Early this year, Masaka Municipality contracted Longjian Road and Bridge Company limited, a Chinese firm, to undertake major rehabilitation on yellow knife road, Buddu Street, Kabula Street, Edward Avenue and Ssese Street. The project is funded by World Bank at a cost of Ugx 6.3billion.
The outcry is based on the controversy surrounding the impeachment of Erias Lukwago from the Lord Mayors seat, a result of which he has remained out of office over the last one year. Lukwago was thrown out of office by a section of Councilors who accused him of incompetence and abuse of Office among others. The matters are now before c
If you are planning to travel from Kampala to Luweero today, have at least Ugx 10, 000 taxi fare in your pocket. A week before Christmas Day, travellers to Luweero have been paying higher taxi fares than usual already and it is going to get worse.
30 Kibaale residents have this afternoon been in court accused of failure to build pit latrines for their homes or meet basic sanitation standards. They appeared before Grade Two Magistrate Salongo Darlington Luwaga.
A man in Gulu has this morning disarmed a Police officer and shot himself dead. The man has been identified as Paul Munu (30). He shot himself at the United Nation Food and Agricultural Organisation (UNFAO) offices as he reported for duty.
Kidega went through unopposed after the other contender, Chris-Opoka pulled out of the race in support of Kidega. Suzan Nakawuki, the other Ugandan legislator did not return nomination forms picked earlier.
Once accessed, the loan will enable Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) implement the reconstruction of Mambule Road, linking Kalerwe to Bwaise, upgrade Makerere Hill Road, Bakuli-Nakulabye-Kasubi-Northern Bypass Road (from Bakuli to Northern Bypass) and Kira Road (from Kira Road Police to Kabira Junction). Part of it will also be used to implement the signalization of Bwaise and Fairway Junctions.
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has said that the House will decide who between him and Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga will chair next year's debate on electoral reforms after Opposition questioned his impartiality.
John Bosco Ocan, the Atiak LCIII Chairperson confirmed the development saying the refugees have resisted vacating the land and have also begun destroying nearby forests in search of firewood. Besides, the place is littered with human waste because of the limited latrine coverage, Ocan adds.
A father of six Geoffrey Rwishasha (54) has been sentenced to life imprisonment after court convicted him of aggravated defilement. Rwishasha was sentenced on Thursday by Masaka High Court. The court was presided over by Justice Margaret Oumo Oguli.
The figures generate a rather disturbing question on whether it is necessary for so many Ugandans to engage in agriculture especially when the demographic changes of the population are generating a window of opportunity to raise per capita income and thus reduce poverty.
The names of candidates for election to the office of Speaker are entered upon nomination papers obtained from and handed to the Clerk at least forty-eight hours before the time appointed at which the House is to meet to elect a Speaker and are accompanied in each case by the signatures of two Members who support the candidate and a declaration by them that the candidate is willing to serve.
The 92-kilometer road passes through the districts of Arua, Maracha and Koboko to Oraba border between Uganda and South Sudan. President Yoweri Museveni launched the Ugx 132 billion project in 2012 and was expected to be complete within 30 months that ended in July, 2014. UNRA extended the deadline to December after failing to beat the initial target.
The society accused him of incompetence and offering wrong legal advice to the government. Nyombi's legal opinions, ULS said, were inconsistent with the Constitution. The lawyers, led by Jude Mbabaali, alleged that Nyombi misadvised President Yoweri Museveni on a number of controversial issues including; the re-appointment of Benjamin Odoki as Chief Justice and the appointment of an active military General, Aronda Nyakairima as minister for Internal Affairs.
