The Bible verse, Matthew 7:15-20, clarifies between a good and a bad tree, where it warns of false prophets, who come in sheep’s skin, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. Indeed, in the education sector today, some individuals cannot be trusted with children, as they are more concerned with minting money than love and care, while […]
Six days to the ballot casting day for Kawempe North by-election, candidates have changed tactics from the mainstream rallies to intensified ‘kakuyege’ (house-to-house) campaigning in the last minute canvassing for votes. NRM candidate Hajat Faridah Nambi was in Mpererwe ward meeting youths and women and selling his manifesto to them. They variously asked her to […]
As voters in Kawempe North brace up for next Thursday’s by-election to replace fallen Muhammad Ssegirinnya, the two giants in the battle, Erias Luyimbazi Nalukoola of NUP and Faridah Nambi of NRM have begun the vote hunting phase in a high tempo with each swearing to give the other a red nose. The others […]
The Director of Research at the National Coffee Research Institute (NaCORI) Dr. Geoffrey Arinaitwe has assured Members of Parliament sitting on the parliamentary committee of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries that the institute has so far developed ten lines of modern coffee varieties which are high yielding, resistant to the climate change conditions, pests and […]
Psychosocial disabilities are common in Uganda and thousands of people struggle with mental health challenges without special attention to it, causing stigma, exclusion, and suffering. To curb this, three districts including Jinja, Mukono, and Buikwe, have joined forces to improve support for affected individuals. Leaders from these districts met at Contra Hotel in Njeru, Buikwe […]
It was jubilation and merrymaking at Mukono’s Mt. Lebanon Christian Centre Church following a High Court ruling dismissing a land ownership land filed by Methodist Church of Uganda against seven defendants attached to Mt. Lebanon Church. The ruling made by Justice Jacqueline Mwondha as its genesis in an earlier one that was filed by the […]
Oluvanyuma lw’okusunsula abayizi abagenda mu S5 okuggwa, agamu ku masomero amagundiivu gafulumizza ebisale kwe gagenda okuyingiriza abayizi mu S5. Wabula ebisale bino birese bangi nga bakutte ku mimwa, n’abamu tebamanyi oba abaana baabwe banaasobola okusoma olw’embeera y’eby’enfuna eya kanaayokya ani egenda mu maaso mu ggwanga. Mu masomero agasinze okupaluusa ebisale g’ego agali mu masekkati g’eggwanga, […]
Ali Muwanga Kibirige, heir to late Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige (BMK) has lost a court of appeal case which he filed seeking reversal of a lower court decision which gave the bank authority to take over buildings with rental premises at Buziga, for failure to repay a sh1,506,200,000 loan. The panel of judges including Cheborion Barishaki, […]
In a dramatic turn of events, members of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) parliamentary caucus have decided to support a bill for amending the UPDF Act due to be presented today (Tuesday) before parliament, to restore a provision running contrary to the recent Supreme Court ruling concerning trial of civilians in the general military courts. […]
Mukono Municipal Council male councillor for People With Disabilities (PWDs) Ramadhan Lubowa Kamau a.k.a Nkwenge has enumerated gaping shortcomings in the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Mukono Central Division, and stepped out to contest for the party chairmanship to reverse the trend of failure registered in the 2021 elections. Lubowa says he has been compelled […]