Author: Johnson Thembo

As 2021 general elections continue drawing closer, different political figures have continued announcing strategies ahead of much anticipated event. Among these is the Musician turned politician Hon Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu. Bobi wine revealed that he is to start nationwide consultations and resource mobilization for his 2021 presidential bid. He says that the electoral laws allow him to start mobilization 12 months to the elections. In June this year, Uganda’s pop star reveled that he would challenge longtime President Yoweri Museveni in the elections expected to be held in 2021. “I will challenge President Museveni on behalf of the people,” the…

The Minister of State for Finance, Hon. David Bahati, has assured legislators that Uganda will not lose its properties in Kenya following the enactment of a new law limiting foreign ownership of property in the country. Bahati said that Ugandan owned property in Kenya is managed by either Uganda Property Holdings Limited (UPHL), Uganda’s embassy in Nairobi or the Uganda Railways Corporation (URC). “All the government of Uganda properties have running leases and the Land Law Amendment 2016 does not affect the current ownership of the properties directly,” said Bahati, who was presenting a statement to Parliament on Wednesday 27…

The Online Media Publishers Association (OMPA) has continued welcoming government initiatives aimed at streamlining the fast growing digital media industry. These remarks were made during a News Editors breakfast meeting at Mestil Hotel in Kampala, on Thursday 28th November 2019. The engagement was organized the Ministry of Information Communication Technology and National Guidance, running under the theme “New Media And Traditional Media: A Case For Statuary And Or Co-Regulation. Speaking during the session, OMPA President Mr. Giles Muhame hailed the government for bringing on board a noble course of addressing gaps which had been ignored for ages. He added that…

Ever since the Kyadondo East lawmaker declared his ambitions to contest for the country’s top most office, different people have continued giving their take on his capabilities and chances to lead the pearl of Africa. Speaking while appearing on CBS FM, Captain Mike Mukula, who doubles the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Vice Chairperson in charge of Eastern Uganda revealed his opinion on the self-styled Mubanda Wa Kabaka. According to Mukula, Bobi Wine is a good musician, lawmaker and mobilizer but he is still not yet ready to lead Uganda. Mukula added that unlike other positions where literally one needs no…

Former employees of Nakumatt Supermarket have petitioned Parliament over their unpaid entitlements following the closure of the store two years ago. The employees led by Dennis Angura, presented their petition to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga on Monday,  25 November 2019. The petitioners said that Nakumatt Uganda registered a savings and credit cooperative society (SACCO) with a member of over 600 employees whose savings were never paid.  “We need your help to recover the little savings we had in the SACCO worth shs200 million. Some of us have salary arrears, National Social Security Fund money and our terminal benefits,”…

MTN Uganda Foundation has officially handed over blood storage equipment to the Arua Regional Blood Bank under the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (UBTS). This is in a bid to address the issue of blood shortage born from inadequate blood storage facilities. The Arua Regional Blood Bank serves 3.38 million people including 815,000 from South Sudan living in the 9 districts of West Nile. However, the facility is faced with a challenge of blood storage. To alleviate this challenge, a state-of-the-art blood refrigerator was handed over toHon. Dr. Joyce Moriku, theState Minister for Primary Health Care in a ceremony held today…

Last week, the National Cordinator for the Alliance for National Transformation, Gen Mugisha Muntu led a delegation to Tooro sub-region, where they held a fruitful engangement with the local leaders. Uganda’s youngest political party officially opened regional offices in Fort portal town which will be bridge the entire region activists under the stewardship of Ms. Nyakato Rusoke and Mr. Mutunzi Robert. Speaking during the event, the former Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) army commander noted that the future is purple. He added that he doesn’t want the Alliance for National Transformation to be built on individuals. “We cannot afford to…

Agriculture remains Uganda’s main economic driver, but widespread use of new and disruptive technologies can quicken the transition from subsistence to commercial farming necessary to increase incomes. The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries, Vincent Ssempija said on Tuesday, “To ensure all these technologies work to strengthen our agricultural sector and improve its resilience, we must also ensure they reach Uganda’s farmers. We need to expedite the coverage of these disruptive technologies to the smallholder farmers with proper training and support to be able to use them.” Ssempjja was officially opening the Disruptive Agricultural Technology (DAT) Challenge and Conference…

The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Hon Irene Muloni was forced to issue an apology to Parliament after Members of Parliament accused her for  contempt of Parliament. This followed her address to the press on Tuesday, 20 November 2019, where she denied that shs24 billion meant for the construction of a bridge across the Rive Nile connecting Kayunga to Kamuli had been misused. The Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga recently told Parliament that in March she wrote to the President informing him of  individuals who misapproporiated the funds during the construction of the Isimba dam and subsequent projects related to it.…

The Minister of the Presidency, Hon Esther Mbayo has today handed over a fleet of over 60 pickup trucks to Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) to enable them to carry out their duties of work efficiently. The occasion took place at Kololo ceremonial grounds. This comes a few months ahead of the looming general elections anticipated to take place early 2021. Besides this being a initiative for the appointed political heads, several people especially those from the opposition have critiqued the move saying that its aimed at frustrating the powers and freedoms of the nationals. It should be noted that early…