Somalia or (AMISOM) by 2020 despite a resolution...
View ArticleVeteran Journalist Teddy Seezi Cheeye to be buried in Luweero
Cheeye's death has left many wondering how the man who feared nobody and was persistent in exposing the corrupt, met his death at the hands of an unknown motorcycle rider.A vigil in honour of veteran...
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ESCAPE OF SUSPECTS: Prison warder arrested
Meanwhile, there has not been any trace for the suspects who escaped but police is confident that they will be apprehended.Prison warders at Masaka main Prison are in trouble over the escape of Masaka...
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Mutebile faces rebellion in BoU
Whereas the immediate source of trouble is a recent staff reshuffle that Mr Tumusiime-Mutebile made within BoU, unnamed workers of BoU have pointed to what they call deeper problems regarding the...
View ArticlePresidential advisor john Nagenda advises president Museveni to groom successor
Nagenda, who says he is still an NRM supporter, has also cautioned his party members to stop agitating for a referendum to extend the term of the president from five to seven years.Senior Presidential...
View ArticlePresidential advisor john Nagenda advises president Museveni to groom successor
Nagenda, who says he is still an NRM supporter, has also cautioned his party members to stop agitating for a referendum to extend the term of the president from five to seven years.Senior Presidential...
View ArticleWakiso district officials accused of issuing titles for wetlands
The Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Betty Amongi, together with members of the House committee on physical infrastructure have established that Wakiso district officials are still...
View ArticleDraft law on regulating boda boda industry to be presented to the president -...
Beti Kamya, who was today meeting Boda Boda cyclists in Kampala, revealed that the new law will address issues of boda boda registration, gazetting of stages and streamlining the leadership of the boda...
View ArticleKadaga calls on Karamoja elders to fight female genital mutilation
Kadaga, who was officiating at the commemoration of the international day of zero tolerance for FGM in Nakapiripirit district says primordial circumcision practices in Uganda were copied from KenyaThe...
View ArticleRefugees in Adjumani ask to be relocated to settlements
Many of the urban refugees are not registered with the Office of the Prime Minister or the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. This is to their detriment as they face difficulties to access...
View ArticleFugitive former Bubulo West MP Tony Kipoi extradited from Botswana
The duo were accused of receiving money by false pretence in Botswana. Kipoi separately faces charges of treason in Uganda.The former West Bubulo member of parliament Nsubuga Kipoi alongside an...
View ArticleActivists ask government to support people with hearing problems
Here in Uganda, an organisation of parents of children with hearing impairment commemorated the day with a walk from City Square in Kampala to the seat of the Kampala Capital City Authority, where...
View ArticleNFA worried about Kalangala’s disappearing forests
The loss of forest cover is attributed to increased charcoal burning and rice growing.Kalangala district authorities are worried about illicit logging, which has led to deforestation.The loss of forest...
View ArticleThree children killed in electrocution accident
The three died after one of them, a young lady, was electrocuted and the duo attempted to save her.Three members of the same family were electrocuted to death last night Wakaliga in Kampala’s Lubaga...
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