The State Minister for ICT, Aidah Erios Nantaba should make use of the police force if she's facing any attacks instead of relying on media, the Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Obiga Kania has advised. “What I know is that Nantaba has been talking to CIID, our position as
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Sam Mangusho Cheptoris, the Cabinet Minister of Water and Environment has expressed concerns over the continued depletion of Uganda's natural forests and wetlands. Uganda's forest cover has been depleted to 8% up from 24% in 1990s, largely attributed to human encroachment for different activities such as tree cutting for charcoal
Read MoreIn line with its mission of providing exceptional services to its clients, the Cooper Motor Corporation (CMC) Uganda Limited is offering a 30% discount on spare parts of its New Holland tractors. Francis Kinyanjui, the Parts Manager CMC said the offer is meant to help the New Holland tractor owners
Read MoreThe First Lady and Minister of Education & Sports, Hon. Janet Kataha Museveni, has lauded the e2 Young Engineers Uganda programme for skilling Ugandan children at an early age. Maama Janet, as she is fondly referred to, made the remarks on Friday, May 17, 2019 at State House Nakasero, while meeting the Israeli Deputy Ambassador to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania,
Read MoreMuntu Courts Bobi Wine, Unleashes Veiled Jabs At Besigye As He Unveils New Anti-Museveni Plan
Former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leader, Mugisha Muntu has revealed that his new Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) party is the only group that can lead Uganda to the promised land. Muntu made the promise on Wednesday at Kampala Serena Hotel during the launch of the ANT launch. "Most
Read MoreParliament has approved 1.6 trillion shillings supplementary budget request by government for the current financial year 2018/2019. Part of the money will cater for the on-going President Yoweri Museveni's countrywide tour on wealth creation. The approved Supplementary is in addition to the current 2018/2019 budget of 32.7 trillion shillings that
Read MoreMolly Kamukama, Nakasongola RDC Cited In Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary Ownership Saga
The fight over the ownership and management of Rhinos at the Nakasongola based Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary has taken a new twist by drawing in top government officials in the saga. The fight is between Flight Captain, Joseph Charles Roy (JCR) and his family trading as Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch
Read MoreThe Deputy Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has attacked Ministry of Finance officials, accusing them of derailing Parliament work by seeking to amend details in the 2019/2020 national budget eight days before the August House approves the Shs40 trillion budget. Oulanyah’s remarks followed a corrigendum worth Shs1 trillion tabled
Read MorePregnant women in northwest Tanzania who do not give birth in health facilities are being fined between $9 (UShs33, 843) and $22 (UShs82,730), privately-owned newspaper The Citizen reports. The paper says the women are forced to pay the fine when they visit medical centres for other services like vaccination for
Read MoreUganda’s police plan to use radio appeals to identify the victims of a so-called "miracle cure", made from industrial bleach. The dangerous substance, marketed as Miracle Mineral Solution, is believed to have been supplied through a network of Pentecostal churches in western Uganda. According to an article published by the
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