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Children have pledged to put off sexuality until marriage as parents and teachers petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, to ban the distribution and use of contraceptives to youngsters. “We choose to take on this challenge and to build our lives and character on values that are based on the truth,” the children from various schools read out from a prepared text of what they referred to as the BANG – Becoming A New Generation Declaration. The function was held at the start of a march through Kampala, at the Parliament, today, Friday 16th June 2017. “We…
Incumbent Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) President has been successfully nominated by the FUFA Electoral committee on Friday. Accompanied by more than 70 delegates, Eng. Magogo and his entire executive committee was successfully nominated at 4:10 p.m by the chairperson of the FUFA Electoral Committee Samuel Bakiika. “Having duly satisfied the terms and requirements set by the FUFA Electoral Commission, we announce aspiring candidate Eng. Moses Magogo successful” Bakiika noted. In his brief address to the media after returning the forms, Eng. Magogo hinted on the continued plans to consolidate the achievements registered in the previous 4 years. “I…
A campaign recently launched by Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Minister Amelia Kyambadde to lure more Ugandans to consume locally produced goods continues to generate debate. Critics of the campaign argue that it was based on false assumptions. Dubbed “Buy Uganda-Build Uganda (BUBU)”, the campaign is part of the ministry’s efforts to implement the 2014 Buy Uganda policy and correcting trade imbalances. The policy was premised on similar campaigns in Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa and Malawi among others. South Africa in 2001 launched “The Proudly South African brand” campaign with the goal of encouraging South Africans to buy local products. It…
Local leaders of Kagoma County in Jinja district have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, proposing the separation of the County so as to create a new constituency. The leaders who were headed by Mr Alex Brandon Kintu said Kagoma County was too large to be covered by one MP. They said that locals complained of being marginalized and poor service delivery. “Kagoma is so large with over 230,000 voters; during the President’s visit he suggested that we seek the creation of a new constituency in Kagoma,” said Mr Kintu. The petition was signed by 30,000 people.…
Experienced Margaret Kubingi,Owek. Bagunywa Florence Nkalubo and Fraidah Bulega have been elected unopposed to represent women football interests in the FUFA Assembly. Kubingi was also voted as the Chairperson of the Uganda Women Football Association (UWFA). Today’s elections concluded the line-up of the 88 delegates to the FUFA Assembly. The UWFA will have Kubingi and Owek. Nkalubo as the two delegates to represent the Association in the FUFA Assembly for the period 2017-2021. Bulega Faridah of Kampala Queens is the delegate for the 15 FUFA Women Elite League clubs. The exercise to vote the three candidates was conducted at FUFA…
The 43rd Uganda Cup Final is due today At the Betway Green Light Stadium the home of Onduparaka between KCCA FC and Phaidah black star. As KCCA FC surpassed Express to reach the final Paidha Black stars beat Sadolin to express interest in the same. The Kasasiro boys who will be watched by among others their Patron the lord mayor and KCCA ED seek to write history by not only winning the second trophy in addition to their Azam Uganda premier league victory. However the Startimes powered team last won the Uganda cup in 2004 but have since then lost…
Ugandan activist Frank Gashumba has blasted the Uganda Revenue Authority boss for holding what he described as unnecessary and useless seminars workshop. Gashumba insists URA has spent millions of taxpayers’ money on TV, Radio and other media platforms inviting the general public to attend regional conferences and seminars which were held in expensive hotels in Mbarara, Gulu, and Kampala yet Ugandans are even lacking what to eat. “The irony is that whatever bright views the public would come up with counts for nothing since the budget has already been passed and cannot be amended. In fact, the budget was passed…
Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda today on behalf of President Yoweri Museveni launched the 10 year Uganda’s Capital Markets Development Master Plan at Kampala Serena Hotel. The master plan will make capital markets serve the broad national goal of increasing access to affordable and low cost alternative funding for the private sector and Government, in pursuit of transforming Uganda into a middle income country. “Functioning capital markets are not a luxury but a necessity in national development,” said Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
Ugandan women have no opportunity to report cases of discrimination to the United Nations since the country has not acceded to the additional Protocol on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The additional Protocol, which came into effect in 1999, gives individuals and groups of women the right to complain to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women about violations of the CEDAW. The Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, said that Uganda, a signatory to the CEDAW, is required to carry out certain activities intended to eliminate discrimination against…
The Rt.Hon. Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah says that financing of political parties is not a means to regime change. Oulanyah says that funding of the parties should be used to enable the democratic process of elections in the different countries which may not necessarily lead to a new government in power. “Financing political parties should not be for the objective of for changing governments, but should facilitate democratic processes which will enable somebody to either retain or change office” the Deputy Speaker said, adding that, ‘It should be more general than restrictive to changing of office’. Oulanyah was making his…