When President Museveni reshuffled his cabinet last week, nthe major pre-occupation of the public was which minister has been dropped or moved to another docket. Others were interested in finding out the new comers to the cabinet. Yet besides those dynamics, there people who are interested in the academic qualifications of the ministers. Many ministers…
All the four former Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Aronda Nyakairima, Gen Katumba Wamala, Gen David Muhoozi and Gen Wilson Mbadi have ended up serving in cabinet after being removed from their coveted military post. While under the law a minister is above a CDF in protocol, in reality the army chief wields a lot…
Battered by the hard economic times, Vision Group has devised a strategy of increasing its income: reporters will now be expected to look for adverts. Our sources said management has presented the proposition as being mutually beneficial: the company’s bottom line will improve and so will the reporter’s monthly income because they will now be…
Many people who join politics often say they want to offer a public service with minimum reward. Yet in Uganda (and many parts of the world), politics has become a lucrative venture. It is not a stretch to say that politicians in Uganda are some of the wealthiest individuals especially those that belong to the…
The National Unity Platform has decided to recall their former leader of opposition, Mathias Mpuuga, as commissioner of Parliament even if the legality of the decision is still under question. In his place, NUP has proposed Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake, 33, who once served on the commission before being thrown off over disciplinary issues….
Journalism is one of the most dangerous professions in countries like Uganda where political tensions can lead to full blown violence. In the last two years, a number of prominent media personalities have left Uganda and settled overseas to escape this volatile atmosphere. Most, if not all, are rightly seeking better economic prospects. Yet majority…
President Museveni yesterday met with the Speaker Anita Among at State House, Entebbe. Beyond the formal and drab press release about the meeting, no details have emerged about what was actually discussed in the meeting. There has been speculation on social media that the two could have talked about the rot in Parliament exposed by…
All is not well at Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) between the executive director, Dorothy Kisaka and her deputy, David Luyimbazi, reliable sources have told Bbeg Media. Sources at city hall have told us that the animosity between the two is so bad that even juju (witchcraft) has been cited as a reason why the…
For the last two weeks, the #UgandaParliamentExhibiton has been the most trending activity on X. Spearheaded by Agather Atuhaire, Dr Spire Ssentongo, Anthony Natif and Godwin Toko, it has brought to the fore the rot in the 11th Parliament most importantly the mismanagement of public resources. While revelations over Mathias Mpuuga’s Shs 500 million payment…
As the rift between Mathias Mpuuga, the former leader of opposition and his party, National Unity Platform (NUP) deepens, there is a growing belief that he could be sacked as the party’s deputy president in Buganda. The party asked Mpuuga to resign after he admitted that he received Shs 500 million as a service award…
