The G77 summit that was scheduled to be held in Uganda next month has been cancelled. According to the Uganda’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations and the current External Adviser on G77 matters, Adonia Ayebare, due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in different countries and in consultation with the G77 member states, the summit has been postponed to…
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The self-styled Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) faction President, Peter Walubiri who is also a renowned city lawyer has revealed that the party he leads will field a presidential candidate in the forthcoming general elections in 2021. Walubiri who became the faction president following the death of the former Party Vice President, Joseph Bossa made the revelation while releasing the party…
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The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah has defended Uganda’s continued promotion of political inclusiveness noting that it Uganda ranks among the top countries in the Commonwealth. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament made the remarks during the Commonwealth Conference on Inclusive Politics on 04 March 2020 Oulanyah said that in promoting political inclusiveness, Uganda has gone an extra step by…
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Bruhan Byaruhanga, the National Resistance Movement candidate has pulled out of the race for the pioneer Speaker of Kampala Capital City Authority. The Kyambogo University councilor, who had earlier declared interest in the speaker’s seat, has instead been nominated for the position of Deputy Speaker. In his speech, Byaruhanga said he would have loved to be speaker but decided to…
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The former Permanent Secretary of the Judiciary, Kagole Kivumbi who is now on forced leave has been accused of disregarding the Public Finance Management Act when he spent over 9bn on alleged travel of the Chief Justice and the Deputy Chief justice in different financial years. The Parliament Public Accounts Committee (PAC) learnt that Kagole withdrew Shs9.57bn in the financial…
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The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has handed over the site of the proposed Aquaculture Park in Apac district to the contractors to commence construction works. The project which is aimed at improving fish production in Lango Sub Region under the‘’Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Commercial Aqua Project, PESCAP for the local Community’’ is located at Onekgwok and Teboke villages…
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Parliament has maintained the Shillings 3 million nomination fees for parliamentary aspirants. The matter came up during discussions on the Parliamentary Elections Amendment Bill, 2019 during plenary on Tuesday evening. The Bill among others seeks to amend the Parliamentary Elections Act, 2005 to delay elections in newly created districts until the next general elections provide for the participation of independent…
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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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