Los Angeles, United States | AFP | A group of Californians has submitted yet another initiative to secede from the United States as the country is gripped by one of its worst political crisis in recent history. The new “Calexit” ballot proposal put forward on Thursday by a fringe political group …
Read More »Oboth warns Parliamentary Committee colleagues on land bill
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The chairperson of the Parliamentary and Legal Affairs committee Jacob Markson Oboth has warned his colleagues against expressing their opinion on the land bill that seeks to amend article 26 of the constitution. Oboth (MP West Budama) said that though MPs have the right …
Read More »13 dead, over 100 hurt in two Spanish seaside city attacks
Barcelona, Spain | AFP | Drivers ploughed into pedestrians in two quick-succession, separate attacks in Barcelona and another popular Spanish seaside city Thursday and Friday, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100 others. In the first incident which police qualified as a “terrorist attack,” the driver of a white van …
Read More »VIDEO: Mathew Kanyamunyu seeks bail again
VIDEO: Mathew Kanyamunyu seeks bail again Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The High court in Kampala sat yesterday to hear another application for bail filed by Mathew Kanyamunyu , who is accused of the shooting of a social worker Kenneth Akena in November. Justice Yasin Nyanzi, who is one …
Read More »VIDEO: Ugandan exporters to engage Gulf importers to increase exports
VIDEO: Ugandan exporters to engage Gulf importers to increase exports Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | In an effort to grow the value of exports to the United Arab Emirates from the current 83 million, Uganda exporters will engage Gulf importers in Dubai in an expo and convention scheduled for October …
Read More »VIDEO: Companies in Trouble over Increasing Cyber Threat
VIDEO: Companies in Trouble over Increasing Cyber Threat Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | Financial institutions, public institutions and security organs are being advised to carryout daily audit of their systems in the wake of cyber threats. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of ICT, Vicente Bagire says the increasing technological …
Read More »VIDEO: Museveni meets NRM MPs over the Land Amendment Bill
VIDEO: Museveni meets NRM MPs over the Land Amendment Bill Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Parliament’s committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has summoned the Ministers Betty Amongi and Kahinda Otafiire to state the government position on the Constitutional Amendment bill on land acquisition by government. Two weeks ago, the …
Read More »VIDEO: NASA to contest election results in the Supreme Court
VIDEO: NASA to contest election results in the Supreme Court Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Kenya’s opposition Coalition, the National Super Alliance, has announced that they will move to the Supreme Court to challenge the results of the recently concluded presidential election where the incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta was re-elected. The …
Read More »Pentagon adjusts to life under unpredictable commander-in-chief
Washington, United States | AFP | After days of fiery talk of possible military intervention in the North Korea nuclear stand-off, Pentagon officials late last week suddenly found themselves digesting a surprising piece of breaking news. President Donald Trump, in the middle of a working vacation, stood before cameras and said …
Read More »Anger boils five years after S.African massacre of miners
Marikana, South Africa | AFP | At the site of the 2012 Marikana massacre where police shot dead 34 strikers, thousands of South African miners sang remembrance songs Wednesday as campaigners demanded prosecutions and compensation. The 34 miners were gunned down after police were deployed to break up a wildcat strike …
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