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Thirty people are feared dead after a boat carrying football players and fans capsized in Lake Albert on Sunday afternoon. Some of the deceased have been identified as only Bob, Fisto, Jango, Ayera, Majid Mayaya, Omirambe, Bondhe and Opakrwoth. Others are Dhebaba, Nyayenga,Winnie, Kothu and Anifa. Some of the survivors are Emmanuel Ageno 20, Jalum Oakani 22, Sara Maurine 24, Rose Chikawun 18, Kenneth Twesige 20, Madithrwoth Thie 18 and Godfrey Alimula 22. Other are Zawadi Rundi 20, Warom Oyirwoth 27, Mubaraka 19, Damas Oyirwoth 18, Oyergiu 16, Oringi and Asumani among others. All the deceased and the survivors are…
The state minister of information and communication technology (ICT), Aida Nantaba, has said those behind the assassination attempt are rich individuals with radio station and grabbers of land the country. The Minister remarked during thanks giving ceremony held at seventh day Adventist church Bukolooto, Kayunga district. The service aimed at praying for Nantaba after she survived assassination attempt on the March 24, 2019. Nantaba was accompanied by Minister Kiwanda Ssubi, Ntenjeru south MP, Fred Baseke and other legislators. She averred, that the assassination attempt was staged by individuals who have continued to fight against her leadership. She alleges, that Ronald Sebulime, who trailed her on a…
Parliament has passed the Roads Bill 2018 that will see motorists start paying to use some roads around the country. The bill provides for among others, the prescription of tolls for toll roads that may be put in place by the Minister for Works and Transport by a statutory instrument and in consultation with the Minister for Finance. “A toll prescribed under subsection (1) shall be a charge levied on a vehicle using a toll road for the purpose of recovering the cost of construction, operation, maintenance and rehabilitation of the road,” reads the Bill in part. Its adds that…
The allegations that the Deputy Solicitor General Christopher Gashirabake is accused of extending unsolicited sexual advances to his junior- Samantha Mwesigye, a Senior State Attorney in the Attorney General’s chambers hit different media platforms this week a scenario even forced the Ministry of Justice to constitute a special committee to probe the matter. News reaching us indicate how embattled Mwesigye survided the wrath of the Attorney General’s Body guard that wanted her floored at all costs after sending her a sexious message. In a thread of emails, Mwesigye reveals how the body guard landed on her number after she was…
The National Water and Sewerage Corporation has revealed plans to serve over 1million people in Isingiro, Mbarara, Masaka and the surrounding areas with clean safe water, sanitation services and water for production and Agriculture. Speaking at the contract signing ceremony of the 120million Euros South Western Cluster water and sanitation development project, NWSC MD Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha shared that the project when completed will address the water supply challenges in Isingiro, Mbarara, Masaka and the surrounding areas. “We have had a long standing water challenge in the mentioned towns. Working with the Government of Uganda, Ministry of Water and…
As some words and songs go against odds and become anthems in the city, it practically wise if one said that Gender, Labour, Social Development and Culture State Minister Hon. Peace Mutuzo, Ebbango Baliwanika (setting grade so high!!). Like it or not, the soft spoken politician is busy living in your future dreams and aspirations with mansion estimated to have swallowed close to 1 billion shilling. Besides the huge farm in the village, Community Development projects and the fleet of cars, Mutuzo’s Multimillion mansion has thrown the country into multitudes of mixed reactions over its nature, makeup and maintenance…
TheDeputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah has commended Civil Society Organizations that provide palliative care and tasked them to engage Government to avail more funding to the sector. Oulanyah said hat there is need for palliative care services in Uganda which many people have failed to access to due challenges related to costs of treatment. “This is not a new phenomenon and I am glad there are people who have structurally tackled the problem,” said Oulanyah, adding that, “when things are not captured well, they evade the eye of the policy makers”. The Deputy Speaker said this while meeting members…
The head of Uganda’s Mission in South Africa, Hon. Barbara Nekesa, has appealed to Ugandan MPs to push government to streamline the move towards the use of electronic passports in order for the Mission to remain relevant to Ugandans living in the country. Nekesa said that following the decision to introduce the e-passports, the Ministry of Internal Affairs wrote and instructed the missions to stop issuing and return the old passports to Kampala. “Now we cannot issue any passports because we do not have passports; we refer people, who want new passports back home,” she said. The High Commissioner was…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has proposed that labour export is a monopoly of government in a move to curb the rising cases of human trafficking. “One of the things we have demanded from government is that if there must export of labour, it should be government to government,” Kadaga said adding tha, t “we need to know where our people are going; we need to know what they are doing and their terms of employment are”. Kadaga made these remarks while opening a workshop on modern day slavery at Golden Tulip Hotel, Wednesday, 15 May 2019. The workshop…
The Attorney General, Hon. William Byaruhanga has said that government will present the bills on electoral reforms before Parliament in two weeks’ time. Byaruhanga who made a statement to the House on Tuesday, 14 May 2019 said that, ‘the draft bills have been prepared for submission to Cabinet for approval before introduced in Parliament by the end of May 2019 for debate and enactment’. The draft Bills constitute amendments arising out of the Supreme Court recommendations in Constitutional Petition No.1 of 2016, the European Union Election Observation Mission Report of the Uganda Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Council Elections 18th February…