Electoral Commission (EC) has set 3rd and 4th  November as dates for nomination of presidential  candidates. The EC had initially set 5th and 6th October but postponed  in order to cater for the amendments in  the electoral laws. Parliament passed the Presidential Elections Amendments  Bill 2015 and the Parliamentary Elections  Amendment bill 2o15 on Wednesday. Some of the amendments are; -presidential […]

Uganda People’s Congress led by Jimmy Akena has  threatened to sue The Democratic Alliance (TDA) over flying the party flag at the alliance headquarters  in Naguru, without his permission. The party spokesperson, Michael Orach Osinze says  UPC is not part of TDA and thus its flag at the  TDA headquarters should be lowered down. Osinde further says Olara Otunu’s term […]

Ministry of health is today launching a nationwide  mass measles immunization campaign  in Kyegegwa district. The exercise will roll out on Saturday and end on Monday . At least 95% of children between the ages of six months  and 5 years will be vaccinated with the measles  and oral polio vaccine. The shs33.8b campaign is funded by Measles Rubella  Initiative, the […]

Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has directed  the dispatch of a team of officials from Ministry  of Public service to help expedite the process  of payment of pension arrears for thousands  of Ugandans. Over 8,600 pensioners have  not received their monthly pensions for three  months now. The delay has been faulted on ministries that are still  verifying pensioners’ records to eliminate ghost  pensioners. […]

The jailed former SC Villa manager Chris Mubiru has appealed against a 10 year jail term handed to him on 18th  September after he was found guilty for sodomizing a youg boy . Mubiru has filled a notice of appeal before High Court in Kampala indicating that he is dissatisified with both conviction and sentence […]

Buyende hospital in Kidera sub county has been without electricity for the past one and a half years and is suffering a water crisis following the prolonged dry season.

 Electoral Commission has defended Uganda Revenue Authority URA’s move to task aspirants for the tax clearance certificate saying it is within the law. EC deputy spokesperson, Paul Bukenya has clarified that under the presidential Elections Act, a tax clearance certificate from the political aspirants is a requirement. This follows two presidential aspirants challenging the legality […]

Parliament has passed the Presidential Elections Amendment Bill, the Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill, and the Electoral Commission bill into law. This was during a special seating in Parliament today that was chaired by the Deputy speaker Jacob Oulanyah. The MP’s passed an amendment which will once effected require that voting ends at 4 pm while […]

The Supreme Court has upheld the judgement of the Court of Appeal in the murder trial of former Arua Municipality MP, Hussein Akbar Godi who was convicted for the murder of his wife. Godi was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in jail in 2011 by the High Court judge Lawrence Gidudu for the murder […]