Nothing but the truth
Nothing but the truth
ANGOLA – The newly elected East African Representative to the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), Thomas Tayebwa has promised to be a strong voice for Africa and called for urgent reforms needed to transform Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. Tayebwa who doubles as the Deputy Speaker of the Ugandan […]
And the winner is Kampala City. It is a splendid time to live in Uganda’s capital today. This particular month of January 2024 has been such a time for the political, economy and particularly the tourism sector. The NAM, G77+China summits visitors that have jetted into the revamped Entebbe International Airport are going back with […]
“I’m glad that this forum is coming up. Let’s help ourselves with corruption because there are a lot of government people asking for bribes from investors. They are delaying investment,” Museveni said. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that the government will continue protecting local manufacturers from unfair competition with their foreign counterparts. “Protection of […]
Following Uganda’s decision to bypass Kenyan oil middlemen and import fuel directly into the country, leading Kenyan politician Raila Odinga has come out with a statement that has several serious allegations, that is run in full below. ******* STATEMENT BY THE RT. HON. RAILA ODINGA ON THE KENYA OIL DEAL, NOVEMBER 16, 2023: Dear Kenyans […]
Uganda has been named among four African countries that are set to be removed from the list of the beneficiaries of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) over failure of their governments to observe human rights and failure to make progress in democratic rule. The US introduced the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) […]
A new report by the World Justice Project (WJP) has ranked Uganda as the second most corruption-ridden country among the world’s poorest countries; the so-called low income countries. Only the Democratic Republic of Congo is ranked worse than Uganda. Uganda’s ranking is mostly hurt by government officials in the executive branch who use public office […]
BRUSSELS – Ugandan Members of Parliament taking part in the ongoing ACP-EU assembly in Brussels, Belgium have denounced what they have called outright meddling and hybrid threats orchestrated by the Western world to the developing countries. Kole North MP, Samuel Opio in his address to the assembly on Tuesday described the recent European Parliamentary […]
The Second Deputy Prime Minister, Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has committed herself to disseminating the information regarding the East African Community (EAC) to the local people in Uganda so that they can start appreciating and owning it. Kadaga, who doubles as the Minister for EAC said that for some time, Ugandans have not been fully involved […]
Despite the energetic, entertaining and creative performances presented by the Uganda-based dance group, Ghetto Kids in the Britain’s Got Talent (BGT) competitions, they lost to the Norwegian comedian Viggo Venn. After several weeks of auditions and live shows, the BGT grand final was held on Sunday June 4, 2023. The Ghetto Kids have been some […]
The Commander In Chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF), President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has responded on the Friday early morning attack on a UPDF Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Somalia by the Al-Shabaab militants saying it was unfortunate. Museveni has however noted that the UPDF will retaliate. In a late Saturday evening statement, […]
