The Ugandan Police continues to contradict itself on reports that its officers participated in the kidnapping of Lt. Joel Mutabazi, the former body guard to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who was picked up from a hotel in Kampala.
Legislators have today hit at Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi for what they call disrespecting Parliament as an institution through attacks aimed at Speaker Rebecca Kadaga. The two top government officials meanwhile continued to exchange words, with the Mbabazi saying Kadaga avoided his phone calls and the Speaker insisting that no such calls were sent to her or her office.
Charles Okiror, the Soroti District Sports Officer, has been arrested for alleged theft of 500,000 shillings he received as contribution towards organising a regional music competition.
Inspector General of Government (IGG) Irene Mulyagonja, has ordered for the sacking of all the staff of Uganda Management Institute (UMI) that were irregularly recruited by its Director General, Dr James Nkata.
Uganda adopted second generation Digital Video Broadcasting -Terrestrial 2 (DVB-T2) set top boxes as the standard for the digital switch.
This meant that viewers who had initially purchased the Digital Video Broadcasting -Terrestrial 1 (DVB-T1) set top boxes would need to upgrade to receive a clear signal.
In a letter sent by the party National Chairman to Gen. Muntu last week, Sam Kalega Njuba stated that the current NEC which was also under former party President Dr Kizza Besigye expired in February 2013 after its four year term. He added that the claim that some members, such as Members of Parliament and others may continue as residual NEC has no merit and they all stand eligible for election in the next NEC.
Police in Butambala have arrested the Kibibi Grade Two Magistrate for alleged abuse of office and corruption. Perry Muhumuza, who is in charge of Kibibi and Kamengo Grade Two magistrates courts, was picked up on Wednesday evening from his chambers after complaints of corruption were filed against him at the Office of the Inspector General of Government.
While addressing journalists at parliament, the MPs who include Theodore Ssekikubo from Lwemiyaga, Wilfred Niwagaba from Ndorwa East and Barnabas Tinkasiimire from Buyaga West said that the reason they stormed out of the Constitutional Court yesterday is because their fate is already predetermined.
The Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has directed Attorney General Peter Nyombi to study the Observer with the view of taking legal action against the newspaper. On August 8th, The Observer ran a story indicating that Mbabazi had used a Cabinet meeting that was held on August 7th after the passage of the Public Order Management Bill to label the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga as an opposition sympathizer.
There is tension in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after fresh fighting erupted between government forces and the M23 rebels. The fighting started on Wednesday night in the areas of Kibati and Kanyaruchinya near the North Kivu provincial city of Goma.
Uganda Cranes will defend their Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup title in Kenya this year after the Council for East and Central African Football Associations (Cecafa) confirmed today that Kenya will host this year’s event.
According to the hospital’s records at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, the mental unit recorded a total of 3,079 cases of mental illness out of which at least 50 were new cases in the 2010/11 financial year. In the 2011/2012 year the unit recorded at total 5,442 cases and 53 of these were new. Meanwhile in the 2012/2013 financial year, the hospital recorded at total of 6,312 cases of which 84 were new.
The Parliament Mace now has two guards to watch over it at all times when the House is in session. The revelation was made by Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga while explaining the change in sitting arrangements.
National Water and Sewerage Corporation—NWSC has stopped the depositing of human waste from the refugee transit camp in Bundibugyo district in its lagoons in Fort Portal town. For the past three weeks, human waste from the transit camp located at the Bubukwanga sub county headquarters has often been emptied at the lagoons Fort Portal, since there is no lagoon in Bundibugyo town.
Negotiations at Makerere University are beginning to take shape after weeks of stand-off between the University council and Lecturers who are demanding for a 100% salary increment. The university council sitting on Tuesday resolved to institute a committee to analyse and cut the excess expenditure of the university to raise a wage bill for the lecturers.
Authorities in the South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo are struggling to contain an outbreak of cholera which has left over 20 people hospitalized.
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has ignored Deputy Speaker`s ruling that four suspended members of parliament write apology letters before they access parliament precincts.
Amelia Kyambadde, Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives has revealed that the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) has already allocated funds amounting to 5 million Euros for the construction of border markets.
Cranes coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic says he is happy striker Geoffrey Massa has joined University of Pretoria FC in South Africa. Massa yesterday joined the South African top Tier side from Northern Cyprus Premier Division side, Yenicami.
