Ssaalongo John Ssekandi Katalikabbe Lukoda, possibly the most outspoken announcement reader Uganda has ever had, was on Wednesday laid to his final resting place at Bunankanda village, Ntenjeru-Kisoga Town Council in Mukono district. Ssaalongo John (92) who has for years been plagued by a respiratory complication, had his health problem worsened by a fatal fall […]
By Mike Musisi Musoke and Tonny Evans Ngabo Kyamuswa Member of Parliament Moses Kabuusu is set to table a bill seeking to protect sex workers against all forms of oppression and abuse which they encounter in the discharge of their chores. This follows an outcry by the sex workers during last week’s meeting with […]
John Ssekandi Katalikabbe, popularly known as Ssaalongo John, was born on June 24, 1934 as the first of six children of the late Yesero Ssettubakkadde of the Njovu clan, and Miriam Nansubuga of the Mmamba clan. His grandfather is the late Yeremiya Katalikabbe. His father, Ssettubakkadde was working at Entebbe Government Printer but because there were […]
The head of Namagunga Deanery in Lugazi Diocese Fr. John Chrysostom Sserwadda has advised Christians to execute matrimonial sacrament while still in tender ages instead of waiting when they are very old. This was contained in his sermon in a mass during which he wedded four couples. It was organized to coincide with the Deanery […]
Forty percent of female commercial sex workers in Arua district and Arua City are married, a survey done by Makerere University School of Public Health has revealed. The survey, which involved 640 commercial sex workers in the two administrative units, found that 31 percent of the women engaged in commercial sex work are cohabiting, and […]
The Kaliro District woman Member of Parliament, Brenda Namukuta has cried out for Speaker’s protection over her husband who is seriously mistreating her. Namukuta called for protection inside parliament and asked the Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa to assist her with some of his personal security detail to watch over her life saying her husband is […]
About the father of the babies, Nankya says he is a fellow student who has no ability to take care of her and the babies. A 16-year-old girl Senior Three Student is lying in shock at a health facility in Butalejja district following her giving birth to quadruplets (four babies). Nankya Mwanjuma, a student at […]
The Parliament security officers were on Monday afternoon stormed by the naked anti-corruption protectors. The protesters included two who were totally naked with only knickers and one without a blouse with her breasts out, painted in the colours of the Uganda flag. The protesters held placards bearing writings that condemned the corruption and demanded the […]
President Museveni also thanked God for the life of Dr. Atwine, describing her as the most prominent survivor of catastrophes in Uganda. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has saluted the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Diana Atwine for being a reliable cadre of the National Resistance Movement (NRM). “I want to salute Atwine […]