VIDEO: Tooro King King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru has celebrated 21 years on the throne at his palace in Fort Portal town, rallying his subjects to fight the escalating scourge of HIV/AIDS. King Oyo says that the fight should not be left to the mothers alone, asking the men and …
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PICTORIAL: Fika Salama, a campaign by Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) and Uganda Police to improve road safety following harrowing road accidents in the past six months, has in the latest operation seen errant drivers in Nakasongola hit hard. According to photographs from Police, up to 56 vehicles have been impounded in Nakasongola during …
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Two youth, arrested on Thursday for dropping ten piglets outside Uganda’s Parliament, have been remanded to Luzira Prison. Ferdinard Luka and Joseph Lukwago appeared before Buganda Road Grade one magistrate Marion Mangeni on Friday and denied nuisance and ill-treatment of animals charges. They return to court on September 23 for a …
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High Court in Kampala has Friday ruled that Nakawa Municipality MP Michael Kabaziguruka is subject to military law and must stand trial on charges of treachery before the General Court Martial. Justice Patricia Basaza Wasswa dismissed with no orders to costs, Kabaziguruka’s application filed against government, seeking to declare that his …
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Three football fans have dragged football governing body FUFA to High Court seeking compensation of sh15 million for denying them access to watch the Uganda Cranes versus Comoros match live on September 4, 2016. The fans led by Geofrey Turyamusiima claim that in August 2016, they bought tickets worth sh6,6000 to watch the …
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The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has told parliament’s committee on commissions, state agencies and statutory enterprises that the aircraft that was used by the NRM campaign task force, flown by Capt. Mike Mukula, was not up to standard and posed a threat to Ugandans. The Director Technical services and Compliance …
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The middle income outlook will depend on what Uganda will do to wake up the population to be productive and be consistent at it. The target for middle income is 2020 but right now 68% of our population comprises peasants. We are hoping each one of them will be having $1,050 as …
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The president of the Uganda Parliamentary Reporters Association Isaac Imaka has responded to a pending press investigation ordered by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, describing it as a plan to muzzle media freedom. Parliament Thursday afternoon debated media coverage of the house on issues of the recent trip to the UNAA convention in the US, …
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Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has ordered Parliament’s Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline to examine what she described as the continued publication of negative and damaging reports on the house. She instructed the committee chaired by Kalaki MP Clement Kenneth Ongalo-Obote to find out whether the media houses can be sued for contempt of parliament. …
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When Saad Lukwago started teaching art in high school nearly a decade ago, his students expected him to exude the highest standards of artistic practice in his own works, the same way he instructed them to do and this standard, according to them, was art rendered in photographic precision. However, …
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