A Senior Accountant in the tax department of Mukono Municipal Council, Florence Zawedde has succumbed to cancer of the stomach at Mulago Hospital where she was admitted last Monday with complaints of sharp stomach pains. Zawedde (50), was married to Ben Kibirige, a Mukono businessman, and is survived by three children, a boy and two girls. […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appealed to the people of Busoga Sub-region to ensure that they have a source of income to help them fight poverty and create wealth. “I’m very happy to be here to see how people are getting out of darkness because this is really darkness; in a country like this to […]
As a measure to cut on government spending on national identity cards with expiry dates, an arrangement to introduce open identity cards is underway, and the programme is expected to become operational after the planned communal registration of all Ugandans. According to the State Minister for Internal Affairs, David Muhoozi, use of the existing identity […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who is in the United Arab Emirates, on a working visit and to also attend the 4th edition of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2025 which started on Monday this week, today held a side meeting with Khaled Al Huraimel, an investor based in Sharjah who expressed interest in the management […]
UMEME, the major electricity suppliers, are faced with court action over damaged appliances following incessant black outs in Kiwanga-Lwanda village, Goma Division in Mukono Municipality, in addition to being asked to bear the responsibility for people attacked by criminals taking advantage of the subsequent darkness. Following the power outages, many residents who derive a living out […]
Rtd. Col. Ayongi Kamya, the king of Obundingya Bwa Bwamba (OBB), has officially unveiled the queen. Queen Consort Nabantu, Betty Mbabazi, was introduced to royal subjects, cabinet ministers, and chiefs at a function held at Nkisya Royal Palace in Bughanikere Town Council, Bundibugyo District on Monday. In his message, Kamya described the event as a milestone […]
The time preceding burial of fallen 37-year-old Kawempe North legislator Muhammad Ssegirinya turned dramatic as the child presentation bonanza turned a new twist, with the number of orphans rising from the earlier declared eight to 20. Family members have resorted to taking the orphans with questionable paternity for DNA tests following their rising number. In […]
The family of Muhammad Ssegirinya, the Kawempe North Member of Parliament, has been granted permission from Muslim leaders to lay his body to rest on Sunday. This is to allow time for Parliament, family members abroad, and constituents to pay their respects. Ssegirinya died today at Rubaga Hospital in Kampala. According to the first communicated […]
The former Koboko Woman Member of Parliament, Margaret Baba Diri is dead. The news of her passing was delivered on Thursday on the floor of Parliament by the Koboko County MP, James Boliba Baba. “Rt. Honourable Speaker, thank you for the privilege and Honorable Members. I regret to inform you that our old colleague, a […]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Abbas Byakagaba, has made his first reshuffle of 2025, affecting seven senior police officers. The reshuffle includes the transfer of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Geoffrey Musana, who has been moved from the Directorate of Welfare and Production to become the police attaché in South Sudan. Senior Commissioner of […]