Buvuma district civil servants strike over scrapping of "hardship allowance"
The civil servants claim that government unfairly scrapped off the hard-to-reach allowance for the district and its town councils yet they work in difficult conditions.Civil Servants in the Island...
View ArticleHundreds bid Mayanja Nkangi a final farewell
In his message to the hundreds of mourners, President Museveni described Nkangi as a honest man who served his country selflessly.Veteran Politician and former Buganda Prime Minister Jehoash Mayanja...
View ArticleWomen's rights activists ask government to consult widely amending land law
Civil society organisations have asked government to conduct nation wide consultative meetings before it embarks on the new proposed amendments to the land law Civil society organisations have asked...
View ArticleTabliqs give police seven day ultimatum to return property confiscated during...
Muslims of the Tabliq sect at Nakasero Mosque in Kampala have given police a seven-day ultimatum to return all property that was taken from the mosque in a raid in December 2016.Muslims of the Tabliq...
View ArticleHeavy rains cause flooding in Luuka, transport disrupted in many areas
Residents say government has not rehabilitated the roads for several years and because there are no culverts, the water overflows into the road.Heavy rains have caused flooding in Lumbuye swamp...
View ArticleActivists to sue government over vehicle inspection fees
The activits are against the vehicle inspection deal, which they claim was awarded illegallyA team of lawyers and human rights activists want to sue SGS Automotive Uganda Ltd, a swiss company awarded a...
View ArticleJournalists displeased by sentence given to former Old Kampala DPC
The journalists protest comes a day after the Buganda Road Court found a former police commander guilty of assaulting a TV journalist called Andrew Lwanga. A group of enraged journalists stormed the...
View ArticleCultural practices forcing Karamoja girls out of school, into early marriages
Early marriage is one of the norms that has contributed to the low education rate of girls despite the government's introduction of free education. The deeply ingrained cultural practices among the...
View ArticleSpeaker Kadaga expresses concern over poor performance of students in Serere...
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has expressed concern over the poor performance of students in districts in eastern Uganda and urged authorities to find ways of addressing the problem.The...
View ArticleNSSF raises 131 million for KCCA schools through their inaugural Kampala Hash...
Scores braved a downpour early this morning at Pearl of Africa Primary School in Nsambya to take part in the inaugural NSSF Kampala Hash Sevens Run. Scores braved a downpour early this morning at Pearl...
View ArticlePublic service ministry begins validation of pensioners
The Ministry of Public service has today began carrying out a census and verification of all the pensioners in Kampala.The Ministry of Public service has today began carrying out a census and...
View ArticleCorruption and ghost pensioners cost government Shs1.3 billion monthly
Corruption, ghost pensioners have blighted the pension sector in the country to the extent that every month, the tax payer loses at least Shs1.3 billion shillings. 85-year old Bernadette Nabatanzi...
View ArticleCoffee sector sets sights on ambitious target of 20% increase in local...
Returns from export of raw coffee beans amounting to 4.8 million bags generate approximately $500M back into the economy, less than 10% of actual profits in the global market.Importation of processed...
View ArticleAIGP Kaweesi gives transferred police officers deadline for reporting to new...
Police spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi has given transferred police officers a 21 day ultimatum to report for duty.Police spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi has given transferred police officers a 21...
View ArticleUmeme disconnects Luzira prison's power over Shs6B in unpaid bills
Prisons pokesperson, Frank Baine, says the detention facility has an outstanding bill of 6 billion shillings. The bill is supposed to be paid by the government.Luzira Maximum Security Prison has been...
View ArticleUNRA gets new board, former finance minister Fred Omach is board chairperson
Works and Transport Minister Monica Ntege together with her Junior State Minister for Works Gen. Katumba Wamala, oversaw the inauguration of the new board.Justice Lawrence Gidudu, has sworn in a new...
View ArticleBusia man's burial halted due to land dispute
The court order was delivered as the family started digging the grave yard to bury Wilber Mukonyi, who is a half-brother to the two applicants.A family in Sionga village in Sikuda sub-county Busia...
View ArticleJournalists' rights group to appeal sentence given to former Old Kampala DPC
Court ordered Joram Mwesigye, the former DPC for Old Kampala Police to pay a fine of Shs1 million and court costs of Shs5 million after being found guilty of assaulting WBS journalist Andrew LwangaThe...
View ArticleOil cash probe committee to travel to London
The MPs will meet lawyers of Mallet-Prevost Curtis, the law firm that represented Uganda in the Heritage oil arbitration. This as the committee heads to the penultimate stage of its investigation. The...
View ArticleBeti Kamya directs KCCA to approve Nakivubo redevelopment, Lukwago insists...
The minister in charge of Kampala, Beti Kamya, has directed officials at Kampala Capital City Authority to approve the re-development plans of Nakivubo War Memorial Stadium. The minister in charge of...
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