Hosts Makerere University have confirmed that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will officially open the 2018 World University Netball Championships on September 17th.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said the government will make sure it clears the arrears on monthly stipends that medal winning sportsmen and women have won over the year.
According to Kayihura, he has already directed his officers across the country to be vigilant and called on members of the public to report any suspicious activities in their areas that may threaten peace in the country.
The group consisting mainly of opposition legislators and liberal members of the ruling National Resistance Movement - NRM party, stormed out of the house upon noticing that the matter was not listed among items on the order paper.
As Uganda marks its 55th independence anniversary, many of her countrymen and women have difficulties naming the past leaders. Many of those URN spoke with could mention two or three and almost all of them failed to name them in their order, from the first to the current leader.
Their campaign seeks to counteract efforts by NRM legislators who overwhelmingly agreed to start a process for the amendment of article 102 b of the Constitution which caps the presidential age at 75. At least 245 MPs endorsed a proposal for a Private Members Bill seeking to open this up.
There is a lot of excitement in several parts of Kigali ahead of the swearing in ceremony of Rwandan President-elect Paul Kagame today at the Amahoro National Stadium.
Andrew Karamagi, an activist said its a shame that Museveni has hanged on for over 30 years, given the fact that most of the youths in the country were not even born when he took over power.
The veterans, some of them operating from the Veterans Market in Wandegeya, Kampala, say they are part of the 6,000 soldiers that fought alongside President Museveni to liberate the country. They however note that most of them have have been forgotten by the government that marks 31 years in power today. Instead, they say, those who did not fight are the ones being favoured.
President Museveni also promised to increase funding to the National Agricultural Advisory-NAADs program from the current Shillings 203 billion to Shillings 1 Trillion annually.
Uganda Peoples Congress party faction leader, Jimmy Akena denies reports that he has been offered one billion shillings by president Yoweri Museveni to form an alliance.
