Author: Johnson Thembo
Mukono Municipality lawmaker Hon. Betty Nambooze has again gone on record mocking the Cliques of people undermining the opposition’s strength especially that in the August House. Speaking while commenting on the recent shadow cabinet reshuffle, Nambooze says there is nothing like a crisis as far as its formation is concerned. She says that those thinking that New Leader of Opposition Hon. Betty Aol Ochan’s road will be shuttered as some members turn-down the appointments citing that they have missed the point. “Am here to allay fears and laugh at those jubilating while prophesizing doom for the Opposition in Parliament and…
The former coordinator of Intelligence Services and senior presidential adviser Gen David Sejusa has joined the list of nationals supporting the move by the Head of State to intensify the level of weapon development. This is following the information revealed by Mr Pius Bigirimana, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, during the conference at The Hague, the Netherlands recently indicating that Uganda is lobbying the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention to support the establishment of a chemical academy in the country. According to this, government says such an academy would build local and regional…
Famous tycoon and Buganda Kingdom senior official Kiyimba Freeman has come out to clear the air about the social media rumors indicating that he was arrested and his home got sealed off by officials from the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) and CID. Rumors started spreading on social media, on Monday afternoon that the tycoon was picked up by the Police CID Officers from his home. The rumors followed pictures which emerged on social media showing a number of police vehicles at Kiyimba’s home. They businessman was one of 27 people that survived the Saturday boat accident on Lake Victoria.…
According to Prof. Tanga Odoi, the party is set to win all the coming races since they were able to pick strong and competent candidates. This started with the election of Popular Afrigo band Musician Rachael Magoola who polled 13,172 votes to win the party flag for the Woman Member of Parliament in the newly created Bugweri District. Muziransa Faraji with 15,352 votes is the LCV Flag bearer. Awas Sylivia Vicky gathered 5874 votes (49%) to beat her closest rival Maniman Akol Risa with 5245 (43.7) in a tight race for the District Woman MP in Nabilatuk. The two were…
Senior presidential advisor Tamale Mirundi has said that the former Uganda People’s Defense Forces Commanders (UPDF) Gen. Mugusha Muntu and Gen. Katumba Wamala can make good presidents for the Pearl of Africa. The Chief of Defence Forces is the head of the Defence Forces and is responsible for the Command, Control, and Administration of the Defence Forces. He is also the chief military advisor to the President and Commander-in-Chief. Speaking while in a media interview, Tamale says that these two officers diligently served the army registered recommendable success and transformed the force. He says Uganda is being led by a…
President Yoweri Museveni and his Somali counterpart Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed have held discussions at State House, Entebbe. The two leaders’ talks centred on areas of cooperation between the Somalia and Uganda particularly in the areas of peace, security, defence, education, trade and investment. President Mohamed, who was on a one-day official visit to Uganda at the invitation of President Museveni, expressed happiness to note that the situation in his country of Somalia has improved tremendously in spite of the Al-Shabaab terrorists menacing behavior in the South of Somalia and the negative media reports. He commended the cooperation in defense and…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni hosted the Indian community in Uganda to a dinner celebrating the Hindu Festival of Lights or Diwali, at State House, Entebbe. Speaking during to the congregation, Museveni thanked the Indian community for their immense contribution towards rebuilding our country. We first had political problems but when we settled and became peaceful, many of you helped us rebuild Uganda. “The Indian community has helped us establish a strong foundation for a modern economy. I thank you and we are happy with this contribution. Since most of you are business people, I want to let you know that government…
President Yoweri Museveni has called upon the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to fill up the tax gaps so that the country can gain financial independence and stop borrowing money to finance its budget. The President made the remarks at the first Science Model Workshop organized by URA and Africa Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) at Speke Resort Munyonyo, in Kampala. The President said that for the last 600 years, Africans have been under one form of slavery or another. First, he said, was the slave trade that started as soon as the Portuguese got to the current Sierra Leone. “That slavery…
The Electoral Commission has this evening thrown both the ruling and opposition parties silence over the hotly anticipated Busia by-election. This follows the canceling of the nomination of candidates of the ruling NRM party and Democratic Party (DP) who were the lead faces in the race. This election is supposed to take place on November 28, 2018. According to the letter dated November 23, Justice Simon Byabakama disqualified the candidature of Hasubi Deogratius Njoki (DP) and Paul Boniface Oguttu (NRM) from the race on grounds of discrepancies in the names they presented for the nomination. Electoral Commission rules that DP…
The National Social Security (NSSF) has won the prestigious Gold Award, Report of The Year at the 8th edition of the Annual Financial Reporting Awards (FiRe Awards) that took place last Wednesday at Kampala Serena Hotel. The Fund was commended for presenting an all-round impressive and highly innovative annual report, showing a clear commitment to high standards of financial reporting, effectively reporting on financial, governance, environmental & social aspects and other activities of the Fund. It was also awarded Overall Winner Corporate Governance, Overall Winner Public Sector award and 1st Runners-up, Sustainability Reporting and Communication Awards during the ceremony. Here,…