In her ruling delivered this afternoon, the Mengo Chief Magistrate, Esther Nansambu says Nyanzi ran to court on hearsay, without any evidence warranting a vote recount.
Read more ...A team of officers from the Police Fire and Rescue Directorate have teamed up with residents and employees of the factory to put out the fire. Isma Ssematimba, an employee at the factory, says police efforts to extinguish the fire are being hampered by lack of access roads for emergencies.
Read more ...The fire reportedly broke out last night according to one of the police officers who was part of the team that put it off.
Read more ...Mzee Peter Lokong a pastoralists however said the reason they burn bushes is to kill ticks that always infect their livestock.
Read more ...Mid last year, government bought land for the construction of Mumbere’s residential premises and pledged to support the construction of a new palace. Government also distinctly considered the kingdom for the Emyooga program-a presidential initiative for wealth and job creation. In November last year, government released 147 royal guards from prison.
Read more ...They predict that the countries with the highest coverage of annual HIV testing in 2030 will be Eswatini with 92.6%, Lesotho with 90.5%, and Uganda with 90.5%, and the countries with the highest proportion of condom use will be Eswatini with 85%, Lesotho with 75.6%, and Namibia with 75.5 per cent.
Read more ...Nakyeyune, Kyeyune's sister wants the government to compensate his wife Nakanwagi because Kyeyune died on duty, "defending NRM's votes". Charles Kabagambe who was leading the protestors insists that Kyeyune took the bullet intended for Mutebi Kabwama, NRM's flag bearer in the Entebbe Municipality mayoral race, and described how the killer soldier calmly took aim from his sitting position on the patrol pick-up.
Read more ...The first phase of the project is expected to take 12 months. The medical school will comprise the museum labs, mortuary, meeting rooms, resource Centre, lecture rooms, administrative offices and freezers for bodies among other amenities.
Read more ...According to the National Council of Higher Education (NCHE) Executive Director Professor Mary Okwakol, the communication is based on prior advice from the Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni, .
Read more ...The National Resistance Movement-NRM party has won all seats for special interest groups-SIG to the district.
Read more ...According to Nnalongo, she was officially assigned by her father Muhammad Musisi to act as her representative at the tally center. She, however, says that whenever she would raise an objection during the vote tallying exercise especially when the results wouldn’t tally with the declaration forms, security officers would shut her down under the guise of maintaining sanity in the tallying hall.
Read more ...The Executive Director of the Uganda Petroleum Authority (PAU) Ernest Rubondo told MPs that before the end of the first quarter of the Calendar year the FID will be taken and following this, four main projects will take shape with each of the projects costing over $3bn.
Read more ...The elections were marred with open day bribery and complaints of fake voters on registers. Deborah Nalubega the loser of PWD race rejected the results saying each delegate received about 20,000 shillings from his rival to vote her out of the seat.
Read more ...It is now two weeks since the government shut down social media two days to the general elections on January 14th, 2021.
Read more ...They found people who were given infusions of the monoclonal antibodies every 8 weeks had a 75% lower risk of becoming infected with HIV—but only if they were exposed to strains of the virus that remained susceptible to the antibody.
Read more ...Francis Oryem, another farmer, who lost two cows, says that he is saddened by the loss of his cattle that were his only source of wealth. The matter has been reported at Awach Central Police Station for investigations.
Read more ...Agago Resident District Commissioner, Andrew Onyuk acknowledges the contribution of the vigilantes in the reduction of animal theft in the district. He says the groups are “alert”, the reason they succeeded in retrieving five cattle in Omiya Pacwa.
Read more ...28-year-old Justine Namambo is suffering in excruciating pain at home in Seeta in Mukono district after going through partial surgery at Mulago Specialised National Referral Hospital to remove a bullet that got stuck in her spinal code.
Read more ...The deceased’s parents David Ssekajjugo and Josephine Namutebi started pointing accusing fingers at Jimmy Ssekajjugo, a family member for masterminding the murder of their daughter. According to residents, there has been a longstanding wrangle between the two brothers with serious accusations of witchcraft.
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