Month: July 2025

Kenya's opposition has delayed plans for an "inauguration" ceremony of leader Raila Odinga, who boycotted elections in October, his party said Sunday. The National Super Alliance (NASA) had planned a mock ceremony to "inaugurate" Odinga as president on Tuesday, Kenya's independence day, two weeks after incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta was officially

The Bugweri County Member of Parliament, Abdu Katuntu has admitted that parliament hasn't done enough to support the Inspectorate of Government-IG to combat corruption. Katuntu is also the Chairperson of the Committee on Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE). He was responding to a question raised by

Several schools have defied a directive by the Ministry of Education not to increase tuition for next academic year. Some schools have already broken off for third term holidays and, many have gone ahead to increase school fees despite a ministry circular putting a stop to the increment of school

Kampala is almost being tainted with a brand of buying counterfeit goods with some even going so far as to sell "fake water" to unknowing residents and organizations. Against this background, Central Kampala Police have arrested a man on suspicion of selling untreated water as portable drinking water. According to

Uganda joins the rest of the countries to mark the human rights day. The Human Rights Day observed across the world on 10 December is under the theme "Let's Stand up for Equality, justice and human dignity" The celebrations this year will mark the beginning of a year-long campaign under

Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni hosted the Uganda Indian Community to a "Diwali" dinner celebration last evening at State House, Entebbe. Diwali is an annual ceremony that marks the ‘start of a new year’ and is symbolised by candle-lighting where priests pray for peace and harmony. THE PRESIDENT`S REMARKS Indian

Uganda's opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) newly elected President, Patrick Amuriat Oboi has failed to iron out differences with his predecessor, General Mugisha Muntu. Oboi and Muntu met on Friday afternoon in Kampala in an attempt to finding a working relationship following media reports that the latter

Pope Francis has called for a translation of a phrase about temptation in the Lord's Prayer to be changed. The current wording that says "lead us not into temptation" is not a good translation because God does not lead humans to sin, he says. His suggestion is to use "do

At least 14 UN peacekeepers have been killed and 53 wounded in an attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN's Monusco mission said the peacekeepers were attacked by suspected rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in North Kivu province. Five soldiers with the DR