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Source EALA. East African Legislative Assembly, Arusha, Tanzania: 4 June, 2018: The EAC has presented for consideration Budget estimates for the Financial Year 2018/2019, totaling $99,770,716 to the East African Legislative Assembly Sitting. The Chairperson of the EAC Council of Ministers, and Second Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Uganda, Rt Hon Dr Ali Kirunda Kivenjija, presented the Budget Speech to an attentive House. The 2018/2019 Budget themed: “Enhancing Prosperity and Welfare of EAC Citizens” is a step-down from $110,130,184 presented to the House in the previous Financial Year. According to the Chair of Council of Ministers, the Priority Interventions for…

By Damba Rogers. Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has revealed that the former Party President, Dr. Kizza Besigye will lead the campaigns in Bugiri Municipality elections to secure the seat. This was revealed by the party Chairperson, Eastern Region, Salaam Musumba who noted that the party has already dispatched task forces led by different party big wings to garner support for their candidates spread throughout the different elective positions. Musumba said that despite several engagements with their counterparts of the opposition Justice Forum (JEEMA), a decision was reached to have their candidate Eunice Namatembe nominated for the seat. The…

Source BBC. Neymar scored a brilliant goal on his return from injury as Brazil began their World Cup preparations with a win over Croatia at Anfield. The Paris St-Germain star, 26, smashed a shot in off the bar after a slick move involving Chelsea’s Willian and Barcelona’s Philippe Coutinho. Croatia’s high tempo created first-half chances for Dejan Lovren and Andrej Kramaric. But Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino scored in added time to seal the victory. Brazil, who became the first team to qualify for the World Cup in March, face Austria next Sunday before starting their Group E campaign against Switzerland on…

By Our Reporter Ministry of Health Clarifies on Cobalt -60 Radiotherapy Machine. The ministry of health has dismissed allegations that the new Cobalt-60 Radiotherapy at Uganda cancer institute (UCI) has broken down. In a statement to the media, the ministry’s director general for health services Mr. DR. Henry Mwebesa said that the Cobalt-60 Radiotherapy Machine has not broken down and is fully functional. He noted that with guidance from the manufacturer, the operations of the machine have been scaled down in preparation for its first periodic servicing Which is scheduled for next week. The machine is still under warranty and…

By URN. President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to extend financial support to the Church of Uganda to improve the state of the martyrs’ site at Nakiyanja -Namugongo. The President was speaking to thousands of Christians gathered at Nakiyanja to celebrate the 46 Martyrs that were killed 132 years ago. “We are going to develop this place, at the martyrs museum we extended a lot of support and we are continuing. It is sloppy and slippery were you sit, we need to construct steps like at the Catholic Shrine.” said Museveni. He said that he will be discussing the matter with…

Source BBC. US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has faced sharp criticism from angry finance ministers of other G7 nations over America’s imposition of new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. France’s Bruno Le Maire warned a trade war could begin in “a few days”. Meanwhile US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross met Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in Beijing to try to ease trade tensions. President Trump insisted on Twitter that the US had been “ripped off by other countries for years on trade”. He says the steel tariffs will protect US steelmakers, which he says are vital to national security.…

Ambulances donated to Ministry of Health URN Ambulances donated to Ministry of Health Become a subscriber to license this image from 1$. In short Parliament has approved 67 billion shillings for the establishment of the National Ambulance service system mandated to offer pre-hospital and emergency services in Uganda. Parliament has approved 67 billion shillings for the establishment of the National Ambulance service system. The system is mandated to offer pre-hospital and emergency services in Uganda. In November 2015, Government launched the first 10 ambulances, part of a fleet of 38 ambulances under the Uganda National Ambulance Service. However the system…

By Parliament Press. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has called for an end to charcoal burning and its exportation to neighboring countries. Kadaga said Parliament shall establish punitive measures against those involved in the practice. “It is clear that as a country, we are not doing enough to stop charcoal burning. For how long are we going to allow our natural resources to be destroyed?” said Kadaga. “In the third session of Parliament, I want you (MPs) to bring a motion to discuss the issue of charcoal burning and alternative energy,” said Kadaga, during an event to replenish Mount Moroto forest reserve…

Source Reuters News BERLIN (Reuters) – The U.S. military has held preliminary discussions about moving a powerful missile defense system to Germany to boost European defenses, according to two sources familiar with the issue, a move that experts said could trigger fresh tensions with Moscow. A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency/Handout via Reuters/File Photo The tentative proposal to send the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to Europe…

By URN. There is heavy deployment of the police and military deployment at the Namugongo Muslim Shrine as Muslims remember the Martyrs. All the people who are entering the Muslim shrine are being subjected to thoroughly checking as more than 30 armed police officers and UPDF soldiers patrol the shrine. The celebrations started with Juma prayers with more than 500 Muslims in attendance. Hajji Suleiman Musana, the Coordinator of Uganda Martyrs Celebrations this year says the security has been provided to avoid disruptions of the planned prayers and celebrations. //Cue in: “Every year because… Cue out: …to this mosque.”// The…

UBA UGANDA SET TO DORMINATE BANKING INDUSTRY The United Bank for Africa (UBA) last week announced its new strategic positioning to achieve market dominance, in a press conference organised at Golden Tulip Hotel. UBA started operations in Uganda 10 years ago and over the years and expanded to 11 branches, 1 RedShop and 12 ATMs. The bank has an extensive service offering that includes wholesale products, retail products and Digital products. With a strategic goal to become a key player in the banking industry, UBA is leveraging its group strength to finance large ticket transactions in major sectors, the introduction…

By Agencies. Government is planning to retable constitutional amendments to facilitate the compulsory acquisition of land for its projects. The government chief whip Ruth Nankabirwa says the amendments will be tabled during the next session of parliament. The changes were first tabled before parliament last year as part of the constitutional (amendment) bill 2017, intended to amend article 26 of the constitution. The principal article provides for the right of persons to own property and provides modalities on how it can be acquired by the government. The amendments, allow the government or a local authority to take over land and…

By Acaye Henry. Police has released a traffic plan ahead of the 3rd June 2018 Martyrs day celebration. The plan which was released at the Namugongo Security Command Center by the Kampala Metropolitan police Traffic Commander Norman Musinga entailed restrictions for parking and flow of traffic on Martyrs day. According to Musinga, people allowed to park in the different areas that have been designated will have to have stickers of those parkings. He said that White parking stickers will be for service providers in the catholic side while those in the Anglican shrine will have Yellow stickers. He added that,…

By URN . Parliament has approved a government proposal to exempt Value Added Tax (VAT) on the supply of Bibles, Qurans, hymn books, other liturgical books and educational text books. The holy books have been attracting a standard VAT rate of 18 percent. The members also agreed unanimously to exempt the movie production sector. This followed the passing of the Value Added Tax Amendment Bill, 2018 in which government proposed the exemption of VAT on the holy books in the coming financial year 2018/2019. According to the report on the Bill presented by State Minister for Planning, David Bahati, Parliament’s…

Liverpool have agreed to sign Monaco midfielder Fabinho in a deal that could be worth more than £40m. The Brazil international, 24, will join the Champions League finalists on 1 July for around £39m (45m euros). A further £4m (5m euros) could be added in performance-related bonus payments and Fabinho’s arrival is likely to be followed by the departure of Emre Can. “This is something that I always wanted – this is a giant of a team,” said Fabinho. “I am really excited.” ‘He can play six, eight and two – this is cool’ Fabinho has spent spells playing as…