Parliament will convene a special sitting on Monday to pay tribute to the late Hon Beijuka William, Ruhaama County MP who passed on Friday night at Nsambya Hospital. Beijukye, 46, succumbed to Hepatitis B infection...
The Ministry of Health has said more people continue affected by Marburg outbreak in Kween District, eastern Uganda. A statement issued by the ministry’s Public Relations Officer Ms Vivian Serwanjja said on Friday that there...
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has opposed a move by Kampala Minister Beti Kamya to take councillors to National Leadership Institute, Kyankwazi for political education. In a letter dated October 31st and addressed to Kampala...
The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament has labelled funds availed to MPs for consultations in the Presidential Age Limit Bill, as immoral and evil. Parliament released Shs13 billion for the consultations, with each MP...
All is not well between the ‘ObwakyabazingaBwaBusoga’ (Busoga Kingdom) and the BusogaDioces with the latter accusing the traditional institution of trying to grab its land located at Bugembe Town Council just adjacent to the Bugembe...
The government task force helping to fight Marburg spread in Kween District, eastern Uganda has intensified the response to the haemorrhagic fever. In the latest update on the ongoing Marburg outbreak, the ministry of health...
Controversial social and political commentator Frank Gashumba and his brother Innocent Kasumba alias Mutabazi Simon have been released from the Police Special Investigations Unit in Kireka, reports say. Before being paraded before media on Monday...
Uganda Police Force has detained Stanley Ndawula, the proprietor of Investigator News and Robert Ndawula, a reporter of the same online media house. The duo was arrested on Tuesday night after being interrogated at Police’s...
At the end of 2018, permanent employers at the multimillion dollar Karuma hydro-power project will live in a comfortable environment after Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited and Sinohydro Corporation Ltd, the Chinese firm undertaking the...
The Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) have told journalists that Mr Frank Gashumba, a Kampala businessman and social critic found in possession of cocaine, marijuana and multiple passports in his name. Mr. Gashumba, CEO of...
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