The Minister of ICT Chris Baryomunsi has appointed Nyombi Thembo as the Executive Director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) for a five year term. Nyombi Thembo takes over from Eng. Irene Kaggwa Ssewankambo who has been acting since Eng Godfrey Mutabazi’s contract was not renewed in 2020. Nyombi Thembo, a former ICT Minister, has […]
Somalia Joins the East African Community The East African Community (EAC) Summit of Heads of State has formally admitted the Federal Republic of Somalia as its 8th Member. Somalia joins Kenya, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania in the bloc. “The Somali people are honoured to be part […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has arrived in Tanzania to join his counterparts at the 23rd Ordinary Summit of the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State. The summit is slated for today Friday 24th November 2023 in Arusha-Tanzania. At Kilimanjaro International Airport, President Museveni was welcomed by Hussein Mohamed Bashe, the Minister of Agriculture of […]
The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has granted bail to Mitooma Chief Magistrate Sylvia Nvanungi and Ssembabule State Attorney Jacqueline Bako who are facing charges of corruption. The duo spent Wednesday night in Luzira prison after being charged and remanded on eight counts of corruption. Bako appeared on all cases while Nvanungi faces one count which […]
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit together with the Police Crime Investigation Department (CID) have arrested and arraigned to court Edoni Bernard, the chairperson PDM Pangisa ward in Arua City on allegations of extortion. It is alleged that Edoni committed the crime through selling fake copies of the PDM Constitution to the 50 groups of associations […]
The army has arrested ten people for unlawful entry into a farm owned by a cattle keeper in Gulu District. The suspects were picked up from Lugore Village in Owalo Sub-County on Thursday by heavily armed soldiers and driven to Lugore Barracks. Some of those arrested include Patrick Okello Onguti, a former contestant in the […]
Stanley Ssendegeya, the former Managing Director of Uganda Railways Corporation is on remand in Luzira prisons for allegedly forging his academic documents to secure a job. The Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate Siena Owomugisha remanded Ssendegeya, 54, a resident of Namugongo Jjanda Village in Wakiso District on Wednesday evening shortly after reading him the charges […]
Ng’Abaganda bwe baagera nti “Omumpi w’akoma w’akwata”, oluvannyuma lw’okutuuyana n’ebibuuzo, essomero omuzi anywedde mu banne akendo limuwadde kamyu ne bamukuutira atandike okulunda naddala mu kiseera kino nga bagenda mu luwummula oluwanvu. Abayizi babbinkanye mu mpaka z’olulimi Oluganda mwe bababuulizza ebibuuzo eby’enjawulo ebikwata ku buwangwa n’ebyafaayo bya Buganda ssaako kalonda akwata ku bukulembeze bwa era n’ebyafaayo […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appealed to the government of the People’s Republic of China to open their market more for finished goods. “I would like to encourage China to open their market more for processed coffee and other products, not only raw materials,” he urged. President Museveni made the remarks on Wednesday November […]
A prominent businessman in Lira City is in police custody for shooting his son dead. Haji Joe Ogwang, a resident of Ireda Estate in Lira City East Division shot his son Aaron Okello, during a heated altercation at Tipper stage in Kamuswahili Cell on Tuesday. Reports suggest that a confrontation arose when Okello demanded money […]
