At least 70 million Euros is needed to fully light up Kampala streets and roads, the State Minister for Kampala, Benny Namugwanya has revealed. In her statement to parliament on the status of street lighting in Kampala on Tuesday evening, Namugwanya not that only 8 percent of the city is lit. She attributed the non-functionality of the lights on lack…
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Mbale Municipal Council authorities have closed over 50 business entities in Mbale town over lack of trading license and other requirements. The affected businesses were closed on Tuesday in an operation led by a Committee dubbed “transformation”, which seeks to restore Mbale to its past glory and improve local revenue collections. The operations were carried out in Northern, Wanale and…
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A parallel National Resistance Movement-NRM coordination team has embarked on nationwide recruitment and orientation of new party coordinators ahead of the 2021 general election. The team is led by Milly Babalanda, the Senior Political Advisor and Personal Assistant to President, Yoweri Museveni. She said in an interview in Masaka district on Tuesday that unlike mainstream party structures that campaign for…
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Mukono municipality leaders and the municipal town clerk Richard Monday have disagreed on the collection of dues from street vendors. Roadside vendors dealing in tomatoes, fruits and maize roasting pay between shillings 500 to 1,000 while others selling foodstuffs and clothes pay between shillings 1,000 to 4,000 shillings every day. Monday notes that payment of the dues contradicts the presidential…
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The government has run out of aerial spray chemicals to fight desert locusts. The shortage has come at a time when authorities have confirmed a third wave of locust invasion. Reports indicate that two swarms reportedly entered the country on Monday through Rupa, Moroto and Kakamongole in Nakapiripirit districts. Lt. Col (Rtd) Bright Rwamirama, the Minister of State for Animal…
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Members of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) have been urged to make appropriate laws that protect victims of Online Child Sexual Exploitation. Speaking to the MPs of the continental parliament in Midrand, South Africa, experts said that the interpretation of the laws on Online Child Sexual Exploitation is ambiguous and continue to be a bottleneck in seeking justice for the…
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The Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has appointed Simon Kaboggoza as the new Chief Executive Officer of Buganda Land Board, a company that manages as the kingdom land. Kaboggoza replaces David Kyewalabye Male who in February last year was appointed as Minister in Charge of Culture, Security, and Tourism. Speaking to reporters at Bulange Mengo, the seat of…
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Makerere University Council has set a precedent, contradicting its own earlier provisions for the appointment of Principals of constituent Colleges. Recently, the search committee dropped several professors in the College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) on grounds of lack of proof for a PhD. Previously, one would qualify for the position as long as they were at a rank of a…
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Following the recent alleged acts of violence against members of the opposition in the country, political parties under the Interparty Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD) are set to hold a crisis meeting with the Prime Minister, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda. IPOD is an organization that brings together all political parties with representation in Parliament and is currently chaired by the Forum for…
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Remember back in the day when we were in primary school? There was that thing called “Solida” which meant to stick together even when it meant that you would be beaten by the teacher yet you were innocent of the offense of noise-making. Thank God we left that behind. These days, being a snitch pays!!!! Our government enacted a law…
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