Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago will not be allowed to return to his office until the current term expires and he is duly sworn in. The Attorney General yesterday advised that it would be contempt of court orders to allow the Lord Mayor back today as he had wished. Through …
Read More »Mukazayire: Being a child of a Genocide Perpetrator, I am a living testimony of the new Rwanda
Remarks by Nelly Mukazayire, Deputy Director of the Cabinet in the Office of the President, at the 22nd Commemoration of the Genocide Against the Tutsi at the UN 12 April 2016 Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General, Excellency Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, President of the United Nations General Assembly, Excellency …
Read More »Four dead, little hope for survivors from Kyaseka Towers ruins
Uganda Police chief Kale Kayihura has ordered the arrest of Moses Seruwu, the owner of Kyaseka Towers along Makerere Hill Road, that collapsed on Monday. Kayihura gave the directive after he held a meeting yesterday with lawyers of the owner of the building, relatives of those who died and …
Read More »KCCA ED Musisi speaks strongly after building collapses
A building that was yet to be completed collapsed on Monday March 11 on Makerere Hill road outside the university. Three people were feared dead as by morning of March 12. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Lukwago Speaks Out on Makerere building that collapsed
A building that was yet to be completed collapsed on Monday March 11 on Makerere Hill road outside the university. Three people were feared dead as by morning of March 12. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Museveni tours famous Queen Elizabeth park
President Yoweri Museveni has concluded his week-long security assessment tour of the Rwenzori region with a visit to the world famous Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda. As part of the assessment tour, President Museveni took a boat cruise of the entire Kazinga channel where he viewed game park …
Read More »Mumbere blames media, enemies of kingdom for chaos
The Omusinga of Rwenzururu Charles Wesley Mumbere has met President Yoweri Museveni who is on a four-day security assessment tour of the Rwenzori region. “I met the King this afternoon and he assured me on all issues I was hearing and I am satisfied with his explanations,” Museveni said yesterday. …
Read More »‘Don’t pressurize government to reconcile with criminals’
Government will not tolerate anybody who attempts to politicize crime, President Yoweri Museveni has stressed. While meeting a delegation of Obudingiya bwa Bamba cultural institution led by the Omudingiya wa Bamba Amongi Martin Kamya yesterday in Kasese, Museveni said those who were involved in the recent criminal violence that claimed …
Read More »City of art: The spaces shaping Kampala creators and consumers
It is impossible to talk about the arts and cultural scene in Uganda and not talk about the Kampala contemporary art scene, writes Dominic Muwanguzi. Since 2001, growth of the Kampala contemporary art scene has been facilitated by emerging new art spaces, new artists eager to innovate with non- traditional …
Read More »Pension sector in Uganda tops Sh.7 trillion
Reforms spur social security services but still lag behind peers and standards in developed countries, writes Isaac Khisa. Things are changing for the better in the pension sector. Five years ago, the government enacted the Uganda Retirements Benefits Authority Act that created the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA). According …
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