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By Sarah Namulondo President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has blamed Uganda’s poor economy on Amin’s expulsion of Indians from Uganda. He said that characters like Idi Amin disturbed the relationship between Uganda and India. The president said if the Indians were not expelled Uganda’s economy would be very far with their …

By Sarah Namulondo The parliamentary committee of presidential Affairs has summoned the inspector General of police Gen Kale Kayihura to explain why he has failed to provide security to Owino market. The committee decided to summon Kayihura after KCCA officials told committee members that the Authority failed to conduct a …

By Joan Akello Government has failed to release 6.5 billion shillings for the recruitment of 6,172 health workers. This is attributed to problems in budget cash flow caused by the suspension of donor aid. This was disclosed by the minister of state for Finance Fred Omach (general duties) while appearing …

By Joan Akello MTN Uganda has lodged a formal complaint with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in Uganda against the Chief Magistrate of the Buganda Road Magistrates Court, Sylvia Nabagala. The complaint concerns Nabagala’s professional misconduct in contradictory rulings and disregard of due process. It is alleged  that the magistrate …

By Aloysious Kasoma President Yoweri Museveni and Busiro East MP Medard Sseggona run into each other during the ground breaking ceremony of the construction of Entebbe Highway on Wednesday. Sseggona the area Member of Parliament was invited to deliver his speech and used the opportunity to remind the president about …

By Aloysious Kasoma President Yoweri Museveni has invited the Chinese people to invest in the different opportunities available in Uganda. The president said this during an opening ceremony at the ground breaking of the new Entebbe highway which officially started at Kyengera – Kabojja yesterday. “I would like to take …

By Joan Akello The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) elections are today at Mandela National Stadium- Namboole At Nandala Mafabi’s residence in Kyambogo lower estate at 8:30am a crowd has gathered to see the candidate off to the venue.  Some delegates are just leaving for the conference. Their votes will …

By Julius Odeke The East African Community Forum of Electoral Commissions has recommended to the 26th Meeting of the Council of Ministers for consideration and adoption of the EAC Principles for Election Observation and Evaluation in partner states’ elections. According to the press release issued it stated that, “The principles …

By Julius Odeke The African Union Commission (AUC) is hosting the Third Pan-African Forum on Children. The two day Forum which opened on the 19th of November, 2012 under the theme: “The Responsibility to Invest in Children”, has brought together continental experts and US stakeholders to assess progress in implementation …

By Joan Akello Dr Josephat Byamugisha Head of the obstetrics and gynaecology directorate said the new hospital will handle emergency cases only. It is projected that the facility will have bed capacity of 320 and 20 units for babies. The hospital will sit in the main Mulago hospital complex. This …