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The wife of a village chairperson in Kumi District has committed suicide, with reports indicating that her husband denied her sex and material care. Stella Atai, 50, the wife of Mr Simon Akol, the chairperson of Oswapai Village in Atutur Sub-county, took her life on Tuesday. Her body was found hanging on a tree on the way to the village well, a day after she told fellow women that she had nothing more left to live for. One of the women identified as Grace Amongin said Atai always complained about her husband’s refusal to care for their five children and…
Immediately after 2016 general elections, the country was dipped into series of election petitions that were challenging the victory of majority leaders. Among these is the president of the Republic of Uganda H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who was challenged by former Prime Minister John Patrick Amama Mbabazi over allegations of voter bribery, electoral violence and malpractice. Like many others, this case was closed by the Supreme Court on grounds that Amama Mbabazi failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that his victory was rigged by president Museveni. However although this petition was cut short, different victories earlier claimed by some legislators…
Seasoned opposition politician Dr. Kiiza Besigye has decried the manner in which the State has continued to suppress people’s freedoms. Speaking while commenting on the unrealistic detention of Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu, the former presidential aspirant stated that everything was aimed at breaking the heart of activism in the singing lawmaker. Besigye implored his brother in the struggle to remain firm because they will soon overcome the ruling government injustices. “As we were facing blatant injustice in Kasese, my brother @HEBobiwine was again facing NRM/M7 Junta persecution. It’s an attempt to break an Activists spirit.…
Bukedea Woman MP Annet Anita Among lives like the famous extravagant Marie Antoniete, the wife of the King Louis XVI. Anita Among on Saturday unveiled her palace-like country home in Kolir, Bukedea district to her fellow MPs who were left in shock. Anita also hosted President Yoweri Museveni who is her very ‘close friend.’ The ‘opposition’ MP had invited Museveni to launch her multimillion projects including Mama Bukedea FM radio station. Last year, Museveni also launched Anita’s Bukedea Comprehensive Academy School. But this time around all the attention was turned on Anita’s huge home that sits on a huge chunk…
City pastor has gone at cross roads after taking off a lady’s underwear by himself inside the church. The man of God Identified as Pastor Sobrino Valdeci Picanto Nigerian based Brazilian ordered the brown skinned lady to open her leg wide for the spirit of pregnancy to penetrate into her vagina something that resulted into his arrest when the video went viral on social media. The same pastor is also said to have persuaded some of his followers to sack his manhood saying that it had sanctified ‘milk’ to heal them from bad omens instantly. And this pastor said his…
Parliament has approved a government request to borrow US$104 million from Standard Chartered Bank to finance the national CCTV network expansion project. The Minister of State for Finance (Planning), Hon. David Bahati, said that the requirement follows a decision taken by the government in the wake of increased crime rate, to install cameras on the main streets throughout the country in a phased manner. Bahati said that because of the magnitude of the work, it will be a costly venture that will take three years to complete. “The government has been able to only finance over 30 per cent of…
Parliament has approved a recommendation to provide up to Shs 18.5 billion to complete the revamping of the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) and enable it fulfil its mandate as the national broadcaster. The recommendation was contained in the Report of Parliament’s Committee on Information, Communication Technology and National Guidance on the Ministry’s policy statement and budget estimates for the financial year 2019/2020, on 25 April 2019. According to a 12 October 2016 directive, the President tasked the ministers of finance and ICT to provide Shs 20 billion to support UBC activities and improve its performance. “The President directed that Cabinet…
Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has today resumed her parliamentary roles having been in intensive care unit (ICU) for more than a week. Kadaga returned to ‘business as usual’ back to normal as she this morning launched the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference website in her boardroom. The launch of the website is one of the activities slated ahead of the upcoming Commonwealth conference taking place this year in Uganda. It is now one month and one week since Kadaga collapsed at Entebbe International Airport after returning from abroad where she had been for official duties. Parliament said that Kadaga’s abrupt…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has sympathized with the families that lost lives during Monday’s fierce hailstorm in Kamuli and Buyende, and appealed to local leaders to spearhead replanting of trees to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change. In a statement issued on Tuesday, 23 April 2019, Kadaga said she had asked Government to provide relief to people that lost property in the hailstorm. “I have already contacted the government to provide relief to the survivors especially those whose houses, property and gardens were destroyed,” she said. According to Police, 13 people died in Kidera sub county in…
A total of Shs4.7 trillion will be drawn from the National Budget to finance national security in the financial year 2019/2020. The amount is contained in the recommendations from the Committee on Defense and Internal Affairs’ scrutiny of the Ministerial Policy Statements of the sectors for the coming financial year. The Ministries are Defense and Veteran Affairs, and Internal Affairs with the agencies they supervise. Defense and Veteran Affairs is taking Shs3.5 trillion, while the Internal Affairs docket takes the remaining Shs1.2 trillion, which is shared among the headquarters and its agencies. The Internal Affairs Ministry headquarters takes Shs43.3 billion,…