Prof.Venansius asks institutions to stop discriminating persons with disabilities
Vice-Chancellor of Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU) Prof. Venansius Baryamureba has charged public and private institutions to stop discriminating against persons with disability (PWDs) in the engagement of workers, indicating that such discrimination is “illegal, immoral and unacceptable”. He said there had been instances when PWDs with better qualifications had been denied jobs on the […]
Mbabazi against NRM’s policy of stopping some members from registering
Former Secretary General of National Resistance Movement (NRM) Amama Mbabazi has said that what the party is doing to stop some members of the party from registering is a misunderstanding of the law. While addressing journalists at the party headquarters in Kyaddondo on Monday, NRM Secretary General Kasule Lumumba said that all members, including rebel […]
Mbabazi meets NRM mobilizers
Former prime minister John Patrick Amama Mbabazi is meeting a group of NRM mobilizers who claim to be the poor youth of NRM. Chanting songs of praise the NRM poor youth numbering to about 40 all donned in NRM yellow t-Shirts bearing Hon Amama Mbabazi’s portrait have been welcomed by Jacqueline Mbabazi who the youth […]
Buganda to renovate and redevelop Kabaka’s lake
Buganda Lukiiko has resolved to renovate and redevelop the Kabaka’s lake in Ndeba and vowed to task KCCA to explain who gave it to the authority to contaminate the water in the Kabaka’s lake with sewerage. This was fronted as a proposal by the Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga and his cabinet while addressing […]
Katikkiro opens 4th Lukkiko
The Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga thinks vocational studies alone will not be the solution to unemployment but says that employment is created by economic development because where development is jobs are created. He has been giving his remarks while opening the 4th Lukkiko of the 22nd session at Bulange Mengo where he read […]
Police hunts for an MP who knocked dead a boda cyclist
Police in Masaka has started hunting for an Mp who knocked dead a boda boda cyclist and also seriously injuring an UPDF solider. Mawanda Michael Maranga representing Igara East County in Busheyi district together with his driver only known as Richard knocked dead a boda cyclist known as Ronald Asabba as he transported a solider […]
No NRM cards for rebel Mps
The NRM ‘rebel’ MPs will not be allowed to register or even acquire new party cards during the ongoing re-registration of members. The four who were at one point expelled from the party are Theodore Ssekikubo of Lwemiyaga, Mohammad Nsereko of Kampala Central, Wilfred Niwagaba of Ndorwa East and Barnabas Tinkasimire of Buyaga. This comes […]
DP divided over Masaka grassroots delegates elections
Members of the opposition Democratic Party in Masaka district have split into two factions over the ongoing grassroots elections for district delegates. One faction, led by Bukoto East MP Florence Namayanja, protested against the decision by the party’s district chairman, Fred Mukasa Mbidde, to organize the elections without their involvement.
Soroti policeman kills fellow officer
A Police officer in Soroti has shot dead a colleague and injured another after they attempted to arrest following a dispute at a bar. Police Spokesman, Fred Enanga confirmed the shooting at a media briefing in Kampala. The officer who shot his colleagues has been identified as Emmanuel Obbo, the Officer in Charge of Arapai […]