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The Public Accounts Committee (Local Governments) has directed district local governments to desist from funding Resident District Commissioners (RDCs), whose budget is provided by the President’s Office. Meeting the Gulu local government officials, the Committee chaired by Hon Reagan Okumu warned that district officials who spend their funds on RDCs will be penalised and the recoveries made from their emoluments. “RDCs have their funding. We are not going to tolerate this habit of them encroaching on your funds yet they have a lot of money from the President’s Office,” said Okumu adding Why do they then come for facilitation from…
Two children reported to have been kidnapped last week found. Their kidnap was reported on 25/06/2018 by a one Gordon Galiwango of Nakinyuguzi zone in Makindye. He reported that his two children Nsubuga Herman aged 8yrs and Zalwango Christine aged 5yrs, both pupils of Mirembe P/s Nakinyuguzi had been kidnapped at 7pm. The kids had been taken by a lad whose face the family seemed to know, for she had gone home and was welcomed warmly by the children’s mother only to later disapear with the kids. The lady had left behind a small bag, with a phone, whose receipient…
Members of Parliament shocked President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni when they revealed how some of their body guards now fear to move with them in their cars. This statement was made during the meeting held at the office of the office of prime minister’s office as they discussed security matters in the country. This meeting followed the increasing insecurity and murder cases that even claimed president Museveni celebrated fanatic Hon. Ibrahim Abiriga who was murdered along with his body in Kawanda a Kampala suburb. On hearing this, President Yoweri Museveni immediately directed the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) to take over…
President Museveni yesterday told Members of Parliament that jailed former Inspector General of Police Gen Kale Kayihura embarrassed him so much for failure to execute his mandate. Museveni held a Q and A session with all MPs at the office of the Prime Minister’s Conference Hall on matters concerning security. This was upon the request of Speaker Rebecca Kadaga on June 20 when Museveni was addressing Parliament on the security status in the country. In this session, Museveni noted that Kayihura side-stepped formal police structures and chose to work with wananchi (civilians), effectively crippling professionalism of the Force. Kayihura who…
President Kagame said that the Volkswagen plant in Rwanda is proof that global brands that assemble high-quality products in Africa have customers on the continent. President Paul Kagame has said that Africa should not be a dumping ground for used products from developed markets. President Kagame was speaking Wednesday morning at the launch of Volkswagen Mobility Solutions Rwanda located in the Special Economic Zone. The German carmaker was launching a plant to assemble, service and retail cars as well as their first integrated mobility solution. Kagame said that the assembly plant in Rwanda is proof that global brands that assemble…
As UCC strives to continuously drive the development of a robust communications sector in Uganda, a comprehensive study is being undertaken to inform critical interventions related to promoting access and usage of ICTs by the People With Disabilities. (PWDs). Stakeholders drawn from different Public Institutions; Development partners, PWD organisations, Private sector, academia and civil society organizations converged at the Communications House to discuss the uptake of ICTs by People With Disabilities (PWDs) in Uganda which are still low due to access and affordability, and, absence of knowledge on ICT needs of PWDs. The study which relies on the sampling frame…
The blast that wounded several people as President Emmerson Mnangagwa left a campaign rally in the city of Bulawayo may have significantly changed the country’s political landscape ahead of next month’s tight poll race, analysts say. Dewa Mavhinga, Southern Africa Director of Human Rights Watch described the incident as “awful and appalling” but he commended Mnangagwa’s immediate condemnation of the blast and calls for peace ahead of presidential and parliamentary polls on July 30. “The authorities must swiftly and thoroughly investigate the incident and hold accountable those responsible. “The incident could trigger violence ahead of elections, but President Mnangagwa has done well…
Senior presidential advisor Tamale Mirundi has described former Inspector of Police Gen. Kale Kayihura as a miserable person who will never get peace again. Speaking while appearing on Top Radio last week, Tamale said that Kayihura now holds a headless personality that no one can rebuild. Tamale said that as trained General, Kayihura wouldn’t have accepted to surrender to his enemies just like that. “If I was Kayihura, I wouldn’t have surrendered to my enemies just like that, I can’t withstand such shame of reaching an extend that even some of your family members can’t even defend you. I…
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has survived a blast at a ruling ZANU-PF party election campaign rally in the city of Bulawayo, in an apparent attack which left one of his deputies injured. The explosion on Saturday happened as the president, accompanied by other politicians, was walking off the stage at the White City stadium after addressing thousands of supporters in advance of next month’s vote. Mnangagwa, the 75-year-old leader of ZANU-PF, was not hurt and taken to safety, officials said. The ZBC broadcaster later reported that Vice President Kembo Mohadi was injured in the leg and taken to a local hospital in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second-biggest city.…
Kampala June 22 – The construction of the largest Sewerage treatment plant in East Africa is substantially complete with 95% of the civil and electro-mechanical works completed in the Bugolobi Nakivubo Catchment area. Sharing the plant specifications during a site visit, NWSC MD Dr. Eng. Silver Mugisha confirmed that the plant will be ready within 3-4 months. He shared that the plant will treat 45 million litres of waste water daily and generate over 630kw of electricity using biogas for use in the plant. The plant will also help to clean Kampala city by diverting and treating waste water from…