Author: Johnson Thembo
Government has lost over 1 billion shillings in over 100 petitions filled in courts of law by says Joseph Sewungu the MP for Kalungu as he seeks to Amend the Electoral Commission Act that gives the president authority of vetting the EC commissioners including its Chairperson. Sewungu adds that People must apply for the various posts in the electoral commission body and later be approved by the parliament not head picking as it is done. Petitions filed in high courts are as a result of returning officers’ mistakes including wrong tallying of the results, smuggling in declaration forms and shunning…
City Businessman Frank Gashumba has said that President Museveni is on tension over Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine’s political move to join the Kyadondo East parliamentary by election. “We know the NRM mission is to threaten the voter’s however I want you to also know that Museveni every time he sees us in huge numbers like this, he immediately shakes because he vividly knows that we are winning.” Gashumba said. Gashumba made this statement during the campaign rally in Wampewo playground Kasangati on Monday evening where also called upon voters to eat the money NRM team is offering but however…
President Yoweri Museveni has said that humanity must do all it takes to protect and preserve the environment, failure of which, he noted, will culminate in a world disaster. The President, who was chief guest at celebrations marking the World Environmental Day that was held in Ibanda Municipality, Ibanda district in South Western Uganda, said that humanity’s interference with the environment and nature is doing a great disservice to themselves and will in the end pay a heavy price as a result of degrading the environment. President Museveni, who enlisted several benefits that humanity gets by safeguarding the environment, said…
FDC, Uganda’s biggest opposition party, says President Museveni’s State of the Nation address will be incomplete if he limits it to his usual talk, instead of highlighting the security problem in the country as well as the food crisis that has left many starving. FDC’s deputy spokesperson Paul Mwiru says the growing insecurity in the country including the murders of top officials like AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi should not be left out. The Busiro East legislator Hon. Medard Lubega Segoona told Radiocity, the speech will be incomplete without mention of a succession plan. The president’s speech starts at 2pm later…
Dancehall artist Khalifa Aganaga has called upon all Kyadondo East residents to overwhelmingly vote Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine. He made these statements during Bobi Wine’s campaigns rally in Kasangati. However what thrilled hundreds of voters who had gathered in Titanic numbers was that Singer Aganaga urged the locals to vote for Bobi Wine so that he comes for the Ghetto Presidency position. According to Aganaga, he further revealed to The Insider that he had always yearned for that position for years and since the luck has come, he is willing to go door to door seeking for Bobi…
The 19 man Uganda Cranes team to Senegal has three goalkeepers, six defenders, four midfielders and six strikers. Six KCCA players flew out of the country on Saturday night immediately after guiding their side to a 2-1 victory over Nigeria’s Rivers United at the Phillip Omondi stadium, Lugogo. These included goalkeeper Benjamin Ochan, Timothy Denis Awany, Denis Okot Oola, Isaac Muleme, Derrick Nsibambi and Geofrey Sserunkuma. The six players trained with the rest on Sunday night. Speaking on the call up veteran striker Geoffrey Serunkuma said that though he had been involved with his team, he has to give in…
Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) said implementation of the 2015 peace accord in South Sudan is lagging behind and the fighting was still continuing, despite a declaration of ceasefire and attempts to re-invigorate the national dialogue. IGAD chair, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in a letter addressed to South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on 29 May 2017, said the escalation of violence and growing hostilities are casting their shadows on the national dialogue and the signed peace agreement. “This grave situation, thus, requires us to speak with one voice,” wrote Desalegn in a letter seen by Radio Tamazuj. Desalegn…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that once revived, the Uganda Airlines will succeed mainly because of the direct travel opportunities that it will offer Ugandans especially those in the diaspora, business community, tourists and the vast domestic travel opportunities. The President was today speaking during a meeting with Monsieur Patrice Bauebo, a representative of Airbus group at State House Entebbe. Airbus Group is a Global Leader in aeronautics, space and related services that unite the capabilities of Airbus and Airbus Defense. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners from 100 to more than 600 seats. It is…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has handed over eight modern agriculture tractors to three constituents, two kingdoms, two farmers and a peace initiative group in fulfillment of pledges he made two years ago during the Operation wealth creation campaign. The President also donated four vehicles to three individuals and a women’s SACCO. “I hope you will use the tractors to promote modern agro production. Sensitize our people against fragmenting their land and in this way, they will ensure more production and better incomes,” he said. According to the State House Comptroller Ms. Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye, the some of the tractors were…
Former presidential aspirant Dr. Kiiza Besigye has vowed to die fighting ungodly acts like corruption, Lawlessness, and dictatorship in the country the same way the Uganda martyrs dedicated their lives for the sake of faith. Besigye made this statement in his Martyrs day message where he called upon Ugandans to join him in the struggle as detailed below. Every year, since 1968, we celebrate the Christian Martyrs- the 45 men and women of incredible faith that were executed for defiance and disobedience of the traditional status quo towards the end of the 19th century. The bravery of the Martyrs was…