Kampala city traders association is protesting the move by National environment management authority ( NEMA ) to impound polythene bags or what is locally known as buveera beyond the stipulated microns by Government without minding about the manufactures , traders and the plastic recyclers. Government banned the use, production and sell of buveera below 30 […]

Leaders of the Uganda National Teachers Union are in a closed meeting with the Prime minister and other government officials following a strike over their unmet demands. The teachers want government to increase their salaries by 10% following an earlier promise made in 2011. They are also against the education ministry’s move to handpick the […]

UPC stalwart Joseph Ochieno has vowed to turn UPC into a political party that can seize power through free and fair elections. Ochieno who once served as UPC UK bureau chief made the remarks shortly after picking nomination forms for Party president making him the second person to express interest in replacing Olara Otunu after […]

Members of opposition are meeting the Committee on Legal & Parliamentary Affairs to discuss Electoral Reforms. The meeting which is attended by members of the opposition who include EriasLukwagoo, kizzabesigye1, Ken Lukyamuzi, Matthias Nsubuga, Betty Namboze Among others have come up a compiled response to the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2015. And These include the following […]

Uganda and Italy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see the Uganda Police Force receive three helicopters and training for its officers to fight terrorism. The Inspector General of Police General Kale Kaihura signed the MoU with the Commander of the Italian Police Tullio Del Sette at the Police headquarters in Naguru in […]

A parents’ meeting over the future of some primary schools in Jinja town turned chaotic when outsiders stormed the venue and started fighting. Police intervened to break up the fight and in the confusion a parent was doused in tear gas and had to be hospitalized. The Officer in Charge of Jinja Police Station, Felix […]

High Court Judge Steven Musota has allowed Deputy Chief Justice Steven Kavuma, to be part to the case filed against Attorney General. The case which was filed by Western Youth MP Gerald Karuhanga seeks an order compelling the Judicial Service commission to immediately avail documents relating to Kavuma’s appointment. Justice Musota’s decision came after a […]

A number of public schools in Kampala were deserted this morning as the strike by teachers entered its second day.  The teachers began their industrial action yesterday to protest against the government’s failure to fulfill a ten percent salary increment. The lowest paid teacher earns 408,000 shillings which the Uganda National Teachers Union says is […]

Locals in Bukedea district have protested against the Chinese Civil Engineering company, which is constructing the Namusi Sironko road, whom they accuse of taking their land. The 200 residents who took part in protest claim that they will not be compensated for the 120 acres that one of them leased to the company without their […]