Councillors from the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Kampala have were given Shs 20m each to mobilise people to register in the yellow book, reliable sources have told Bbeg Media. Sources said the facilitation was handed to the more than 200 councillors by Dr Tanga Odoi, the chairperson of the party’s electoral commission. We have…
Youth climate actvists from Uganda and Tanzania have urged members of the Insurance Consortium for Oil and Gas Uganda (ICOGU), not to provide insurance services related to EACOP projects again. They made the call last week as they celebrated the Global Week of Action. The consortium comprises 19 insurance companies that work together to provide…
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has advised that the Shs 500 million that was given to former leader of opposition Mathias Mpuuga by Parliament was done outside the law. In a statement, ULS, said under the law such an award would have been given under a special bill introduced by the executive since it was…
The ministry of Agriculture bought 71 goats from South Africa at Shs 7.3 million each some of which ended up dying within one week of distribution, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) heard yesterday. They were purchased under the Shs 15 billion Goat Roll-Out project which was implemented in seven districts. The eye-catching revealation was first…
Agather Atuhaire, a relentless Ugandan human rights activist has received the United States Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award. She was handed the award by Anthony Blinken, the US secretary of State. In a statement, the US State department described Atuhaire as “a renowned journalist, lawyer and social justice activist who advocates for human…
