Author: Our Reporter
Government of Uganda takes exception over a litany of negative and non-factual or conjured accusations by the US Ambassador Deborah Malac made on the 3rd May 2017. Her condescending and rumbling statement exposed her bias as she sought to make Dr Stella Nyanzi the only subject of the press freedom day although Nyanzi doesn’t qualify as a media person, and this isn’t to suggest that her rights to free expression shouldn’t be respected within realms of Ugandan laws. By focusing on Nyanzi, Ambassador Malac showed she has not bothered to understand the state of the media in Uganda. While giving…
The prime minister of the Republic of Uganda Rt.Hon.Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has said that the country is in need of two billion dollars to be able to address the increasing number of refugees. Speaking during the launch of the Uganda solidarity summit 2017 on refugees in kampala, Rugunda added that the above figure is the current funding gap for the next one year. He also reveals that government annually spends 150M$ to support refugees in the country. Dr Rugunda urges the international community to match Uganda‘s efforts to support refugees, noting that if this is not done, it will create…
an 18 year old woman, a resident of Bukomasimbi in Masaka district has been sentenced to serve one and half years imprisonment at Luzira prison by the Kampala City Hall Court. This incidence follows when she has pleaded guilty to giving false information to police regarding the murder of fallen AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi. Nalubenga has told court that she gave this false information with an intention of getting the reward money which police had promised to give to any person with information that might lead to the arrest of the said murderers. She accepted before Grade one magistrate Moses…
The Electoral Commission must be fully and sufficiently facilitated in order for it to carry out its constitutional mandate, which is the foundation of democracy, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah, has said. The Deputy Speaker said the Electoral Commission needed no lobbying for support, as the electoral body warned that government had not provided funds to organize and conduct elections in six newly created districts, municipalities and town councils coming into effect on 1st July 2017. Elections are due in the districts of Namisindwa, Pakwach, Butebo, Rukiga, Kyotera and Bunyangabu, which districts become effective on July…
South Sudanese peace guarantors of the Troika countries have issued a joint statement expressing their disappointment with the continuation of fighting in the country, and called on President Salva Kiir to implement his pledged unilateral ceasefire. “The members of the TROIKA (UK, U.S. and Norway) and the European Union (EU) are deeply troubled by the ongoing conflict in South Sudan. These actions stand in direct conflict with the government’s stated aim of a political solution to the conflict, and severely undermine the prospect of any credible national dialogue,” said the statement. “TROIKA and EU call on President Kiir to implement…
South Sudanese intelligence officials have reportedly arrested six Ethiopian rebels belonging to the Unity Patriot Front in the capital, Juba a deal involving the illegal gun allegedly used by a local militias group allied to the government leaked. The leader of the Ethiopian Unity Patriot Front (EUPF), General Thowath Pal Chay has accused his rebel movement’s spokesperson, Colonel Pal Ojulu of allegedly being behind the group members’ detention in South Sudan. The Ethiopian rebel group has been fighting the Addis Ababa government for a decade, until recently when its leader sealed a deal with government after mediations involving the Juba…
Former Presidential candidate Dr. Wrn Kizza-Besigye is in Kagoma campaigning for Dr. Timothy Batuwa moving village to village looking for votes, around the whole constituency. Present is SG Nathan Nandala-Mafabi Defense Sec. Amin Sadiq, Hon. Amuriat, Hon. Mwiru Paul, Nambooze Josephine. However drama reached its apex as the infamous NRM buses are transporting voters to attend Museveni rally in Buyengo meet him. Besides only the drivers staring at Besgye, the buses were forced to park in the bush due the pressure by Besigye supporters who were singing along the famous Toka Kwa Barabara song. These buses were found on the…
The CAF Congress that convened on Monday morning in Manama, Bahrain appointed FUFA President Eng. Moses Magogo as a CAF Executive Committee Member. FA Presidents are in Bahrain for Thursday’s FIFA Congress. Magogo’s appointment was confirmed today on the same day Ghana’s Kwesi Nyantakyi and DRC’s Constant Omari Selemani were named 1st and 2nd Vice Presidents respectively. Magogo becomes the first Ugandan to be named on the CAF Executive in the institution’s history. He will be on the CAF Executive Committee for the cycle 2017-2021. CAF was founded in 1957. A message from the FUFA President upon appointment ‘In recognition…
The new Confederation of African Football (Caf) President, Ahmad, says he has refused to accept a salary from African football’s governing body. His election in March ended Cameroonian Issa Hayatou’s 29-year reign. “I’ve refused a Caf salary for the simple reason it doesn’t respect good administration,” he told BBC Sport. “The salaries of all Caf employees, from administrators to the executive committee and president, all have to be transparent.” The 57-year-old from Madagascar held his first senior Caf meetings on Monday ahead of the Fifa Congress on Thursday 11 May. Key among the topics being discussed are how to reform…
The Chief Justice Bart Katureebe has directed all judicial officers to deliver pending judgments and clear backlog cases within 18 months from to date or face disciplinary action. Justice Katureebe’s directive contained in the April 28 circular was sent to justices of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, registrars and magistrates at different ranks. The court census report of last year established that there are 37,827 backlogged cases in the judicial system, a figure that is alarming. Further in his order, Justice Katureebe directed that all judgments pending beyond 60 days as at June 30, 2017 should be…