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Security corners have been further tightened in Rwanda following the General Kayumba Nyamwasa’s comments that went personal to President Paul Kagame. While speaking to the Zambian News Channel, Nyamwasa revealed that he is currently having more determination to return home in Kigali, Rwanda Capital. The former army commander noted that he doesn’t care how long it will take him to get back home but all he is pursuing is a peaceful process to prevail. “It can take a short time just like it can take a long time but all we can say is that we are prepared to go…
The Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, has faulted nine government ministries for failure to submit policy statements with all the requirements. Oulanyah said that the ministries were supposed to submit the policy statements by 22 March 2019 so that they are scrutinized by their line sectoral committees of Parliament as part of the budgeting process. However, he said, “these concerned ministries went ahead to lay on table policy statements that were lacking in content and with errors”. Oulanyah said that the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities had submitted contradictory policy statements to the floor of Parliament and to the committee…
Algeria’s ailing leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika submitted his resignation with immediate effect, state television said Tuesday, ceding power in the face of massive street protests after two decades at the helm. Bouteflika “officially advised the Constitutional Council of the end of his term of office as President of the Republic” from Tuesday, said a news ticker on the public broadcaster. Long accused of clinging to power, Bouteflika has come under mounting pressure to step down since his decision to seek a fifth term despite rarely being seen in public after suffering a stroke in 2013. The 82-year-old, who uses a wheelchair,…
Maj Gen Matayo Kyaligonza, the Ugandan Ambassador to Burundi has questioned the moral authority of Members of Parliament to recall him as ambassador following his alleged assault on a female traffic officer recently. Addressing journalists in Kampala on Monday, Maj Gen Matayo Kyaligonza, accused Parliament of passing a resolution to recall him without a fair hearing. “That decision by Parliament is such as a stupid one. It is even unfair because imagine they jumped on tables, broke microns and fought each other but no one recalled them,” Gen Kyaligonza said. “I was there; I saw what happened; before they finally…
Prof. Tanga Odoi the ruling National Resistance Movement Electoral commission boss has resigned from office under unclear circumstances. According to the resignation letter dated 29th March, the renowned academician highlighted poor leadership, gross corruption and tribalism at the Kyadondo road based offices as some of the reasons for his irreversible decision. Tanga also accuses the Party General sectary General Kasule Lumumba for undermining efforts to return democracy in Uganda’s most popular political party. He pokes holes in the recently passed Kyankwanzi resolution that cleared way for all NRM primaries to conducted by lining up behind candidates an issue that…
Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has described his first experience in Romania as “fairly bad” after he was forced to walk on foot with his luggage for about one kilometer. Oulanyah revealed his ordeal while meeting a delegation from Romania led by Romanian Ambassador Daniela Gitman, Large Special Representative for UN Affairs. Oulanyah, who was chauffeured by a Romanian lady driver said that on his first visit to Romania, he was blocked from accessing his hotel because they were “big people” having a meeting in that hotel. “You know there is a difference between a politician and a diplomat. Diplomats say…
Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kutesa is eyeing the Speakership seat come 2021, the Insider has established. According to impeccable sources, Kutesa is plotting to quit ministerial position that he has enjoyed for decades to return to Parliament as Speaker. Kutesa wants to oust his rival, Speaker Rebecca Kadaga with whom they don’t see eye to eye after a bitter fall out in the 2016 elections with Kadaga accusing Kutesa of decampaigning her for Kamuli District Woman MP. Kutesa’s bid for speakership comes after having a tainted international image follows allegations of bribe from a Hong Kong former politician Patrick Ho…
Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has tickled President Yoweri Museveni to sack his ministers especially the ministers in charge of Works and Transport following the Uganda Airlines saga. Oulanyah was on Friday bitter on the floor of Parliament following a special sitting to debate on the Supplementary schedule No.2 where government is requesting for an additional Shs280bn to cater for investment costs of the revival of the new Uganda Airlines. Oulanyah’s anger was triggered by the Works minister Ntege Azuba who tabled wrong documents on registration of Uganda Airlines before withdrawing them with an apology saying the registration process was done…
Stanbic, Uganda’s leading bank, has released its full year financial results for 2018 with the bank registering solid growth. Announcing the results at a press briefing today Patrick Mweheire the Stanbic Bank Chief Executive said, “We maintained solid growth in our profitability registering a Profit After Tax of Ushs 215 billion up by 7% from Ushs 200 billion in 2017. This was largely driven by growth in our revenues, efficiencies under cost control and credit risk.” Analyzing the bank performance, Patrick said 2018 had some challenges in the first half of the year characterized by low economic activity and low…
Manchester United announces that current caretaker manager and former striker, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has been appointed as the club’s full-time manager on a three-year contract. Solskjaer scored 126 goals in 366 appearances for United between 1996 and 2007 and also managed the club’s reserve team until the end of 2010. He was appointed caretaker manager on 19 December 2018 and won his first eight games in charge on the way to an overall record of 14 victories and two draws in 19 games, amassing more Premier League points than any other club during that time. “From the first day I…