Author: Johnson Thembo

The Deputy Attorney General, Hon Mwesigwa Rukutana, has defended as lawful the deployment of Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) on the lakes. The Fisheries Protection Force (FPF) has been under intense criticism from fishing communities over allegations of brutality and highhandedness. In multiple petitions brought to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, the fishing communities have been crying foul over allegations of torture, confiscation of equipment and causing loss of business. This prompted Parliament to ask the Attorney General, Hon William Byaruhanga, to clarify the laws under which the deployments have been made and whether the President’s deployment of the…

Cocoa farmers from Bundibugyo district have petitioned Parliament protesting a new tax imposed on unprocessed cocoa by the district local government. The petitioners envisage that the new tax will affect the production of cocoa countrywide. The petition was presented by the Bwamba County Member of Parliament, Hon. Richard Muhumuza Gafabusa, during the plenary sitting chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, on Thursday, 4 April 2019. The farmers said that the tax was illegal especially following the removal of taxes on produce tax. “Unprocessed agricultural produce was exempted from taxation as listed in the second schedule of the Value Added…

President Yoweri Museveni and National Chairman of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has met and held discussions with a visiting delegation from the Communist Party of China (CPC) led by the CPC Secretary for Jilin Provincial committee, Mr. Bayinchaolu. The NRM Secretary General, Hon. Justine Kasule Lumumba, also attended the meeting that took place this morning at the State Lodge in Gulu Municipality, Acholi Sub-Region in Northern Uganda. The meeting included Uganda’s Ambassador to China Hon. Crispus Kiyonga, NRM Deputy Secretary General, Hon. Richard Twodong, NRM Treasurer, Hon. Rose Namayanja and her Deputy Dr. Kenneth Omona, among others. The Chinese…

Crested Cranes head coach Faridah Bulega, has released her final list of 20 players that will travel to Ethiopia for the CAF Africa Qualifiers Women’s Tournament Olympics Games Tokyo 2020 first leg encounter with Ethiopia on Wednesday April 3 in Addis Ababa. The 20 players were named from the initial squad of 20 players that has been in residential camp at the FUFA Technical Center Njeru since Friday March 22. The team had their last two training sessions on Monday early morning and Mid-morning, before Bulega announced the final squad. ‘All my players are good in camp and have been…

Former forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party President Col. Kiiza Besigye again reechoed that he will not be retiring from active politics soon. This follows the continued comments calling for his resignation from the political front especially by people power diehards who feel its high time Besigye gave way to Kyadondo East lawmaker Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine. Bobi Wine recently declared his ambitions to contest for the country’s top most job come 2021. However according to Besigye, he is not interested in becoming the president of Uganda. He adds that he is only fighting for freedom…

Inspector Of Police Joshua Cheptegei has won a Gold medal in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Denmark. Cheptegei, who won two gold medals in the 5000m and 10,000m races respectively at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, has become the first Ugandan to win gold in the Men’s Senior Category at the IAAF World Cross Country Championship. Cheptegei beat his country mate Jacob Kiplimo into second place, and Kenyan athlete Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor came

The State Minister for Finance (Planning), Hon David Bahati, has revealed that government does not have money to pay traders who supplied goods and services to the Government of South Sudan. Bahati who was appearing before a Select Committee of Parliament, on Wednesday, 27 March 2019, said that the shs40 billion appropriated by Parliament for the payment of Ugandan traders is exhausted after paying 10 companies. ”There are many traders claiming payment for supplying goods to South Sudan. There are those who supplied privately and those whose property was destroyed during the war,” Bahati said. Bahati was however quick to…

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday said as part of his talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya has agreed to increase sugar imports from Uganda from 36,000 tonnes to 90,000 tonnes per year. President Museveni also disclosed that it has been agreed that Uganda resume exporting poultry to Kenya within a week. “I am glad that our counterparts have agreed to let Uganda increase its sugar exports to Kenya from 36,000 metric tonnes to 90,000 metric tonnes annually. Also, it is important that Uganda will resume exporting poultry to Kenya within a week from now,” tweeted Museveni. The Ugandan President…

In the quest for Uganda to empower its youth through education the biggest hurdle is affordability. It has been recorded that tertiary institutions have the highest level of student dropouts. This is mostly due to the simple fact that these students cannot afford the tuition fees. It is from this scenario that the Muljibhai Madhvani Foundation has today announced a scholarship fund of Ugx 700 million that will be used to support these brilliant yet underprivileged university students in Uganda. Speaking at a press briefing, held at the Madhvani Head office in the Industrial area, Hon. Gerald Ssendaula, the Chairman…

Uganda government through the Registrar General’s office has come out to clarify on the ownership of two companies; Leaf Tobacco and Commodities Limited and Meridian Tobacco Company Limited. In a statement dated Wednesday 27th 03 2019, the head of Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) Mr. Bemanya Twebaze said he had learnt of misinformation on the shareholding of the two named firms. “It has come to our attention that some individuals are peddling misinformation about the status and shareholding in Leaf Tobacco & Commodities Ltd; and Meridian Tobacco Company Ltd,” part of the statement reads. Bemanya adds; “It is alleged, among…