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Today’s unplanned battles between security operatives and Jinja residents is one that will take long to go off people’s minds. Drama, sacrifice, teargas and live bullets took full control today’s premeditated retreat for the opposition Forum for Democratic Change following police’s attempt to arrest Dr. Kiiza Besigye. According to police, Besigye together with other party delegates were being rounded up for convening an illegal gathering against the Public Order Management Act. The plot started after police invaded Kira FM in the morning to stop former Presidential aspirant and other party leaders from being hosted on the radio talkshow program. However…
Pope Francis knelt and kissed the feet of South Sudan’s rival leaders Thursday, in an unprecedented act of humbleness to encourage them to strengthen the African country’s faltering peace process. At the closed two-day retreat in the Vatican for the African leaders, the pope asked South Sudan’s president and opposition leader to proceed with the peace agreement despite growing difficulties. Then he got down on his knees and kissed the leaders’ feet one by one. The pope usually holds a ritual washing of the feet with prisoners on Holy Thursday, but has never performed such a show of deference to…
Col. Edith Nakalema, the Head of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit has started investigation of alleged corruption in the office of the Inspector General of Government headed by Irene Mulyagonja. On March 20, 2019, Col Nakalema received a petition from a whistleblower who requested her office to investigate the IGG’s office of rampant corruption cases, irregular recruitment of Inspectorate officers and delayed confirmation of officers in the Acting capacity. The whistleblower wants Nakalema to reign on Irene Mulyagonja’s office citing among others rampant cases of corruption where officers are openly receiving bribes from accused persons. “Allegations of bribery among IG…
Mac Optic Investments Group headquartered in Greece with presence in Canada, USA, England, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt and Sudan has committed up to United States Dollars Ten Billion (USD 10,000,000,000.00) to develop, grow and operationalize Uganda’s nascent Oil and Gas Sector. Mac Optic Investment Group Chairman, Dr. Ahmed Radwan, unveiled this during the signing of a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) between Mac Optic Investment and its strategic partners including SPEC Group of South Africa and Uganda’s Secure Trade Company (STC) and JCH Consult at the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Cairo, Egypt. The Mac Optic Investment Group…
The Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Mary Kitutu, has raised concern over the unmet budget allocations, which have affected the ministry’s delivery of services. Appearing before Parliament’s Committee on Budget, Kitutu said that the Ministry had budgeted for shs3.7 billion in the current financial year to set up and conserve the Kalagala and Itanda Offset Sustainable management plan but had not received the money. She said that as part of an agreement with the World Bank to protect the environment surrounding the Isimba Dam, the Ministry of Water and Environment was supposed to set up a conservation system to…
The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs has defended its new budget proposals for the Financial Year 2019/2020, which is a Shs2 trillion increase from what was indicated in the recently approved Budget Framework Paper. Defence Minister Adolf Mwesige said the upward revision of the budget followed Cabinet consent, and in view of “internal and external security threats”. “The budget exercise is a process; the additional figure to Shs3.5 trillion was considered by Cabinet and approved…the final budget is not yet read by the President,” said Mwesige. Mwesige led a team comprising Defence State Minister (Veteran Affairs) Bright Rwamirama, Deputy…
Military has taken over Tororo Central Police Station where FDC President Patrick Amuriat Oboi is incarcerated. Police was yesterday involved in running battles with the FDC leaders including Amuriat and former party president, Dr. Kizza Besigye who were making their way to Youth Centre in Tororo where they were scheduled to preach their gospel against the incumbency president Museveni. The meeting was however, disrupted on the basis that police was not informed about the gathering as stipulated under 2010 public order management act. However, confrontations erupted with FDC supporters accusing police of disrupting their meetings under public order management…
Sudan’s President Omar al Bashir has stepped down and consultations are underway to set up a transitional council to run the country, government sources and a provincial minister said on Thursday. The minister of production and economic resources in North Darfur Adel Mahjoub Hussein told the Dubai-based al Hadath TV that “there are consultations to form a military council to take over power after President Bashir stepped down.” Sudan state television said earlier on Thursday that the armed forces would make an important announcement soon, amid speculation that a coup attempt could be under way against President Bashir following months…
The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has rubbed shoulders with the great at the Global Water Awards 2019 in London, United Kingdom. NWSC was announced utility Distinction Water Leader of the year beating 5 other international utilities organizations. Each year, the Global Water Awards are presented at the Global Water Summit, the major business conference for the water industry worldwide. Speaking at the award ceremony, Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha attributed the award to the support from the Government of Uganda, the Board and committed staff at NWSC and corporation customers who support the utility by paying bills promptly. “We…
Kawempe South law maker Mubarak Munyagwa has chaired his first session of the Committee on Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) as he led the committee in interrogating the conduct of the tax body, Uganda Revenue Authority. Parliament’s COSASE resumed business today (Tuesday) under the stewardship of the new chairman Mubarak Munyagwa and their first interface was with the Uganda Revenue Authority officials led by Commissioner General Doris Akol over the 2013/2014 Auditor General’s report. The report queried the increasing tax arrears as well as government loss of millions of shillings worth of impounded fuel from Fuelex 9000 liters of…