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Today the country has woke up to sad and terrifying new of twin gurenage going on in homes of the two expelled legislators, Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi in Magere just 15 KM away from Kampala and Sewanyana in Makindye just 7KM away from Kampala city center which the MPs condemned and pin the side that is moving to remove presidential age limit to be behind this groosam acts. Speaking to Kyagulanyi AKA Bobi Wine at his residence, he said the grenade went off at round 1am in the re-hours of the morning just next to the window of his son’s bedroom…
Fishermen from Lwampanga and Ninga Landing sites in Nakasongola District have pledged to work with the UPDF special fisheries protection unit to fight illegal fishing on their lake. This transpired in meetings between fishermen in the area and the minister of agriculture, animal industry and fisheries, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja held at Ninga and Lwampanga landing sites yesterday 2nd/10/2017. Ssempijja visited the District on the invitation of Budyebo County Member of Parliament and minister for public service, Wilson Muruli Mukasa to intervene into the wrangles between UPDF`s special fisheries protection unit and fishermen in the area. Walusimbi Musisi, the Chairman Ninga…
The central bank has today announced a reduction of lending rate by 0.5% points to now 9.5% confirming the band on CBR will be maintained at +/-3% points and the margin on the rediscount rate at 4% points on the CBR. Announcing the reduction today at the central bank, governor, Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebire attributes that reduction to the fact that the annual core inflation is forecast to remain around the medium term target of 5% and the economic activity is slowly gaining momentum adding that a cautious easing of monetary policy is warranted to boost private sector credit growth as…
Both primary and secondary schools in the country will continue to operate with insufficient teachers as again the education ministry fails to recruit over 4700 new teachers to beef up the existing numbers in schools. The permanent secretary education ministry, Mr.Kakooza reveals that they needed only UGX.48Bn to support the exercise this financial year which monies were not released by the finance ministry in the budget leading to the halting of the exercise and now hope that next financial year to be given money to recruit. However, the head of human resource at the ministry, Herbart Kiguli notes that the…
Physiotherapists in Uganda are seriously warning the general public against quack service providers saying they risk their lives to more complex health issues as the quacks are not fully qualified to offer therapy services to patients who then cause severe injuries to patients. Addressing a news conference ahead of the planned health walk geared at sensitizing the public on physiotherapy services this Saturday in Kampala, Dr. Kasiita Richard a principal physiotherapist at Mulago referral hospital decries the very few numbers of physiotherapists in the country which stands at 229 saying this does not match the increasing numbers of patients who…
By Damba Rogers Media in Uganda is now more than ever determined to move to court seeking for interpretation of section 41 of the Uganda communication Act 2013 which the communication regulator has now wrongfully used to gag the media during the heated age limit debate in and out side parliament. UCC on September 27 2017 issued an urgent ban on live broadcast f all parliament matters on the ongoing presidential age limit debate saying that was in bleach of the minimum broadcasting standards and the best practice guidelines for electronic media coverage and reporting threatening to revoke licenses of…
A report released today by one of the region’s real estates players, Cytonn investments reveals that 60% of residents in Kampala live in informal settlements as the country and the city is faced with a deficit of housing units of about 1.6m. Reading the report, the CEO, Cytonn investments Johnson Denge reveals that performance on average for residential in Kampala has a yield of average 6.8%, commercial office 10.6% and retail at 10.2% compared to Nairobi which stands at 5.5%, 9.3% and 10.0% for residential, office and retail respectively with the driving factor attributed to increasing population, urbanization, infrastructure development,…
Government Chief Whip Ruth Nankabirwa has warned opposition over their misconduct in parliament yesterday. Nankabirwa says the too much provocation from opposition will prompt NRM members also to react back to opposition MPs if they continue with the some acts. Addressing media at parliament Nankabirwa also said that legislators belonging to the ruling party who are the majority can retaliate because causing chaos is not a monopoly of the opposition. Nankabirwa has also reassured the country that NRM is not yet defeated and now more determined to move the motion today to lift the presidential age limit article 102.
A coalition of legislators against lifting of the presidential age limits has today assured the public of their commitment to the struggle. The coalition composed of independent MPs like Kampala Central MP Muhammed Nsereko, those form the ruling party the National Resistance Movement including Monica Amoding,Kassanda county Oshabe Patrick Nsamba, Kassambya County Gaffa Mbwatekwa and the opposition like Allan Ssewanyana of Makindye West, Mukono municipality MP Betty Nambooza amomg others. The bipartisan coalition briefed the media today joined by Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi commonly known as Bobi Wine who has called for peaceful civic action and Busiro East MP…
Kadaga commissions paper processing plant The Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has launched a paper pilot processing plant at the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI). While speaking at the launch on Friday, 22nd September 2017, the Speaker said that she was impressed with the work and innovations the Institute had come up with over time. “My last visit here was five years ago and I must say I’m impressed. Parliament will celebrate this by inviting you to come and talk about your work,” she said, adding that “When I looked at the banana stems, I imagined how much…
By Eyewitness The government chief whip Ruth Nankabirwa has urged the leader of the opposition Winfred Kiiza to negotiate with government instead of using violence to block the Age limit removal bill while addressing media at parliament. The chief whip said that the opposition demanded the deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah to adjourn the house yesterday on grounds that parliament was under military siege which undermines its independence. She defended that the deployment noting that government acted on intelligence to deploy heavily because some people wanted to attack MPs and also burn parliament. She also criticized the opposition for being rowdy…
Police in Entebbe has this afternoon arrested MP Robert Kyagulanyi over the statements he made before he left for the US which police says were intended to incite violence among the populase something against the laws of the govt of Uganda. Hon. Kyagulanyi ws out of the country as parliament was going to move a motion to amend article 102(b) which has parked emotion and divied the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) on grounds that some of the members are against it on grounds that it undermines democracy and rule of law in the country which the party fought for…
BY Damba Rogers The assistant representative of UNFPA in Uganda, Dr. Edson Muhwezi is tasking the govt of Uganda to consider increasing the uptake of family planning methods as the only was the country will be able to reduce on the high fertility rate among her females which is considered to be among the top five around the world. Dr. Edson says if the country can move down to 2.2% fertility rate per woman meaning that every women in the country produces only two children in her life then the country’s population will heavily be checked as this will also…
More than 100 religious leaders from all sects under their mother movement, Justice and peace network have gathered in Kampala today to applaud the deputy speaker of parliament Jacob Oulanya and the legislators who are against the scrapping of the age limit for the nationalistic spirit they exhibited yesterday as the country was anxiously waiting to see them scrap article 102(b) from the constitution. Addressing a joint news conference aading their voices to those raised early this week by IRCU, the religious leaders caution from across the country stated that article 102(b) should not be touched as it’s the only…
Envoy seeks MPs’ support for a Mission in Abuja Uganda’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Nelson Ocheger, has appealed for the support of Parliament to provide funds for the construction of the country’s permanent High Commission in Abuja. Ocheger, who on Wednesday met Opposition MPs at the rented High Commission Building located on Mandara Close, off Mambilla Street in Abuja, said that the government of Nigeria had given land to Uganda for the construction of its mission and the High Commissioner’s residence. The land allocated for the High Commission is located in Central Area, Diplomatic Drive in Abuja, while the…