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By Our reporter The tourism minister, Hon. Ephraim Kamuntu confirms that the decision for Uganda govt to hire foreign marketing firm is doing wonders for the country. According to Hon. Kamuntu, since Uganda contracted foreign marketing firms to sell her image, mainly for the tourism sector, the number of visitors coming in the country has doubled as well as foreign exchange coming into the country. But the minister expresses worries over what he calls unwanted riots and demonstrations which have been happening in the past two weeks, saying such incidences greatly scare away tourists and visitors. He further notes that…
Deputy Speaker Asks Accountability Committees to Focus Queries on Government Expenditure By Acaye Henry Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah asks accountability Committees to focus queries on grand government expenditure. Oulanyah says this will address backlogs and deliver tangible results. “The problem is that the Committees want to interrogate every query. Is is possible for Parliament Committees to set the threshold of the queries they want to deal with?” said Oulanyah. He opened the annual Accountability Sector review meeting in Munyonyo earlier today. Oulanyah was hosted by Finance State Minister David Bahati, Deputy Inspector General of Government George Bamugemereire, Director of Public…
Red Cross launch a Disaster and Epidemic Preparedness Programme. By Acaye Henry The United States Government together with the Universal parcel services (UPS) Foundation, the American Red Cross and the Uganda Red Cross Society have jointly launched a disaster and Epidemic preparedness programme. The programme set to start in Kampala and Kasese which has been earmarked as the most vulnerable district is aimed at helping Business communities get prepared to be able to prevent and detect possible epidemics in a bid to safe guard their business that have suffered losses. The project contributes to the country’s commitments to achieve a…
By Our reporter The Anti corruption court indicates that the former Works Minister Eng. Abraham Byandala is innocent of Abuse of Office and Disobedience of Lawful orders by the IGG in the controversial upgrade of the Mukono-Katosi Nyenga road in 2014. Presiding Judge Lawrence Gidudu has however found guilty the former UNRA head of finance Joe Ssemugooma and his assistant Wilberforce Ssenjako of Abuse of Office and neglect of duty. They approved a payment of 24.7billion shs to Eutaw Construction company without first verifying the securities for guarantee of the said contract. Witnesses like Minister John Byabagambi, Matilda who was…
By Our reporter The Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze Bakireke has been charged before Nakawa chief magistrates court with Inciting the public to commit an offense . Nambooze was driven to court in an Ambulance from police CID Hqs in Kibuli where she was summoned to appear this morning since her return from a hospital in India. Nambooze is currently confined in a wheel chair because she has spinal cord and leg injuries. She has however pleaded not guilty to the offense and Grade one magistrate Noah Sajjabi released her on a non -cash bond of 5 million shillings. Her…
By. Damba Rogers For centuries, the Karimajong have been known for their love for their animals, but with the disarmament programme, they were left with no guns to protect them and the livestock, and now are slowly resorting to crop farming. Two kilometers from Moroto town in Longoleki village is Anna Leko, a widow, one of many karimajong who have taken on farming due to un avoidable circumstances. “Following the death of my husband, who used to practice pastoralism, I was left no choice but to have my new life shift to farming as a means to sustain the 10…
Global music and video streaming platform, TIDAL (www.TIDAL.com) in partnership with the leading communications operator in Uganda offering mobile & fixed telecommunications, MTN Uganda, have today announced an exciting, first-of-its kind collaboration. The partnership provides MTN Uganda customers a variety of options for a data-inclusive TIDAL membership as part of their mobile plan to gain access to exclusive high-quality streaming music, videos, concerts and more. “Africa is a continent that has long been an inspiration for music heard around the world and TIDAL is excited to highlight the vibrant musicians on our platform. TIDAL is also thrilled to bring a…
By Parliament press Members are not ready to proceed with business, and the Speaker is not ready to preside over a House where Members are not ready to transact business. These were Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah’s sentiments as he prematurely adjourned the plenary sitting of Parliament on Tuesday 28 August 2018. This was the second time Oulanyah was being forced to put off the sitting over matters surrounding the Arua Municipality by election. MPs demanded a response from President Yoweri Museveni, to a letter said to be authored by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga asking government to reprimand errant army officers accused…
By Adiga Julius The Parliamentary Forum on Children has finished gathering views from the districts where child sacrifice is high to form the proposed bill on human sacrifice. While speaking at function organized by child care ministries to raise awareness on child sacrifice in Kampala the executive member of the children’s forum Hon Robert Ntende said that in districts like Nakasongola, Buikwe, Rakai and wakiso where the vice is high, the communities have recommended that life imprisonment should be the best punishment for anyone found guilty of sacrificing a child in order to deter others from doing the same. The…
By.Our reporter Local artist Moses Ssali AKA Bebe Cool is urging Ugandans to develop a heart of always helping fellow citizens living vulnerable lives as this is the only way Uganda will develop and have health citizens. The revelation comes at a time as he was sending off five families to Narayana health hospital-India for heart surgery under the hospice of his new charity organization, Golden heart foundation in collaboration with Action for disadvantaged people (ACDIPE) In his words, “Bebe tasks Ugandans to focus on giving back to the needy for these are the next generations that will drive Uganda…
Source BBC Jamie Vardy: England striker to step aside from international football Striker Jamie Vardy is stepping aside from international football to allow England manager Gareth Southgate to bring younger players in. But the 31-year-old – who scored seven goals in 26 international appearances – and Southgate have agreed to “not shut the door completely”. Leicester City’s Vardy says he first told Southgate of his intentions at the World Cup in Russia. ADVERTISEMENT “This has been on my mind for a while,” Vardy told the Guardian. “I’m not getting any younger and you can see, to be fair to the…
Kayihura regains his freedom after Army Court grants him bail By Damba Rogers Former Inspector General of Police Gen. Edward Kale Kayihura is released on bail by the Makindye General court Martial after spending 76days in detention at Makindye Military Barracks. Court Chairman Lt.Gen.Andrew Gutti granted Kayihura bail on grounds that its his constitutional right, he is of advanced age, has no previous criminal record, requires specialised medical attention abroad, has substantial surities who will ensure his return to court for trial and that the prosecution did indicate any likelihood for Gen. Kayihura to interfere with investigations. Lt.Gen. Gutti has…
by our reporter Legislators have expressed mixed reactions on the court’s decision to block the newly elected MP for Arua Municipality Kasiano Wadri from going to his constituency for the next three months unless cleared by court . Although NRM’s Oketayot Lowila ask wadri to respect the court’s decision for the sake of calming down the situation. kilak North MP Anthony Akol says the decision was not done in good faith because it is intended to inconvenience him from consulting his people who voted him when he was in jail. While granting bail to Wadri and others the Gulu resident…
Land Probe Investigations Inadequate-Gen. Otema By NASSIWA HANIFAH The commander of Reserve Forces Maj. Gen. Charles Otema Awany has expressed bitterness with people who use the Land probe commission chaired by Justice Catherine Bamugemereire to character assassinate government officials. Otema’s outbursts stem from claims by one of the locals in Nwoya district identified as Pierino Jathim who told the Bamugemereire commission that the general was involved in violent land evictions in Nwoya particularly Obira parish. He said that the commission upon getting such complaints failed to first carry out adequate investigations and yet some of the witnesses according to him…
Source Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2008 as a self-styled maverick Republican and became a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday, his office said. He was 81. A senator for Arizona for more than three decades, McCain had been suffering from glioblastoma, a brain cancer, since July 2017 and had not been at the U.S. Capitol this year. His family announced on Friday that McCain was discontinuing further cancer treatment. He died on Saturday afternoon with his wife Cindy and other…