Opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye has emerged as favourite to win Senegal’s presidential election, after several rivals conceded. Millions took part in a peaceful vote on Sunday, following three years of turbulence and opposition protests against the incumbent, Macky Sall. Voters had a choice of 19 candidates. However, the ruling coalition’s choice, Amadou Ba, rejected…
Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, the vocal Kira Municipality MP finds himself in a spot of bother after it was revealed that he was a beneficiary of Parliament’s cash bonanza. From being a hunter, he has become the hunted. Some would add that he is now also the haunted. Ssemujju made a name as a political journalist…
President Museveni today officially opened Bukedea Teaching Hospital and Bukedea College of Health Sciences which was built by Speaker Anita Among. The president commended the speaker for championing access to quality healthcare in her community.
Tanzania’s Vice-President Philip Mpango has threatened to resign over a prolonged water shortage affecting residents from the northern Mwanga district. Mr Mpango accused contractors working on a major project aimed at supplying water in the region of taking too long time to complete it. The project worth over $100,000 was started close to 20 years…
Centenary Bank has reinforced its commitment to education by joining educationists from Islamic schools to highlight their contribution to the education sector. The gathering occurred at an iftar dinner, which brought together head teachers from the Uganda Muslim Teachers’ Association (UMTA), the Uganda Muslim Education Association (UMEA), and management committee chairpersons from 100 schools. The…
Pope Francis has appointed Rt. Rev. Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, as the new Archbishop of Gulu. It follows the resignation of Achbishop John Baptist Odama after he reached retirement age. Wokorach has been the Bishop of Nebbi Catholic Diocese. In a statement from the Luigi Bianco, the Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda, Odama has been appointed Apostolic…
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…
The appointment of Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba as Chief of Defence Forces continues to elicit varying interpretations as to what President Museveni’s move signifies. Is the president trying to trim the political wings of his son and keep his Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) pressure group at bay? Or is Museveni giving Muhoozi a bigger stage…
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…
President Museveni has commended the educated people for improving the quality of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). “We value the educated young people, and we want them for our institutions, especially the scientists. The educated people including the social scientists have improved the quality of our army,” he said. Museveni made the remarks at…
