Uganda’s Ambassador to Kenya and Seychelles, Dr Hassan Galiwango, has died in a Nairobi, Kenya hospital where he was hospitalized. The Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed his death of Ambassador Galiwango, in a press release, early on Monday. Galiwango, also a husband to Mbale City Woman Member of Parliament,Connie Nakayeze Galiwango was admitted to hospital on […]
Experts at Makerere University are proposing school vending as a measure to guarantee nutrition security for learners in primary school. The practice would allow schools to set up vending machines that sell consumer items and ensure that learners have options for alternative meals whenever they feel hungry. The discussion comes at the height of a […]
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa issued stringent guidelines urging legislators to strictly adhere to the Rules of Procedure of Parliament whenever participating in debates. Tayebwa’s guidance followed the defiance of his directive by Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake who was accused of breaching the procedures to present a matter of national importance without approval. Zaake […]
Over the weekend, Nkumba University held students’ Guild elections to usher in new leadership. The closely contested tussle was won by Toka Victor Given who was declared the new Nkumba University Guild President 2022-23. The Electoral Commission, headed by Nduhura Jossy, had quite a task of ensuring a smooth process given the tautness of the race. Also […]
MP, Betty Nambooze has said Norbert Mao, the Democratic Party (DP) president general, is now finished politically and that there is nothing new Ugandans should expect from him. Nambooze, speaking on NBS TV’s Barometer show, claimed that Mao is at a level she called “absolute zero” after President Museveni said the Memorandum of Understanding that […]
National Unity Platform’s flag bearer Bill Clinton Nasasira, won the Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) guild race. Bill Clinton Nasasira was declared the winner of MUST guild election at the end of the poll on September 30, 2022. He defeated NRM’s Martin Nuwabine, Jeema’s Moreen Katushabe, Augustine Erima and Kenneth Nuwahurira, both independent. […]
Parliament has nominated 28 candidates to vie for the nine slots in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). The two-day exercise started on Monday, and 15 candidates, all independent aspirants, were nominated. 13 aspirants presented their nomination papers on the last day of the two-day activity presided over by the Clerk to Parliament, Adolf Mwesige […]
Singer Jose Chameleon had a weekend to forget. He was arrested by Police and briefly detained after travelling to South Africa for a performance. Preliminary information obtained indicates that Chameleone’s woes were escalated by a South African base Ugandan woman, Zaina Namuwonge. . It is revealed that she paid him an equivalent of sh18m (80,000 […]