The Bishop presided over the launch of Maj. (Rtd) John Kazoora’s book, Betrayed by My Leader, a memoir that centres largely on Kazoora’s role in the 1981 to 1985 National Resistance Army struggle and later the National Resistance Movement government under President Yoweri Museveni.
Sports Minister Charles Bakkabulindi says his ministry needs an additional six billion shillings for identifying talent as a way of promoting and managing sports in the country.
Bakkabulindi argued that it is time sportsmen and women who have done the country proud received recognition like other excelling personalities who fall in other fields.
Kisoro hospital medical superintendent Dr. Micheal Baganizi confirms the case and says that the hospital is working hard to ensure that the patient gets the care he needs.
He says that during his recent visit to the burnt Naggalabi cultural site in Wakiso district, he found several private structures constructed on the cultural site land.
Joseph Mugisa, the Police Chief Fire Officer and Coordinator for Emergency Response, said that Police do provide training on fire safety to the public but only upon request. He said such trainings were mainly conducted at institutions.
Education Minister Jessica Alupo says that Cabinet is yet to resolve the issue of costs for preparing the food that may be brought by parents in kind to schools in rural areas.
Small business operators in Kamuli town council have stormed the Resident District Commissioner’s office to protest the power outage in the district over the past four days.
Arthur Nsiko, research analyst at brokerage firm, African Alliance, attributes the rebound to reduced yields in Bank of Uganda’s treasury bills and treasury bonds markets forcing investors to look to the stock market as an alternative for getting higher yields.
Ibn Senkumbi, who was standing in for the Deputy Police spokesperson, said the money was part of the welfare budget. He says the bulk of the money is meant for the cleaning, storage and airlifting the body.
The anti-Ken Lukyamuzi faction of the Conservative Party (CP) has petitioned court to temporarily block the delegates conference scheduled for August 18. The petitioners argue that there are pending court cases whose verdict is crucial to the party\'s future.
Wafula Oguttu, the FDC spokesperson, says as far as they are concerned Kanzira is innocent. He alleges that Kanzira is being punished for declining to attend a night meeting called by Crispus Kiyonga the Defence minister in which he had been summoned to take the voters’ register.
Rwakishaya accused Professor Venansius Baryamureeba, who was also dropped from the race to retain the office, of poorly managing the institution calling him incompetent and fraudulent. He said he raised queries about Baryamureeba qualification and promotion but no action was taken.
Thirteen Heifer suppliers under the National Agricultural Advisory Services—NAADS in Kabarole district are accusing the district NAADS office of failing to pay them for the 20 heifers supplied two months ago.
Although the fire destroyed only the Bata shop on the building, the smoke from the fire covered all the surfaces on all the two floors of the storied building with soot making it impossible for most businesses to open for normal operation because the merchandise, furniture, floors, walls and ceilings are all dirtied by the soot.
Through her lawyer, Mohammad Mbabazi, Walube asked court to order for a fresh vote recount from all the 212 polling stations in the district, which was granted.
The Parliamentary Committee on Education and Sports has this morning hyped all praises on Uganda’s sole gold medal winner at the 2012 London Olympics Stephen Kiprotich.
Kibuku County Member of Parliament Saleh Kamba has sued the Attorney General for improper conduct over failure by Parliament to approve his ministerial appointment last year.
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces--UPDF spokesman Col Felix Kulayigye has said at least 18 of the 28 soldiers who were aboard four military helicopters heading to Somalia have been accounted for. Kulayigye however adds that the whereabouts of 10 other crew members are still unknown; a day after three choppers went missing while flying over Kenya.
