Author: Johnson Thembo
President Museveni held an interactive meeting with over 3000 leaders from Busoga sub region at Dam waters play ground, Jinja Municipality. “The meeting with leaders is important because I know leadership comes with many responsibilities. Leadership is like being a doctor, you must diagnose the disease of the patient. Therefore, the political leaders are the social economic doctors.” Museveni Siad. Museveni added that he reiterated his message of shifting from subsistence farming to commercial farming. However, this should be done calculatedly. “Some of the activities that can make money on a large scale include; Sugarcane growing, cotton, rearing of local…
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Gen Jeje Odongo has been directed by Parliament to explain the current wave of insecurity and what government is doing about it. The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, tasked the minister to make a statement after hon Luttamuguzi Ssemakula raised the matter of the recent killings of mobile money agents and boda boda riders. Gomba West MP, Hon Robinah Rwakoojo also expressed concern about the killings of boda boda riders. “The motorcycle owners are killed and their bodies dismembered. The police and ministry of internal affairs should take action,”she said. Rising on a matter of…
Drunk youths nearly paralysed Deputy President William Ruto’s speech on Saturday at Kehancha Migori County. A group of youths numbering about 300 surrounded Ruto’s car as he addressed locals after commissioning Sh2.8 billion Kehancha-Lolgorian Road. Ruto came face to face with the dangers of the increasing illicit brew in the country as the youths became chaotic and heckled speakers at the event. With the absence of the Provincial Administration officers in the function, Ruto had no option but to proceed with his speech. The youths heckled Kuria West MP Mathius Robi forcing him to cut short his speech and hand…
Unlike the common song of tear gas and running battles between Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leaders, today the story was different. Former presidential aspirant Dr Kiiza Besigye together with party President Patrick Oboi Amuriat, Obongi County Mp Hassan Fungaroo were accorded a brotherly welcome by the Uganda police officials in Moyo. The trio were leading a team of FDC and People’s Government officials into Moyo district, crossing the Nile from Adjumani using Laropi Ferry. FDC National Mobiliser Ingrid Turinawe, Adjumani Mayor Patrick Tandrupasi and others were part of the team that crossed the Nile to speak to hundreds of…
Police in Amun B Village Apac district is looking for Ms Beatrice Acen, 35 over cutting husband’s gentiles. According to Mr Moses Okot, a peasant farmer narrated that the incident followed a bed room misunderstanding Sunday June 30. He added that his wife returned home drunk and cut his penis. “When I returned home from hunting around 7:00pm, my wife was not home. My daughter served me food and I went to bed thereafter. My wife returned at around 10:00pm and shouted that I open for her the door,” A 46-year-old Okot narrates. “I was already asleep. I felt some…
Uganda Bankers Association (UBA) is set to hold the 3rd Annual Bankers Conference (ABC) 2019 under the theme: De-risking financing & Investment in agriculture to promote decent youth employment and inclusive growth. The One-day conference will be held on Tuesday 16th July 2019 at Kampala Serena Conference Center, Victoria Hall, Kampala, Uganda and will comprise a keynote address followed by a high level panel discussion. Speaking at a Press Conference this afternoon, WilbrodOwor the UBA Executive Director said, “This year’s conference aims to facilitate a focused discussion among key players and stakeholders regarding financing of agriculture while leveraging on several…
Kenya’s Harambee Stars have kept their hopes alive of progressing to the knock-out stage of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. This striped with a gutsy 3-2 win over familiar foes Tanzania that has become the first country to get eliminated from the ongoing tournament in Egypt’s capital Cairo. As Bobi Wine’s slogan goes ‘Obalaba Bapika Obunyama, Naye Ngawork Wambwa’ a famous one that relates on the contradictions of appearances Vs reality. Tanzania was baptized by the skinny neighbours, an action that forced them to demonstrate Diamond Platnum’s Tetema or Kanyaga dance moves on the pitch. Harambee Stars came from…
Cabinet early this week approved the National Health Insurance Scheme Bill. According to Ruth Acheing, the scheme is meant to improve the provision and access of Health services to all Ugandans. The bill is also intended to facilitate the provision of accessible, affordable acceptable and quality healthcare services to citizens irrespective of their age, economic, health and social status. Aceing added that the bill is also to develop health insurance as a complementary mechanism of healthcare financing and ensure efficiency in healthcare services. “Government and private employees will contribute 4 percent of their monthly salary to the NHIS while employers will contribute 1…
Busongora North Member of Parliament Hon. William Nzoghu has decried the increasing levels of corruption and Kleptocracy in the country. The shadow minister of works and transport made this comment yesterday at Parliament while commenting on the Bank of Uganda 90 billion controversial saga. It is said that the incessant scandals plaguing the country’s central Bank follows the recent mishap in which a consignment of printed currency flown into the country included extra cargo not on the bank’s documentation. In the exclusive interview, Nzoghu stated how this incident was just part of the series of games that have been played…
Members of Parliament have raised concern over the incessant scandals plaguing the country’s central Bank following the recent mishap in which a consignment of printed currency flown into the country included extra cargo not on the bank’s documentation. The legislators on Tuesday, 26 June 2019, hinted on the unsatisfactory behaviour of the Bank of Uganda (BoU) in response to a report presented by the State Finance Minister for Planning, David Bahati, noting that not so long ago the Bank was under investigation for erroneously shutting down commercial banks in the country. Hon. Abdu Katuntu (FDC, Bugweri County) said that there…