Author: Our Reporter
As the Easter mood gets thrilling, different celebrities continue to share love with their friends, fans and relatives. However this has not stopped majority of them to transmit their excitement on social media and post every beat of moment happening in their lives. On Good Friday afternoon, Singer Winnie Nwangi went on her Instagram and posted a swimming pool picture with Barbecue like ‘Jubilewo’ glimpsing near the window. The Fire dancer hit maker spiced it up with words probably dedicated to her hubby, Nwangi was like “Let the long weekend begin, Take me back baby”. This post did not only…
The Uganda Police has finally given green light to the Kyadondo East singing lawmaker Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine to hold his Easter holiday music shows. This is according to an April 15 letter by the police director of operations, Asuman Mugenyi. The letter addressed to Bobi Wine’s promoters Abitex management asks for the number of revellers for each of the events, measures put in place for crowd control and proposed traffic management. “Police has taken note of your intended events, however for comprehensive security planning, there is need for the following information from you the organisers; clearances to…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will today get some rest ahead of the Easter season following the decision that has been made by the seven Supreme Court judges. These judges include Justices Stella Amoko Arachi, Ruby Opio Aweri, Jotham Tumwesigye, Bart Katureebe, Eldad Mwanguhya, Paul Mugamba and Lilian Tibatemwa. On Thursday 18th April 2019, The Supreme court sitting in Kololo has upheld the removal of age limt from the Uganda constitution This bill was passed into law by parliament in 2017. In a ratio of 4:3 judges ruled that majority justices of the Constitutional Court that sat in Mbale town never…
The Executive Director Butabika Hospital, Dr. David Basangwa, has appealed to Parliament to pass the Alcohol Control Bill 2016 to control alcohol and substance abuse blamed for the rising cases of mental illness. Dr. Basangwa also asked Parliament to increase funding to the facility to be able to recruit more staff to care for patients, some of whom are violent. “Mental illness is on the increase and currently we have admitted about 950 patients in a facility that can take only 550 patients comfortably. Unfortunately 40 percent of these are due to the use of alcohol and substance abuse. These…
Uganda U-17 national team (Cubs) convincingly out-smarted the AFCON 2019 hosts Tanzania 3-0 in a one-sided group A game played at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam on Wednesday. Uganda’s goals were scored by Andrew Kawooya, Ivan Asaba and Najib Yiga. Kawooya opened the scores with a 16th-minute goal off Rogers Mugisha assist. Mugisha assisted Asaba for the second after 28 minutes as the first half read in 2-0 in bold in favour of the Ugandans. Yiga wrapped up the scoring business on the evening for Uganda with a well-drilled header, 14 minutes from full time. All the three changes…
The Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah has said that Parliament of Uganda is the right place for Ugandans to make intercessions to God, basing on the Bible. Quoting the book of Isaiah chapter 33: 22, Oulanyah said parliament is an institution that makes laws for the country and approves appointments for key leaders like judges, ministers and hosts members of Parliament and also brings together the three key arms of Government. He added that God will save the country through Parliament. “If we get it right from this institution, we have gotten it right countrywide. If we have the right emotions…
Igara West Member of Parliament Hon. Raphael Magyezi has decried the after effects of the the controversial Age Limit Bill. Speaking to in an exclusive Television interview, Magezi said the motion continues to affect his life and constituency work negatively. He says the electorate accuses him of not consulting them over the motion that was signed into law, enabling the removal of presidential lower and upper age limit caps. President Museveni appended his signature to the Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2 2017, commonly known as the ‘Age Limit’ bill on December 27, just seven days after it was passed by…
The State Minister for Privatization and Investment, Evelyn Anite has directed Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) to suspend a licence that had been issued to Israeli company, Together, to establish a cannabis (marijuana) farm in Uganda for medical purposes. Speaking while presiding over the inauguration and swearing in ceremony of Uganda Investment Authority Board of Directors at the UIA premises in Nakasero, Kampala, Anite said that the licence was issued behind her back yet cabinet is still discussing proper regulation and see how to move forward. Anite tasked the Health minister Hon Jane Ruth Aceng to do more research on the…
Parliament’s Committee of Statutory and State Enterprises has today (Tuesday) thrown out officials from the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) after the Tax body commissioner Doris Akol made a no show. Committee Chairman and Kawempe South MP Mubarak Munyagwa noted that Akol was the right person to answer all the queries and so the sitting wouldn’t commence without her. The Committee is meeting URA officials over queries in the 2013/2014 auditors report which among others include the disappearance of 9000 litres of fuel that were in their custody. In their first meeting, the MPs discovered that Government lost over Ushs 800…
As hotly anticipated 2021 general elections draw closer, different political players have started endorsing their manifestos in bid to affirm hope in their supporters. According to the people power Movement pressure group, they have already worked on 16 point program that they will be launching soon. Among the important issues to be worked on is creating 2 million jobs for Ugandan youths in the first 200 days, scrapping of inimical policies like the Over the Top Tax (OTT), Public order management Act that restricts freedom of association among others, Hon. Mike Mabiike said. Mabiike also mocked those claiming that people…