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Jennifer Musisi, the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Executive Director was on Wednesday morning grilled over the US$2.75m about9.9bn) contract signed with an international  to manage street lights. Musisi and other KCCA officials were appearing before the Parliament Committee of Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) to answer queries raised

Top managers at the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and that of Local Government have resolved to take firm sanctions against District and Sub county officials cited in the defective implementation of Government Programmes. The decision was reached at during a bilateral meeting that was convened by the

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has singled out the practising of subsistence agriculture by the majority of the Ugandan population as a major factor that has made it difficult for the country to reap enough from its cherished agricultural potential. The President was on Tuesday opening the 25th Annual Source of the

Uganda's Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo is well-known for his pronouncements on homosexual and heterosexual sex, as well as what he believes are appropriate ways to dress. On Tuesday, Uganda's parliament had been debating the safety of children and, in a tweet that's been retweeted on the official Uganda parliament's Twitter

Uganda police have arrested two men after they allegedly set fire to T-shirts with the image of President Yoweri Museveni on a street in the capital, Kampala. They were found at Luwum Street in Kampala where they had set National Resistance Movement-NRM party-T-shirts ablaze. Two of the suspects escaped arrest.

By Amon Baita Top labour exporters, Middle East Consultants Limited (MECL) yesterday flagged off 91 people to go and work abroad in one of the biggest Oil and Gas Company in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The 91 will get a salary of Shs1.6m per month and guaranteed extra

Tanzania's communication regulator has fined six phone companies for giving out Sim cards without demanding users register their details. Among them is Vodacom who were fined 945,000,000 Tanzanian shillings (£324,000; $422,00). Airtel, Smart, Tigo, Zantel and Halotel were also fined. The Tanzania Regulations Communications Authority said in a press release

South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir has declared a state of emergency in part of the country’s north-west. The statement, broadcast on state television, did not give a reason for the decree. The state of emergency is expected to last for three months. The conflict in South Sudan has killed tens