The issue on whether the incumbent president should step down on clocking 75 years mid-term has emerged as the Constitutional Court hears a petition against the Constitution Amendment Act 2017.
For the past nine months, the sub county which is the largest producer of rice in the Tooro region and neighbours Kasese district, has been experiencing a dry spell that destroyed several rice fields and maize plantations. The dry spell forced farmers to abandon their gardens and were left with nothing to sell and consume.
A number of Civil Society Organisations CSOs have demanded a report from the Attorney General on implementation of the recommendations of the Supreme Court in the 2016 presidential election petition.
The Forum under the theme; Climate Action for Sustainable Development: Driving Change in Africa comes amidst calls on African countries including Uganda, to establish own climate funding mechanisms. Kenya is among the few African countries that have enacted Climate Change laws and generated its own funds to cater for climate change disasters.
Light heavy weight boxer, 81kg Regan Simbwa on Wednesday failed to make it to the medal bracket at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia.
At the center of the argument is whether Parliament should have used money from Consolidated Fund to legislate on a private Members Bill.The petitioners lawyers say Parliament breached article 93 of the constitution by drawing money from the Consolidated fund for Rapheal Magyezi Bill.
The case was referred to the Criminal Investigations Department by the Defence and Internal affairs committee of Parliament on the basis of queries raised by the Auditor General in a December 2017 report from the verification of funds spent for the registration of learners exercise.
Their arrest follows a district council resolution of December, 2017 calling for the interdiction of the CFO and the accountant over the alleged embezzlement of 16.5 million Shillings meant for political monitoring, and the diversion of pension and gratuity arrears amounting to 61.5 million Shillings.
Dr Martin Aliker says it took him two days of walking on the streets of Moshi to convince Professor Yusuf Lule to accept becoming president of Uganda after the fall of General Idi Amin Dada. Today marks 39 years since a combined force of Uganda exiles, with support from the Tanzanian armythe TPDF, overthrew Amin, the climax of a five-month brutal war that had started in October 1978 when Amin invaded Tanzania.
Patrick Baguma, the Masindi District Health Inspector also confirmed the presence of many active TBAs, saying there is need to sensitize mothers on the dangers of delivering at the hands of TBAs.
Kakungulu Memorial Secondary Schools Brian Kasirye has made history after qualifying for the pre-quarter final stage in Badminton at the on-going Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia.
Last year, Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom granted Professor Fred Babwetera a 99 year lease to plant trees in Wampanga forest reserve in Bulyango parish in Kitoba sub-county Hoima district.
Rose Lilly Akello, the NRM party candidate emerged winner after garnering 21,814 votes against her rival, Christine Nakwang Tubo who polled 21,814 votes.
The two suspects had been arrested as part of a group that attacked four villages in Lwengo and Bukomansimbi districts killings five people on New Years Day. But they escaped from Masaka court on March 1, the day they had appeared for the mention of the case before committal to the High Court.
A report from a study conducted by Platform for Labor Action in partnership with Ecological Christian Organization ECO and Education for Young People in Uganda Somero in August 2017 in Moroto and Bugiri districts on child labor shows that 75.3 of the children in the gold mines had chest pain.
