Francis Otucu

The East African Community (EAC) will not  intervene in the ongoing border impasse between Uganda and Rwanda, Ali Kirunda Kivejinja, Uganda’s Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of East African Community Affairs, has said. Kivejinja (pictured) defended his position arguing that the community is optimistic that mutual talks between Uganda

Dozens of people arrested at a gay-friendly bar in Uganda's capital, Kampala, have been charged in court with "being a common nuisance". Some members of Kampala’s LGBTQ community see the arrests as an attempt to shut down spaces available to them. But the police insist they are not targeting them

The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga (pictured) has lashed out at members of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) caucus for trying to usurp powers of Parliament by using their meetings to dictate activities in Parliament. She warned the ruling party against undermining Parliament. It should be recalled that NRM

On Tuesday, Uganda's opposition kingpin, Kizza Besigye launched a petition to gather signatures and have the country's President Yoweri Museveni indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). According to the opposition's so called 'Peoples Government' that Besigye leads, they hope to have Museveni and other government officials dragged to the

The Ministry of Defense is seeking Shs130bn to facilitate  the maintenance of 23,919 Local Defense Unit (LDUs) that were recruited recently to assist security agencies  quell the spate of crimes that have marred  the country. While appearing before the Parliamentary Defense and Internal Affairs Committee on Tuesday, Wilson Mbadi, the

Fire has broken out at Mombasa Hospital in neighboring Kenya forcing firefighters and police to evacuate patients. According to reports from Kenya, no casualties have been reported and the cause of the fire has not yet been established. Witness say the fire started in the unit where newborn babies are

The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has expressed disappointment over the actions of a headteacher to refuse students sitting their Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) final exams. On Tuesday, the nation was shocked after it emerged that 15 candidates from Iganga Top Care Secondary School were blocked from sitting

The Uganda government has described the killing of two Ugandans by security forces on Rwanda as a reckless behavior. This response is contained in a protest note issued by the Uganda government spokesperson, Ofwono Opondo and delivered to Rwanda's envoy to Uganda, Maj. Gen. Frank Mugambage. "Government of Uganda has

One of Africa's biggest airlines warns that a fifth of its staff face job losses as the company restructures. South Africa Airways (SAA), which employs more than 5,000 people, hasn't made a profit in nearly a decade and survives on government bailouts. It currently has debts of over $600m (£465m).