SAGE Funds should be increased to 100,000sh and beneficiaries be at 60years
There is need for government to increase the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE) from 25,000 to 100,000sh if older persons are to be supported fully and solve some of the financial challenges they face. Retired Col. Steven Mwesige Basaliza who is aspiring for older persons MP promises to advocate for the increase in the […]
Continue ReadingFDC candidates return nomination papers
The two candidates vying for FDC flag bearers; Patrick Amuriat and Amb. Wasswa Biriggwa, have returned nomination papers at the party Headquarters in Najjanankumbi. However, the two have been asked to step aside from their current positions. Biriggwa, who is FDC’s party chairman has been replaced by Salaamu Musumba, and Amuriat, who is currently the […]
Continue ReadingKadaga asks government to explain why Rwenzururu King hasn’t been charged
The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has given the government two weeks to explain why the International crimes division of the high court has not tried Rwenzururu king Charles Wesley Mumbere over and 200 of his royal guards. This followed a complaint raised by Bukonzo west MP Atkins Katusabe demanding that if the government cannot […]
Continue ReadingMao asks opposition to lead fight against COVID-19
Democratic Party has urged fellow opposition parties and leaders to lead the fight against the covid-19 pandemic by living exemplary lives. According to DP president, Nobert Mao, opposition leaders are not meant only to criticize the ruling party but advice and live by example to the population. He notes that the fight against the global […]
Continue ReadingNURP Members Sue Founder (Nkonge) Bobi Wine Over Changes In Party
Members of National Unity Reconciliation and Development Party–NURP have sued its founder, Moses Nkonge Kibalama, including National Unity Platform – NUP party President Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine among other leaders over the recent changes in the party. Others jointly sued are, David Lewis Rubongoya, the NURP Secretary General, party spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi, deputy Secretary […]
Continue ReadingIndia donates brand new buses, trucks and motorcycles to UPDF
The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs Hon Adolf Mwesige has lauded the government of India for its continued support to the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces The minister was receiving an assortment of vehicles and motorcycles donated to the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) by the government of India which included 10 Tata Buses, 10 […]
Continue ReadingOver 50 arrested for flouting COVID 19 guidelines
Police have arrested a number of people in a joint operation to enforce Ministry of Health guidelines in Ntinda, Kiwatule and Kabalagala. One of the operations saw seven residents who had converged in one apartment merry making. The arrest follows complaints from other residents in Balintuma village over loud music disrupting their peace. Kampala metropolitan police […]
Continue ReadingDodoviko denies demolishing Ndeeba church
Businessman Dodoviko Mwanjje, alleged to have been behind the demolition of St. Peter’s Church -Ndeeba in Kampala has been charged before Makindye chief magistrates court with conspiracy to commit an offence. Dodoviko commonly known as Dodo has appeared in the dock alongside Ivan Katongole, a KCCA urban planner who is alleged to have sanctioned the […]
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Speeding truck kills child, injures six people
Six people have been hospitalised with life-threatening injuries in an accident that left a 7-year-old child dead. The accident occurred when a speeding truck rammed into two houses on Mbale-Tirinyi highway on Sunday. The accident, according to police, occurred at about 11.00pm at Gadumire, 10 kilometres from Mbale Town. The victims are hospitalised at Budaka […]
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Cheptegei goes into self-isolation after returning
Joshua Cheptegei who on Friday shattered the much-vaunted 16-year-old 5,000m world record at the Monaco Diamond League, has returned. He returned through Malaba border at around midday on Sunday escorted by the officials from Uganda’s High Commission in Kenya and was officially received by Ugandan government officials led by the Tororo Deputy Resident District Commissioner, […]
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