Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has set fresh terms for Parliament Police so as to keep the August House safe. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, Kadaga said there is an access to the fourth floor of the Parliament building which comes from the Office of the
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Ugandan award winning song writer Saxes Busulwa has passed away. According to treports, Busulwa put down some of Uganda's chart topping songs died during an operation to treat wounds he sustained in an accident. There has been an outpouring of emotion social media site, Facebook with many describing him as
Read MoreSouth Sudan's President Salva Kiir has declared a state of emergency in three states and ordered an immediate disarmament exercise. In a statement released on Monday night, Mr Kiir ordered his military chiefs to mobilise enough forces and equipment to enforce a state of emergency for up to three months.
Read MoreEight Members of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee have drafted a minority report on the proposed scrapping of the constitutional age limit. The MPs say they have carefully drafted the minority report to show that majority of Ugandans are opposed to the proposed amendment, adding that the main report
Read MorePresident Yoweri Museveni planned to rule Uganda for 50 unprecedented years, Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba has said. The former Presidential aspirant took to his official facebook page and posted the following message: In 2021, President Museveni will have ruled Uganda for 35 years. With the constitutional amendment of removing age limit
Read MoreZimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has left the country for medical checks in Singapore, his first foreign travel since the army forced him from office last month, a state security official said on Tuesday. The 93-year-old, who ruled the southern African nation for 37 years, resigned after the army and
Read MoreEuropean governments are knowingly complicit in the torture and abuse of refugees and migrants in Libya, Amnesty International has alleged. In an effort to stem migration, the EU is actively supporting a "system of abuse and exploitation" on Libyan shores, the group said in a report. EU funds are going
Read MoreThe controversial Constitution (Amendment) (no. 2) Bill, 2017 isn’t on today’s order paper, Business Focus reports. According to the leaked Order Paper of the 16th sitting of the 2nd meeting of the 2nd session of the 10th parliament of Uganda scheduled Tuesday, 12th December 2017, the major business today will
Read MoreKira Road Police have arrested five men posing as middle men for allegedly extorting money from unsuspecting residents in the guise of helping to secure police bond. The five have been identified as Ambrose Obura, Rodgers Habaasa, Edgar Abaine, Ivan Turinawe and Oswald Oketch. DPC Kiira Road ASP. Peace Nansaba
Read MoreUmeme Limited, Uganda’s largest power distributor has run out Yaka meters, affecting new customers/connections, Business Focus has reliably established. Reports indicate that people who applied and paid for Yaka meters almost three months ago are yet to receive them as the power distributor continues to play ping-pong; a thing that
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