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Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, has returned to Parliament for the first time since he was attacked by Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake, last month. This time, Prof. Nawangwe was appearing before Parliament’s Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline, investigating the November incident. Then, Nawangwe was appearing before the House Committee on Education and Sports investigating the violent strike by Makerere University students protesting the 15 percent tuition fees increment. During this meeting, Zaake continuously asked questions and heckled the VC and followed him up and verbally attacked him as he exited the committee meeting room. Speaker Rebecca…
The Ruparelia Foundation will this December break ground for the construction of sanitation facilities in Kamwokya, a city suburb. The ceremony will take place on Friday December 6, 2019 starting at 10:00 am. Funds for this project were realised from this year’s Royal Ascot Goat Races that took place on October 12, 2019 at Speke Munyonyo lake side. Ruparelia Group managing director, Rajiv Ruparelia, said the cause is aimed at improving the sanitation in the slums of Kampala. Kamwokya, which raised a presidential hopeful Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, will serve as a pilot project. It will involve the construction…
Bishop Dr. D. Zac Niringiye, a theologian and pastor and a civic-political activist, has said that if corruption was stopped today, President Museveni’s government would collapse. He was Tuesday morning discussing the question: “Can the Anti-Corruption walk yield anything?” alongside deputy Inspector General of Government [IGG] George Bamugemereire. Host: Do you feel inspired to walk with the President to denounce corruption? Niringiye: How did we get to the level of the President becoming an activist? We had the Black Monday where we were walking against corruption. We were arrested, beaten and teargassed. He said the government has totally, reliably and completely failed…
Ever since the Kyadondo East Lawmaker declared his ambitions to run for the country’s top most job, several people both in public and private sectors have gotten immersed into mixed reactions. Besides a considerable number of youth seconding the journey of Omubanda Wa Kabaka from the Ghetto to State House, another huge sections dominated by elites and other groups have continuously mocked the ambitious musician turned politician. Focusing on Bobi Wine’s interview with Aljazeera, he revealed that he is ready to lead the struggle to unseat President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s 3 decade rule. Bobi wine added that Ugandans are tired…
Dear Ugandans and, especially, the Bazzukulu. Greetings. Crime seems to be going down on account of the as yet limited efforts we have deployed. The Police, at the Police Post or station, are supposed to have a standby force twenty four hours a day and seven days a week to react to any call of distress in their area of responsibility. Secondly, the Police counter (desk) at every Police Station/ Post, must be manned by a Police officer twenty four hours a day and seven days a week so that when a member of Public, under attack by Criminals, rings,…
It was a joyful moment as Fortebet punters (customers) from Luweero, Wobulenzi, Bombo, Mafubira in Jinja and Iganga’s new centre won themselves a lot of gifts over the weekend. “This should be happening every day. You need to keep rewarding us because Fortebet is our number one betting company,” said one of the punters (name withheld) who won a phone at in Iganga. Like it has done elsewhere, even last weekend Fortebet visited the abiove centres and rewarded its punters, as a way of appreciating and giving back to them. Punters got various gifts ranging from Fortebet pens, wristbands, caps, T-shirts…
Tunisia’s health ministry has said a bus carrying local tourists crashed off a hill, killing 24 people and injuring 18 others. The bus, which belonged to a private company, veered off track after its driver failed to manoeuvre a sharp turn in the country’s northern Ain Snoussi region and crashed at the bottom of a ravine, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Local media showed images of the crash site where the bus stood at the bottom of the hill, its windows smashed. Khaled Lahyoune, a spokesman for the interior ministry, told The Associated Press news agency that the vehicle…
Lango Province opened up with a 1-0 victory against Bugisu during the group A of the 2019 FUFA Drum at the Akii Bua Stadium in Lira on Saturday evening. Ivan Okello Wallock scored the lone strike of the well-attended game. Lango’s dread-locked midfielder Bronson Nsubuga was the man of the match for the great display throughout the game. This was the second game of the double header in group A. The opening game witnessed a one all draw between Busoga and West Nile Provinces. Busoga opened the scores through Richard Wandyaka in the 54th minute. Three minutes later, Fred Amaku…
1 December 2019 I believe in communities. Communities make change happen. Communities are the best hope for ending AIDS because communities have fought against HIV right from the beginning! As the epidemic raged through our countries, cities, villages, women held communities together and bore the higher burden of care for their families. For far too long we have taken their volunteerism for granted. In the face of adversity, communities of gay men, sex workers and people who use drugs have organized themselves to claim their right to health as equal citizens. So, we know that communities have proved their worth.…
Robert Kyagulanyi – a pop star-turned-politician who is known by the stage name Bobi Wine – is recognised as the new face of Uganda’s opposition. But his rise to prominence has not been without its challenges. Bobi Wine’s popularity is considered a threat to President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in office for more than 30 years. “I have never realistically experienced a Uganda with another president. And it is more than 80 percent of Ugandans that are in the same situation,” Bobi Wine tells Al Jazeera. “That really gets us disturbed. We have been denied an opportunity to contribute…