UPC’s Sarah Aguti Nyangkori has been declared winner of the Dokolo Woman MP by-election. Aguti garnered 23044 votes to defeat her closest challenger NRM’s Janet Rose Elau who got 14001 votes. FDC’s Dr Alwoc Ogwal, the daughter of the former holder of the seat, Cecilia Ogwal, came a distant third with 8168 votes. Harriet Ageno…
Traders under the Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) today fought tooth and nail to ensure that journalists cover their meeting with Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). The meeting, at Lugogo showgrounds, was called to hear traders grievances with URA. It turned chaotic after the commissioner general of the tax body, John Musinguzi, proposed that the interaction…
Muyenga’s vocal local council leader, Yasin Omar was today beaten at the KCCA youth centre in Kabalagala, where the NRM was holding a sensitization meeting for the party’s registration exercise. Omar, we understand, had not been invited for the meeting and he found it odd since he is the NRM chairperson for Bukasa-Muyenga Parish. However,…
One ADF rebel was reportedly killed in a joint operation by the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Forces of Congo (FARDC) in Ituri Province. In a statement from Maj Bilal Katamba, the UPDF spokesperson for Operation Shujaa, the operation aims to completely flush out the terrorists who have…
The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu has reiterated the Church’s commitment towards ending violence against women and girls in homes, schools, workplaces, and public places. This comes as the Church of Uganda joined the rest of the world on March 8 to recognize the need to empower women and…
Police have arrested women activists led by Nana Mwafrika Mbirikiwa for staging a demonstration at the police headquarters in Naguru over delayed compensation. Mbirikiwa was awarded Shs 47 million by court in 2022 after she was brutalised by the police. She said she is yet to receive a penny. Mbirikiwa a human rights defender, first…
Some of the 42 households affected by the Tilenga and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) oil project have accused the judicariary of paying a deaf ear to their concerns. Addressing the media in Kampala today, they said several meetings they said key stakeholders had failed to meet them despite organising several meetings to…
In 2021 government through it’s relevant agencies embarked on the process to open up the boundaries of Bugoma Forest Reserve. Thats is when hell broke loose. Initially the 22 squre mile forest reserve covered the two districts of Kikuube and Hoima with 41,142 hectares of land as gazetted in 1932. Currently, the destruction of Bugoma…
Senior NRM leaders from various party organs have started arriving at the party headquarters along Kya Nakasero, Kampala for the official launch of the NRM membership registration exercise. President Museveni, the party chairman is expected to flag off the exercise. Here are some of the pictures 56
Chancellors and deputy chancellors of the 39 dioceses of the Church of Uganda have today begun their three days retreat on canon law at Lweza Training and Conference Center. While officially opening the retreat this morning, the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Rev Dr Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu commended the chancellors for their dedicated…
