President Yoweri Museveni has paid tribute to former Tanzanian President, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere for playing a leading role in the liberation of Africa. The President made the remarks at Makerere University where he delivered an inaugural lecture and launched the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Leadership Centre. The Government of Uganda
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President Yoweri Museveni who is the Chairperson of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has asked the residents of Sheema North Constituency in Sheema District to shun the opposition in the forthcoming bye-election slated for Monday 8thOctober 2018. The President was addressing campaign rallies in Sheema North Constituency in South Western
Read MoreUganda’s largest Opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) will announce a new shadow cabinet in November 2018. According to Betty Aol Ochan, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament, four current shadow ministers have indicated to her that they are not willing to continue serving in the Shadow Cabinet.
Read MoreThe Commissioner General’s Award for the Best Strategic Partner – (Ministries, Departments and Agencies category) won by The Judiciary at the Taxpayers Appreciation Awards Gala, 2018 has been officially handed over to the Chief Justice of Uganda, Hon. Justice Bart Magunda Katureebe by the URA Ag Commissioner General, Patrick Mukiibi.
Read MoreBy AFP More than a dozen inmates have disarmed prison guards and seized part of a notorious detention centre in South Sudan's capital Juba, officials said Sunday. A detained officer of the National Security Service (NSS) overpowered a guard at the entrance of the Blue House compound and disarmed him
Read MoreUBA Uganda was on Friday 21st, 2018 crowned the winner of the Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) Social Banking award for its ground breaking Innovation -LEO Chat banking, at an event held at Kampala Serena Hotel. The 2018 Digital Impact Awards (DIAA) themed Include Everyone recognized and rewarded individuals and
Read Moredfcu bank has said there’s ongoing malicious propaganda with deliberate effort to taint the reputation of the bank and its leadership. “Over the last couple of days, a torrent of malicious propaganda has been circulated through online publications and social media in what appears to be a deliberate effort
Read MoreA Rwandan court has ordered the release on bail of Diane Rwigara, a female opponent of President Paul Kagame. Diane has been detained with her mother since last year when she attempted to run in presidential polls. The judge in delivering the verdict said the two women had to be
Read MoreCongolese doctor Denis Mukwege is one of two winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. Mukwege is a gynaecologist, who works in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He and his colleagues have treated thousands of victims of sexual abuse. They were targeted as part of the war in the DR Congo.
Read MoreA former commander of militant Islamist group al-Shabab, and one of its founders, Mukhtar Robow, has been barred from running for public office in Somalia. The ministry of interior has said in a statement that he is unable to put his name forward for the presidency of the country's South-West
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