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VIDEO:Taxi Drivers Petition Kadaga Taxi drivers under their umbrella body Amalgamated Transport and Worker’s uUion are accusing city authorities of selling off the old taxi park to a private investor without their knowledge. This situation has forced the taxi operators to petition the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga asking MPs …

  Kampala, Uganda| GODFREY SSALI |  Lt Gen  Andrew Gutti has been sworn in for a second term as Chairman of the Army court sitting at Makindye in Kampala. Last month , President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni re-appointed Lt Gen. Gutti to head this  court  after the expiry of his one …

VIDEO: Effects of early rising on children’s development The sight of young Ugandan children walking to school at 5am or 6am,  being ridden on boda bodas or even being driven can be heart breaking to many parents, a reality that happens every morning in most parts of the country. What …

VIDEO: Is there a curriculum for kindergarten? Ever imagined what goes on inside a kindergarten in Uganda? What do these teachers do to the crying toddlers, some as young as two years who leave home with their vocabulary filled with almost only two words ‘mummy and daddy’ transform into academic …

Singapore, Singapore | AFP | Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday strongly rejected as “baseless” claims from his siblings of abuse of power and nepotism as he faced parliament over a political drama that has shocked tightly-controlled Singapore. The leader was seeking to draw a line under an escalating feud …

Washington, United States | AFP |  US President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack on the news media Sunday by tweeting a video — bizarre even by his standards — showing him knocking down and beating a professional wrestling “villain” whose face had been replaced by a CNN logo. The …

Kampala, Uganda | Godfrey Ssali | Voters in Kyadondo East go to the polls today to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP). Voting ends at 4pm, after which tallying starts. The Kyadondo seat fell vacant in April following a Court of Appeal ruling that upheld an earlier ruling by the High Court which …

The Electoral Commission has clarified on the standoff  Tuesday between Robert Kyagulanyi  aka Bobi Wine and Uganda Police that led to his temporary arrest, saying he was campaigning in a non-designated area. Bobi Wine was taken to Kira Police after they stopped his rally in Kasangati, that was supposed to …

Former Works Minister Abraham Byandala on Tuesday attempted to attack a journalist before he appeared at the Anti-Corruption Court for his trial over the Mukono-Katosi road saga. This is the second time the former minister is caught on camera, hitting out at a journalist. Last year, he was filmed hitting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP|  Uganda on Friday co-hosted a summit with UN to raise $2 billion to cover estimated cost of managing a refugee influx from South Sudan. The summit got a boost on Thursday when the EU pledged 85 million euros ($95 million) to Uganda but UN chief …