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Makerere University academician Dr. Stella Nyanzi’s case has been adjourned to 8th October 2018. This followed the absence of the presiding Judge at Buganda Road chief magistrate’s court. Nyanzi was also told that investigations into her case are still ongoing therefore has to wait till next year. Nyanzi is charged with offensive communication after she used her social media platform to insult the person of the president by calling him “A pair of buttocks”. Nyanzi was dragged to court in April to answer charges of offensive communication and cyber harassment after she took it to social media where she referred…
The minister of health Hon. Ruth Aceng has said that distanced the entire ministry from the allegations that they fueled the tortured MPs delay from accessing better medication abroad. Speaking during a press conference at Media Center, Acheng said that the medical board has never received any request of the legislators to go for referral abroad neither delaying them as alleged by the public. She says that the only request she received from Rubaga hospital was asking to have Hon Francis Zaake of Mityana municipality to he referred to Mulago for further examinations but not going abroad. “There is no…
Government spokesperson Mr. Ofwono Opondo has lampooned Kyadondo East lawmaker of dramatizing and exaggerating the Arua mayhem event of Monday 13th August. Speaking while appearing on a television interview on Monday morning, Ofwono said that Bobi Wine should not claim that he can’t walk yet he is wearing a 2kg shoe. He adds that its true Bobi Wine was involved in a fracas and could have been injured but that doesn’t definitively suppose that he was tortured. Ofwono further states that there’s no physical wound and no broken limbs. Citing that he is feigning/ faking disability. He however also tasks…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, says that legislators will be encouraged to work with the Uganda North America Association (UNAA) in ensuring food security in Uganda. Kadaga who is attending the 30th UNAA Convention in Seattle, USA said that there is need to have facilities for storage of surplus food during bumper harvests to eliminate wastage and low prices to the farmers. “A new partnership is going to develop between Parliament and UNAA on the manufacturing of silos to store food to cater for price fluctuations,” Kadaga said adding that, “together with companies in United States, the diaspora and…
A section of Members of Parliament played a pivotal role towards influencing the scrapping and merging of Allen Kagina’s Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). Reports indicate that cabinet last week resolved on the process of scrapping, downsizing and merging government agencies and Authorities and among the big giants that have been affected include UNRA which has been merged under Ministry of Works and Transport (MOWT). Others include; National Medical Stores and National Drug Authority which will now be under Ministry of Health, Uganda Registration Service Bureau (URSB) and National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) will be under Ministry of Internal Affairs while National Council…
The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has challenged government to treat Ugandans with equality, Justice and respect. Speaking during the press conference held at the Party Headquarters in Najjanankumbi, Hon. Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda noted that all Ugandans brutalized in the Arua mayhem need to similar attention. He stated that over 100 years are still nursing wounds but it’s unfortunate that government has only given attention to only politician. Ssemujju added that they are working on the paper work and bring together all the victims to see that they get justice. Relatedly the Kiira Municipality lawmaker also condemned the manner…
The former Information, Technology and National Guidance Minister Gen. Jim Muhwezi has described Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Hon Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine as a young man. Speaking to our Insider during the weekend, Muhwezi added that the celebrated People Power pressure group Icon still needs a lot of time to become credible and trusted. He also warned Bobi Wine over what he termed as violent politics aimed at destabilizing the country. “Bobi Wine should go slow, the NRM government he is tarnishing over human rights violation designed the constitution and enshrined in it laws that protect the human…
Uganda has been ranked the 3rd poorest country in the world basing on her Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to a report from focus-economics.com. FocusEconomics is a leading provider of economic analysis and forecasts for 127 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, as well as price forecasts for 30 key commodities. GDP is one of the primary indicators of a country’s economic performance. It is calculated by either adding up the annual incomes of all working-age citizens or by totaling the value of all final goods and services produced in the country during the year. Per capita GDP is…
Police in Mukono has arrested security guard and booked him for murder after he reportedly shot and killed a colleague in Seeta late Wednesday evening. A security guard identified as PSG/127 Joel Odeke Okurut deployed by Pyramid Security Group located in Ntinda Minister’s Village shot dead a colleague as they guarded at St. Catherine School in Seeta. After commuting the crime, Okurut then abandoned the two SAR riffles at the murder scene and fled to his mother in-laws home in Nagalama seeking for spiritual intervention from the witch doctors. On narrating his ordeal, the mother in-law called the area defence who…
A four-month old baby boy that was stolen on the 12/07/18 vide SD 58/12/07/18 from its parents at Old Market, Northern Division in Kisoro Municipality/District has been recovered. He was recovered in Kyampisi Village, Kyabakade Parish, Nagalama in Mukono district on 26/08/18 by Shaban Ssemogerere, a crime preventer on a tip off. Kigezi region Police spokesman Elly Maate says, the baby was found with Betty Murekatete, the very person who was suspected to have connived with a house maid that day and escaped with it. As much as the baby was found circumcised and given a Muslim name, It’s parents,…