Moses Magogo has been caught in the crossfire of the sanctions slapped on Speaker Anita Among today by the US over alleged corruption and human rights violations. Matthew Miller, the spokesperson of the US State Department, said the sanctions encompass the spouses of the affected officials and in this case, Magogo, who is husband to…
The United States has told Speaker Anita Among and her husband, Moses Magogo that they should not step in the vast country due to alleged corruption and abuse of human rights. US becomes the second major country to slap sanctions on Among after the UK which did in April. It’s sanctions, however, are more extensive…
As the motion to remove Mathias Mpuuga and three other NRM commissioners over the Shs 1.7 billion service awards gathers pace, there are some opposition members that are hesitant to append their signatures. The mover, Lwemiyaga MP Theodore Ssekikuubo, says they have collected more than 100 signatures of the required 177 to push the matter…
Speaker Anita Among has dismissed reports that she owns a house in the United Kingdom. It follows a letter from President Museveni where he wrote that he had been informed that the speaker owns a flat on Waterden Road in London. Museveni, in his May 23 letter, also directed the ministry of Foreign Affairs to…
In her book, My Life’s Journey, Janet Kataha Museveni, the First Lady says one of the things that struck her about her husband in their early dating days was his poor sense of fashion. “He [Yoweri Museveni] dressed very badly, always wearing mismatched shirts, trousers and boots. He was prone to wear red undershirts and…
Crossroads, a new Ugandan drama series, will debut on Pearl Magic Prime on June 25 2024 and on the looks of things, it is likely to be a thriller. The show will take over the time slot currently held by Sanyu series, which captivated audiences for four remarkable years. Peaerl Magic said Crossroads will be…
The Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) has summoned its senior leader Frank Gashumba to appear before its disciplinary committee over a post on X attacking security chiefs for the rising wave of insecurity in the city. PLU is incensed that Gashumba’s post featured a photo of Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the CDF and chairman of PLU….
To fully understand the latest standoff between NUP and Next Media over the alleged brutality of journalists in Lwengo, one has to go back to the aftermath of the 2021 elections. It started with a letter written by Robert Kyagulanyi, the president of NUP to the CEO of Next Media, Kin Kariisa, in which the…
President Museveni has called for the manufacturing of more Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine doses in order to deal with the contagious viral livestock infection. “You should make more vaccines, because Uganda has a lot of livestock. Uganda has 44 million livestock,” Museveni requested the Egyptian government. The president who was accompanied by the…
Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi is currently being treated at Okonguarri Psychotherapeutic Centre, a private mental health facility in Namibia. This has been confirmed by Namibia’s ambassador to Germany, Martin Andjaba in reply to a May 21 letter from a concerned Ugandan (names withheld) seeking to clarify reports that Kabaka is being “held in Namibia.” The…
