Forum for Democratic Change members have been asked to donate to the party so that enough funding is raised to support the party activities. Angelline Osegge, the newly elected party’s treasurer asked party National Council members to mobilize their supporters to donate to the party which needs funds. Osegge made the remarks while presenting the […]

Teachers under the Uganda National Teachers Union have finally agreed to abandon their strike, after eight years of no business at government school. The resolution was taken on Tuesday following a meeting between UNATU district representatives and Ministers of Planning David Bahati and Information Maj Jim Muhwezi. Teachers were protesting government’s failure to honor its promise […]

Sports Minister Charles Bakkabulindi announced today that Cabinet is drafting a law that will compel schools to engage in physical training. Bakkabulindi was addressing journalists at the Uganda Media Center this afternoon. Bakkabulindi says the new law will replace the one that was enacted way back in 1964 and appears to be out of tandem […]

Members of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Wakiso district have described the ongoing registration exercise as the worst exercise that NRM has ever carried out in the country. It follows the ongoing re-registration of members for purposes of composing a new register after the party refused to pay for the register that was constituted […]

The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of the Uganda Army, General Edward Katumba Wamala has warned opposition politicians against rhetoric that could distabilise the country, saying they face severe consequences. Gen. Wamala is in Somalia for a four day official visit, during which he will also visit and interact with troops in Ceeljaale, Aribska and […]

Omukazi Jackline Nabukwasi, nga wa myaka 22, azadde omwana n’amusuula mu nsiko. Poliisi e Mbale yamazze dda okumukwata agende agibuulire ekyamutembye okukola kino. Omwana ono yazuuliddwa omuzira kisa eyabadde atutte endigaye ku ttale okulya omuddo.

The Police spokesperson Fred Enanga has said that investigators are highly suspecting that the assailants behind the shooting of Shiite leader Sheikh Dr Abdul Kadir Muwaya in Mayuge district last year are behind the recent killing of Sheikh Abdulrashid Wafula in Mbale. Sheikh Wafula, the director of Nakaloke Islamic Primary School and Secondary School in […]

An exercise by the National Environment Management Authority officials to impound banned polythene bags in downtown Kampala was abandoned prematurely after traders protested the move. Traders in Kikuubo market accuse the authority of overstepping its mandate and confiscating polythene bags above 30 microns.

Uganda’s State Minister for East African Affairs, Shem Bageine, says East African citizens holding East African passports will be permitted to travel around the world using the travel documents by January next year. The passport that was introduced in 1999 currently restricts travel to EAC member states only. State Minister Bageine made the announcement while […]