Parliament has paid tribute to Rebecca Cheptegei, a long-distance athlete and Uganda People’s Defence Force Sergeant who died after suffering severe burns after an arson attack by her lover on 01 September 2024 in Kenya. The tribute followed a motion presented by the State Minister for Sports, Hon. Peter Ogwang urging Parliament to honour Cheptegei’s […]
By Our reporterMUNYONYO – The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has urged the African Network of Parliamentary Budget Offices to foster increased citizens participation in budget processes. Speaker Among made the remarks in a speech read on her behalf by Parliamentary Commissioner Hon Solomon Silwany during the 7th Annual African Network of Parliamentary Budget Offices (An-PBO) […]
KISORO – A seven-gun salute was accorded to the late Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi in a solemn farewell as she was interred on Thursday, 12 September 2024. The former State Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs (Defence) appointed in April 2024, was laid to rest at her ancestral home in Bugahe Village, Nyakabingo Parish, Chahi Sub-County, […]
By Our reporterTORORO – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has cautioned the people of Tororo against taking part in tribal frictions saying the act is against the principles of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government.“When you talk about the frictions among the tribes; the Bateso here in Tororo County and the Badama, why should this be […]
By Our reporter ENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said political leaders should be able to accurately diagnose the problems of the people they lead so that they are able to offer solutions to them. According to the President, a political leader is like a medical doctor who should carry out an accurate diagnosis […]
KARAMOJA – Maj Gen Don William Nabasa, Commander of the 3 Infantry Division of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), has urged troops to maintain vigilance and avoid complacency in the consolidation phase of the disarmament operation in the Karamoja Sub-region. During field barazas, Maj Gen Nabasa provided tactical guidance on assessing combat capabilities and […]
PARLIAMENT – Legislators have renewed the call to combat the rising cases of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) which are claiming lives as Parliament paid glowing tribute to the late State Minister of Defence, Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi.The late Hon. Nyirabashitsi, who was also the Kisoro District Woman Representative in Parliament, died of a heart attack, on Saturday, […]
By Our reporterKALIRO – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pledged to resolve the issue of registering new churches as Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs).“The issue of periodic registration of new churches as NGOs, we are going to resolve it. A church is a church, not an NGO,” he said.President Museveni made the remarks yesterday during the Universal […]
By Our reporterENTEBBE – Uganda and Belgium have reaffirmed their commitment to cooperation and collaboration.This follows a meeting between Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Senior Presidential Adviser for Special Operations, and H.E. Hugues Chantry, Ambassador of Belgium to Uganda, which took place at the Special Forces Headquarters in Entebbe.The discussion focused […]
By Our reporterBWAISE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has fulfilled his pledge of 36 motorcycles to the twelve ghetto structures in Kampala metropolitan area.These were delivered by the State House Comptroller, Ms. Jane Barekye on Wednesday, 4th September, 2024 at a function held at Bwaise-based ghetto structure commonly known as Gaza Tough Empire and each […]