We Need Accountability For COVID-19 Funds – Civil Society Tasks OPM
The Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) has challenged the office of the prime minister to come up with a comprehensive report on accountability for COVID-19 funds. This comes in the wake of concerns from various leaders over the government’s failure to deliver certain items like PPEs to frontline health workers. The […]
Continue ReadingMuseveni to Address the Nation on Sunday
The Senior Presidential Press Secretary Don Wanyama, has clarified that the presidential address about the current status of COVID-19 in Uganda has been rescheduled to Sunday, September 20th, 8pm. Earlier, the President had been tentatively scheduled to make his national address on Saturday. But the Senior Press Secretary to the President, Don Wanyama, confirmed on […]
Continue Reading20 protesters demanding Sipapa’s arrest, detained
Police in Kampala have arrested 20 people following protests in Kamwokya to have socialite Charles Olima commonly known as Sipapa arrested. According to police, National Unity Platform (People Power) supporters clad in red, allegedly mobilized by Fred Nyanzi carried out a procession holding placards demanding Sipapa’s arrest for the two shooting incidents one on the […]
Continue ReadingGovenment Sued over its security negligence.
A boda boda man who was allegedly shot in the knee by security operatives as they tried to arrest him for failing to pay Shs50,000 has taken government to Kampala High Court seeking compensation for negligence. Joseph Musisi Bakabulende, wants Court to compel the government to pay him special damages of Shs2.7million being monies […]
Continue ReadingParliament bus catches fire, 25 COVID-19 patients on board.
The bus burns. A bus that was transporting 25 people has caught fire on its way to Kampala. The bus, belonging to Uganda Parliament, Registration No UG 0391H was on its way from Kitgum in Northern Uganda with at least 25 COVID-19 patients on board. Jubilee Radio cannot verify the number of injured but can […]
Continue ReadingKyenjojo, Kaabong and Kikuube among the Worst performing districts 2019/20
The 2019/20 Government Annual Performance Review (GAPR) has put Kyenjojo, Bukwo, Apac, Maracha, Abim, Namisindwa, Pakwach, Arua, Kaabong and Kikuube districts among the worst performing Local Governments in different projects to boost service delivery. According to the The Ministry of Finance, revenue mobilisation performance has persistently remained poor from the 2017 assessment at 47% […]
Continue ReadingParliament of Uganda Tasks Ministry of Health To Explain 35 billion for Covid 19 marks.
Legislators have turned the heat on the health ministry, tasking its officials to account for Shs 35 billion supplementary funding that was supposed to aid in the fight against the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic. In a plenary session chaired by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga on Tuesday, the lawmakers claimed that there was a selective distribution of facemasks […]
Continue ReadingMP Lyomoki to spend night in parliament in protest on NSSF Bill
MP Lyomoki carries mattress, mosquito net, to spend night in parliament in protest on NSSF Bill This will be the resting place for Lyomoki. Workers’ Member of Parliament Dr. Sam Lyomoki will spend nights sleeping within the parliament chambers protesting the delay to pass the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Bill. The legislator […]
Continue Reading19-yr-old Murders 63-yr-old Father
Police in Rukungiri district has arrested a 19-year-old boy and four others including his mother in connection to the murder of his 63-year-old father. Elly Maate the Kigezi region police spokesperson identified the suspect as Ivan Ndyabagye, a resident of Nyaruhungye cell in Bwambara Sub-County. Ivan is suspected to have masterminded the murder […]
Continue Reading2021 elections: Museveni to be nominated as presidential candidate on November 2
President Museveni will be nominated as a presidential candidate on November 2, 2020, according to a program released by the National Resistance Movement (NRM). The Electoral Commission declared November 2 and 3 as open dates for candidates that intend to contest for the position of president. In a letter to the EC , the […]
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