Voter turnout is worryingly low as Kenyans today go the polls in a Presidential election re-run shrouded by uncertainty. Last month, the Kenyan Supreme Court annulled the results of the 8th August Presidential elections citing irregularities, paving...
Some opposition Members of Parliament have returned the Shs29 million each they received starting yesterday for consultations on the 'age limit' bill describing it as attempts to "sanitise bribery of Members of Parliament". The Bill...
Rukungiri Magistrates Court was on Wednesday awed after a Forum for Democratic Change activist Joseph Bamushanjire Jr. claimed he was allegedly tortured by police while in custody. Joseph, identified as the son of renowned Canon Bamushanjire, was arrested...
Former presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye and FDC secretary for Mobilization, Ingrid Turinawe, FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat and Rukungiri district councillor, Innocent Tashobya on Wednesday were granted a non cash bail by the Rukungiri...
The Court of Appeal has over-turned the Lira High Court decision that nullified Defence Minister Okello Engora Macodwongo's election as Oyam North MP. The high court had nullified his election over allegations that he lacked...
The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Mr Elioda Tumwesigye has been calling for a technological transformation in how Africans undertake agricultural production, now the Global Science, Technology and Innovation Conference (G-STIC) 2017 is the perfect stage...
Members of Parliament are likely to go to go another month without their emoluments (allowances) after Parliament bosses decided to give each receive Shs 29 million as facilitation for consultations on the ‘age limit’ amendment...
Uganda’s rapidly growing air traffic has attracted a lot of investors into the sector, while falling export trade has given a boost to profitability for players flying to Far East Routes. After having given up...
The FDC party has given police and the state 24 hours to produce in court or release party members who were detained in relations to the Rukungiri violence last week. Just after 3:00 pm on...
Little more than one week after a massacre in Somalia killed more than 350 people in the capital, President Yoweri Museveni has met the troubled country’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in Entebbe. The Somalia leader...
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