Following the abrupt resignation of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) deputy executive director Judith Tukahirwa Tumusiime, an engineer Andrew Kitaka has been selected to deputise Jennifer Musisi in acting capacity, a top spokesperson said....
Tempers and bullets are threatening to boil over Burundi's government threatening to withdraw its troops from the African Union force fighting militant Islamists in Somalia. {PHOTO) Ugandan peacekeeping troops stand during a ceremony at Mogadishu...
Uganda’s economic slump maybe about to ending as UK-listed explorer Tullow Oil revealed they would restart work at exploration acreage in western Uganda, a senior official said. Tim O’Hanlon, vice president for Tullow Oil’s Africa...
In Uganda, 25.2 percent of girls aged 15 to 19 were either mothers or pregnant in 2012, according to data from the World Bank and compiled by Quandl.(NET PHOTO) A primary seven pupil at Ongerei...
Wilson Agaba, the managing director of Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) called 'malicious' calls by workers to stage a strike, continuing to taunt the state broadcaster’s failure to stand on its own. An internal memo was...
Kizza Besigye has now lost four consecutive presidential elections to Yoweri Museveni The United Nations Human Rights Council is today scrutinizing Uganda’s human rights record – a process known as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)....
President Museveni has said Makerere University will be opened as soon as possible to allow students to study after university council requested for its immediate closure on Tuesday. The closure of the university came after...
The Court of Appeal will hear Busiro North MP Peter Ssematimba’s appeal against his dismissal from parliament after he withdrew application seeking extension of time of filing his election appeal against his dismissal from parliament....
Banyala secessionists working to foil Kabaka visit The Banyala cultural group leaders will lead a protest in Kayunga District on November 27 against Buganda king Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II’s planned another trip to the...
Besigye says a few gun-wielding warlords led by Pres. Museveni are holding Uganda hostage Former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye sought to reassure his supporters Monday following a series of...
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