Author: Johnson Thembo
Pop star and presidential hopeful Bobi Wine has denounced the government’s banning of civilian use of red berets, a symbol of his “People Power” movement that he hopes to use to oust longtime President Yoweri Museveni. The government this month gazetted the red beret and other pieces of military wear as “property of the state.” It warned people who wear or sell them that they would be prosecuted under military law, which can lead to a life sentence. “This beret ban is a sham. It is a blatant attempt to suffocate a successful threat to the autocratic status quo,” Wine,…
The UK, in partnership with Italy, has received international backing to jointly host the COP26 climate summit in 2020. This is a huge boost for our work to tackle climate change and follows the PM’s commitment at the G7 Summit in Biarritz to ensure that the COP26 Summit addresses both climate change and biodiversity as two sides of the same coin. The event will take place in Glasgow and will be the UN’s 26th climate change conference. It will bring together over 30,000 delegates from around the world, including climate experts, business leaders and citizens to agree ambitious action to…
MTN Uganda Foundation has officially handed over blood storage equipment to the Mbarara Regional blood bank under the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (UBTS). This is in a bid to address the issue of blood shortage arising from inadequate blood storage equipment. The state-of-the-art blood refrigerator was handed over to the Parliamentary Woman Representative for Mbarara Municipality, Hon. Rosette KajunguMutambi in a ceremony held today at the Mbarara Regional Blood Bank in Mbarara district. This follows the telecom company’s pledge in July when it availed UGX. 347 million to procure the equipment that comprises of an automated plasma extractor and 3…
Members of Parliament on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have tasked officials from Mbale Regional Referral Hospital to avail clear records showing management of salary disbursement. The Hospital officials led by the Director Dr. Emmanuel Tugaineyo were appearing before PAC-Central Government on Tuesday, 1 October 2019 to respond to audit queries raised by the Auditor General in his financial year 2017/2018 report. Auditor General, John Muwanga, observed that a review of the Hospital’s financial statements for the year under review indicated that Shs 8.2 million was paid as salary to four retired staff and this was attributed to failure to…
Pearl Dairy Farms Limited, the producers of LATO Milk, have emerged as winners in the Best Milk Category in the 2019 People’s Choice Awards. This was according to a survey carried out between 20th February and 30th June this year by MuyzPlus Advertising International. The survey was conducted in the four regions of Uganda; Northern, Western, Eastern and Central, involving different stakeholders, including government regulators. Besides consumers, the survey also covered traders and interviews with officials from the Uganda National Bureau of Standards, the Insurance Regulatory Authority, the Dairy Development Authority and Uganda Communications Commission among others. According to Pearl…
The Minister of State (Tansport), Hon. Aggrey Bagiire, has re-assured the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) General Assembly of the commitment by Government of Uganda to ensure safety and security in the aviation sector. While addressing the 40th Session of the ICAO General Assembly in Montreal, Canada on Saturday, September 28, 2019, the Minister specifically highlighted the recent revival of Uganda Airlines, liberalization of the air transport industry, and expansion and modernization of Entebbe International Airport as some of the country’s major initiatives in the aviation sector. While promoting tourism, he invited the Assembly delegates to Uganda to enjoy the beautiful…
Climate change experts and parliamentarians are pushing for mainstreaming of climate change issues within government budgets and recommended the use of certificates of compliance before budget approval. This was the key message from the workshop on climate change achievements, challenges and efficacy of Parliament interventions during the 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference on Thursday, 26 September 2019. Discussants recommended the establishment of national climate funds to solve challenges of financing climate mitigation and adaptation actions. The panel, chaired by Uganda’s MP Lawrence Biyika Songa, included United Nations Environment Programme expert Robert Ondhowe; Alex Nimusiima the Coordinator of the Meteorology Unit and Mohammad…
President Yoweri Museveni has commended faith-based groups in the country for joining government in efforts and campaign to sensitise communities in wealth creation to eradicate household poverty in Uganda. “I am glad that more Christians are waking up to understand how to eradicate poverty at household level. What you gain should be from your sweat. It is a Biblical obligation. I am happy I have Pastors, like Jackson Senyonga, on my disciples in the nationwide campaign for wealth creation. Like the Biblical story of the seeds’ sower on different types of soil, Pastor Senyonga is one of the soils that…
The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs has joined the rest of the country to participate in the URA organised tax payer’s appreciation week at Kololo ceremonial grounds The exhibition will run under the theme: “Every taxpayer counts , if everyone pays, no one pays more”. The Minister of Trade,Industry, Trade and Co.operatives Hon Amelia Kyambadde while opening the exhibition,thanked all the tax payers in Uganda for the tremendous role they play in supporting the government because its from these taxes that government runs all the programs. Hon further thanked the URA officials for closing the gap between tax payers…
On the behalf of the people of Uganda, I welcome you, the members of the CPA, again, to Uganda. You are most welcome. I say that I welcome you to Uganda, again, because I was very much here when you were here last, 52 years ago. I was not in the meetings themselves. I was, however, 23 years old that time, a first year student in the University of Dar-es-salaam and already a very active student leader, leading the University Students African Revolutionary Front (USARF). The meeting must have taken place during the short holiday because I remember I was…