According to Bishop Odongo, the new cathedral still requires one billion Shillings to be completed. He said that the pending pledge from the President would help offset some urgent gaps required to make the cathedral shine.
Remigio Achia, the chairperson Karamoja parliamentary group earlier asked president Museveni to provide protection for intelligent informers as they are a soft target
The president added that Emorimor will be accorded official burial. “I, therefore, in the great memory of Emorimor Papa Augustine Lemukol, declare an Official Burial. My condolences to the Teso Kingdom, relatives, and well-wishers,” the post concludes.
In a rejoinder to Achieng’s letter, ULGA President, Richard Rwabuhinga, says that had the government provided local government leaders with vehicles as promised earlier, the misuse would have been probably minimized.
At the function held at the Kololo Independence Grounds, Museveni who was accompanied by Janet Kataaha Museveni, the First Lady and Minister for Education flagged off a team of 25 athletes that will represent Uganda in the 32nd edition of the summer Games.
Andrew Omiat, a member of the National Council in the Uganda People’s Congress-UPC, says that while it is good to have more Iteso in ministerial positions, the ministers should be conscious of the challenges ahead.
The FDC situation in the region has been made worse by the exodus of all the three party MPs, who have now become independent candidates after internal conflicts following the party’s presidential elections in 2017.
“We have been working for President Museveni for over 20 years but we have not yet gained from his presidency, so we ask for a ministry that will work on issues related to uneducated persons,” the National Chairman of the Uneducated, Hajji Kassim Kasasa said.
Justine Obol, the Gulu District Democratic Party Secretary argued that although article (1) of the constitution states that power belongs to the people, this isn’t reflected in the country.
This was uncovered as a team from State House interfaced with the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament this morning. The committee is scrutinizing queries raised by the Auditor General, in his report for the financial year ending June 2018.
They argue that President Museveni’s State of the Nation address, delivered this evening, was inadequate and merely ceremonial because it left out key issues that Ugandans wanted to hear.
President Museveni on Monday evening appointed Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah to chair yet another committee that will be investigating the Apaa boundary dispute in the Amuru-Adjumani districts.
Nathan Irumba is a retired diplomat who served in five Governments and Special Assistant to Sam Odaka, Obote’s former Foreign Minister. He says Amin was a conspiracy of foreign forces that encouraged him to stage a coup against Obote who had made a lot of mistakes.
The outcry comes as the farmers especially those in the neighbourhood of Queen Elizabeth National Park continue to incur losses as a result of wild animals that stray into communities destroying crops and sometimes even causing death of people.
On Sunday night elephants from Queen Elizabeth National Park raided Kyondo village, Scheme Ward of Nyamwamba Division destroyed crops worth hundreds of millions.
Butemba County MP Pentagon Innocent Kamusiime says that ideally, the border cannot be closed without prior notice to the neighboring country. He advises that the government fast-tracks negotiations to resolve any outstanding conflict, for the sake of Ugandan traders.
On February 21st, 2004, more than 300 residents living in Internally Displaced Peoples Camp at Barlonyo Village, Agweng Sub County in Lira district were killed by the suspected fighters of LRA rebel group.
According to Museveni, most corrupt officials and their beneficiaries are often in churches where they pay allegiance to certain clergy, which makes them the right people to preach against the vice.
According to Tungwako, King Oyo told the President that the delay by the government to return the properties has affected the kingdom financially. He said that if they are returned, the kingdom can rent them out and get income to sustain its activities and improve its financial base.
