The Minister of Works and Transport, Hon. Gen. Katumba Wamala, on Wednesday inaugurated a new Board of Directors to oversee the performance of the Authority. Justice Steven Kavuma is the new Chairman of the Board...
Ugandan pop star turned opposition MP Robert Kyangulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has said he will hold campaign rallies despite a ban by the electoral commission. The People Power Movement leader said President Yoweri...
Uganda's Minister of ICT & National Guidance, Judith Nabakooba (pictured) has said under the current circumstances of COVID-19, scientific campaigning is the safest and most effective option available. In a press statement dated June 21, 2020,...
President Yoweri Museveni agrees with the Electoral Commission's plans to hold a scientific general election next year if there is no cure for the deadly coronavirus. Museveni made the remarks on Monday evening while delivering...
Friday June 19 was Justice Bart Magunda Katureebe’s last official working day as Chief Justice. “I am retiring from Judicial Service as the Chief Justice of Uganda on June 20, 2020,” he said in a...
UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, on Wednesday joined the rest of the world to celebrate African children in this year’s edition of the International Day of...
Several Christians and followers of Prophet Elvis Mbonye, of Zoe International Ministries, who survived the 2010 Al- Shabaab terrorist attacks in Uganda that occurred at Kyadondo Rugby grounds and Ethiopian Village, Restaurant in Kabalagala, respectively,...
Burundi's newly elected president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, has been sworn in two months earlier than planned. Attendees had been told to arrive early to allow time for coronavirus precautions such as hand-washing and temperature checks, AFP...
Uganda's Electoral Commission has banned mass campaign rallies and encouraged aspiring candidates to campaign through the media. The commission said the country's general elections will go ahead in January 2021, but with strict measures to...
Uganda's opposition figures Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, and Kizza Besigye will plan nationwide protests against the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. They said the government had not put in place measures...
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