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The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Secretary General, Justine Kasule Lumumba has announced that two key staff at the party secretariat have tested positive for coronavirus. Lumumba made the announcement on social media saying the two have been admitted to hospital. "This morning, two of our key staff at

Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has ordered the Ministry of Health to immediately send a team to Namisindwa district after reports emerged that  the rowdy dogs exhumed the body of the first COVID-19 death. The Speaker’s directive followed a concern raised by Grace Watuwa (Namisindwa Woman MP) who informed Parliament

In a bid to encourage voter participation in the special Interest Group Elections, the Citizens’ Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU) successfully organised three stakeholder engagements together with the Electoral Commission in the Central region (Kampala), Eastern region (Mbale), Western region (Bundibugyo/Kasese), and Northern region. The meetings aimed at

Uganda's ruling NRM party has nominated President Museveni as national chairman and 2021 presidential flag-bearer for the 2021 general elections. Museveni was officially nominated on Tuesday by the party Electoral Commission chairman Tanga Odoi. The president's nomination was seconded by NRM National Youth League chairman, Gaddafi Nassur. After the nomination,

The African Bank of Development (AfDB) leader Akinwumi Adesina has been cleared of corruption by an independent probe, the AFP news agency reports. The independent panel of experts is headed by former Irish President Mary Robinson and includes Gambia's Chief Justice Hassan Jallow and Leonard McCarthy, the World Bank's integrity

Four Officials in the Office of the Prime Minister accused of irregularities in the procurement of the Covid-19 relief food appeared before the Anti-corruption court in Kololo on Monday to answer  24 counts that include; Abuse of Office, fraudulent false accounting and Corruption. However, they did not taken plea before

The Uganda Heart institute failed to utilize an allocation of Shillings 420m for the recruitment of specialist doctors. The matter came to light when the institute’s director Dr. John Omagino was interfacing with MPs on the Public Accounts committee of parliament on Monday. Dr. Omagino was tasked by the committee

Rtd Maj Gen Matayo Kyaligonza The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party Vice Chairperson- Western Region, Rtd Maj Gen Matayo Kyaligonza is set to face off with Chris Baryomunsi, the Kinkizi East MP in the hotly contested position currently held by the controversial General. However, Baryomunsi, who doubles as Minister of

The 2020 Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) (https://AfricaBusinessHeroes.org) prize competition, a flagship philanthropic program established by the Jack Ma Foundation’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI), has shortlisted the top 50 finalists from stage one of the selection process (https://bit.ly/2OWWGWa). The fifty entrepreneurs will continue their journey in the competition, for a chance to become one of

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund on Sunday approved a $31.6 million COVID-19 Crisis Response Support Program (CRSP) to Uganda to support the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds are designed as budget support within the framework of the Bank Group’s COVID-19 Crisis Response Facility.