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The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has revealed how they not are shaken by the new People Power movement coordination team. Speaking to the media early this morning, NRM spokesperson Rogers Mulindwa said that the ruling party is not shaken by these developments, noting that NRM remains strong with or without these MPs. Mulindwa added that as NRM they Bobi Wine not taken any of their members the declared Party had for along been out of the NRM Party. “NRM is too big, we will not mourn but rather replace them. As party we are not shaken. It’s better…
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, has said that businesses in Uganda collapse due to unexpected events in the financial sector and has called for mergers to help them survive. Oulanyah said that mergers and acquisitions are a subject that ought to be embraced by entrepreneurs to keep their businesses operational despite financial constraints. “There are many companies in Uganda with big potential that have fallen because of small gaps that can be easily sorted out through mergers and acquisitions; and Crane Bank is a good example,” Oulanyah said. Oulanyah added that Uganda does not have an established original…
Kenya’s Finance Minister Henry Rotich and other treasury officials were arrested Monday on corruption and fraud charges over a multi-million dollar project to build two mega dams, police said. Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji had ordered the arrest and prosecution of Rotich and 27 other top officials on charges of fraud, abuse of office and financial misconduct in the latest scandal to rock graft-wracked Kenya. Rotich, his principal secretary and the chief executive of Kenya’s environmental authority then presented themselves to the police. “They are in custody now awaiting to be taken to court,” police chief George Kinoti told…
Uganda Airlines will start commercial operations in August according to the Minister of Works and Transport, Hon Monica Ntege Azuba. She said that the national carrier will start operations to Nairobi, Dar-salaam and Mogadishu. “These destinations will be operated first to orient staff and service providers on Uganda Airlines procedures and standards. Immediately after that, other destinations will be added and they include, Kilimanjaro, Juba, Bujumbura and Mombasa.,” said Ntege Azuba. Azuba added that after delivery of the additional two aircrafts in September, Bujumbura, Kinshasa, Khartoum, Addis Ababa, Zanzibar, Kigali, Harare, Lusaka and Johannesburg will be the other destinations. The…
President Yoweri Museveni says that he does not mind being annoyed by anyone. Museveni was referring to recent charges of ‘Annoying the President’ that were slapped on former New Vision journalist turned evangelist Joseph Kabuleta. Last Friday, Kabuleta was arrested and charged with offensive communication against the person of the president, contrary to Section 25 of the Computer Misuse Act, 2011. Kabuleta was released on police bond on Tuesday. While making his national address on Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) at State House, Nakasero, President Museveni said that he is not offended by anyone who annoys him, but rather the actual…
Government has introduced new traffic and road safety proposals intended to strengthen road transport regulation and management but will see an increase in fines and penalties for traffic offences including a 10-year jail time for death from reckless driving. The proposals are contained in the Traffic and Road Safety Act 1998 (Amendment) Bill, 2019, presented to Parliament by Works Minister, Eng. Monica Azuba, on Wednesday, 17 July 2019. The Bill seeks to amend the 1998 Traffic and Road Safety Act taking into account new and emerging trends and dynamics in road transport and road safety management, the increased number of…
HiPipo; the organizers of the annual Digital Impact Awards Africa have released the nominees for the 6th Digital Impact Awards Africa (#DIAA2019). Digital Impact Awards Africa is Africa’s most important gathering of C-Level Executives, and senior Digital and IT executives. The release of the nominations marks the end of a comprehensive entry submission and validation process that ran from June 6th 2019. #DIAA2019 grand finale is scheduled for 20th September 2019 at the Kampala Serena Hotel. The awards gala will be the climax of the Include Everyone – Digital and Financial Inclusion Summit that will happen on the same day.…
Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, MP for Kyadondo East County MP has spoken a ‘whopping’ 7 times since he was sworn in as MP in July 11, 2017. Bobi Wine beats several other MPs such as Kato Lubwama who have not spoken even once on the floor of parliament. Bobi Wine made his maiden speech on September, 7, 2017 two months after he was sworn in. In the 2017 Hansard, less than 100 out of 450 MPs had contributed in the plenary 10 or more times with Kalaki County MP Clement Ongalo-Obote(NRM) being the most active MP having contributed 210…
Uganda National Roads Authority will this financial year return up to 4,000 land titles to persons affected by road works across the country, the head of land acquisition at UNRA, William Matovu, has said. UNRA, which keeps the titles to avoid land owners obstructing works because of their land ownership, has held some of the titles for over four years. The officials led by Executive Director, Allen Kagina, were appearing before the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) to answer queries in the Auditor General’s report for the Financial Year 2017/2018 on Tuesday, 16 July 2019. They…
A two months mineral drilling process has been launched in kiboga district as part of Uganda’s efforts to explore more mineral deposits especially cobalt and copper in partnership with an Australian company Jervois mining limited. The drilling process will be conducted in Kibiga Sub County 300meters deep underground until the end of August. The project is not of its first kind in the country, recently the helicopter survey was launched in Rwenzori region particularly Kasese among others According to Jennifer Hinton the head of Jervois mining limited in Uganda, samples from underground will be analyzed in the geochemical laboratory in…