In Kamuli, Marriage is an option for girls out of school. Peer pressure is partly to blame for the e rise in child marriages in the region. Many young girls who dropped out of school in Kamuli district regard marriage as the next best thing. The young girls opt for older men who have acquired […]

The NRM secretary General Kasule Lumumba says in a press statement copied to Radio simba. “My office has received many concerns of from both the Public and the media the party’s position on members that may choose to run as independents after losing an election within the party structures. I therefore wish to clarify that […]

Nobert Mao skips Democratic Party reconciliation talks. A meeting to reconcile the warring factions of the Democratic Party has flopped following the no show of one group.The President General Norbert Mao’s side did not turn up at pope paul memorial hotel in Ndeeba as expected. They had been scheduled to meet a faction led by […]

UPC has rubished a new party road map that was released on 20th July by the party Mobliser Issa Otto Amiza which was calling for picking of nomination forms for the internal party primaries. The road map issued had indicated that members shall be picking forms at Uganda House.

Police in Kampala have arrested two people taking part in a protest against a parliamentary committee’s decision to push the proposals submitted for the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2015 to the next parliament. The Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee had called for the establishment of a constitutional review commission to look into the proposals saying it […]

Akabenje kaguddewo ku luguudo oluva e Jinja okudda e Iganga ebimotoka bi lukululana bibiri bwebitomereganye. Akabenje kano kabadde okuliraana enkambi y’amagye e Magamaga era omudereeva wa lukululana omu n’asangibwa ku siteeringi ng’afudde. Omulambo gutwaliddwa mu ddwaliro e Jinja.

Omumyuka wa RDC e Jinja, Eric Sakwa awuniikirizza abantu bw’avuddeyo n’ayogera ku katuuti mu lukungaana olutegekeddwa Besigye. Sakwa agamba nti omuntu yenna waddembe okusisinkana abawagizibe era n’ayogera nabo. Era mu lukungaana luno, Besigye mweyagambidde nti obukulembeze obuliko buli mu nnaku zaabwo ezisembayo.

Deputy Speaker of Parliament R. Hon Jacob Oulanya has suspended the debate on the Anti Tobacco Bill – 2012. The Tobacco control bill introduces restrictions on the Manufacture, sale, labelling, promotion, advertising, distribution, and public use of tobacco products. Proponents of the Bill including Hon. Chris Baryomunsi argue, that there is reffutabble scientific evidence showing […]

The Electoral Commission has announced an extension in the nomination of aspirants of the MP positions. The period has been extended from the earlier communicated November to December this year. He adds that the National ID is the only proof of eligibility to vote.