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NRM’s Deputy Secretary General Richard Todwong was airlifted to a Kampala hospital after he shot himself in the leg in an incident at Coo Pelwo Trading Centre in Kiryandongo district. Todwong was travelling to Gulu when he decided to mediate in an incident in which a kid was knocked by …

A joint military operations centre has been opened in the western district of Kasese to follow up on activities of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The formation of the joint follow up mechanism was among the key resolutions that were agreed upon by heads of state during the International Conference …

Gen Katumba Wamala was vetted and approved by the Parliament Appointments Committee as State Minister for Works along with 11 new ambassadors. Although some members of the committee had reservations about Wamala being a serving UPDF soldier, the issue did not arise since a precedent had already been set with …

 At a function at Rubaga Miracle Cathedral celebrating the 77 Days of Glory, Pastor Robert Kayanja told President Museveni and other guests that witchcraft was eating up the highest office in the country. “Your Excellency, witchcraft is everywhere, in Parliament and in the State House…. in the past 150 days, …

VIDEO: The NRM electoral commission has warned Hajati Rehema Watongola, the former Member of Parliament for Kamuli municipality not to turn up for the by-elections if she does not meet the academic requirements. The party chairman electoral commission Dr. Tanga Odoi while launching the road map to the party primaries for …

President Yoweri Museveni is in Dar es Salaam to inspect improvements on Tanzania’s main port so that it can be used as an option for Uganda’s exports and imports. According to Augustine Mahiga, the Tanzania Minister for Foreign Affairs,  Museveni’s visit to the Dar es Salaam port was to encourage Ugandan businessmen to …

FIFA chief Infantino in Uganda, meets Museveni Kampala, UGANDA | AFP |  FIFA president Gianni Infantino arrived in Uganda Friday evening and started his visit to the country with a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni at State House Entebbe. Infantino and Museveni discussed sports development in Uganda and the role …

Uganda is exporting and importing less from the UK, but their respective ministers in charge of trade are optimistic this can be changed for the benefit of both nations. Although the UK has a strong bilateral relationship and a significant development partnership with Uganda, trade between the two has slowed …

Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) has struck a partnership with a Norwegian company W. Giertsen that will boost cooperation in the area of developing renewable energy projects. Officials of W.Giertsen Energy Solutions were in Kampala recently  to conclude a Memorandum of Understating (MOU), whose main objective is to outline how UEGCL will cooperate with the …

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | AFP | North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s half brother was assassinated with a lethal nerve agent manufactured for chemical warfare, Malaysian police said Friday. Releasing a preliminary toxicology report on Kim Jong-Nam’s murder at a Kuala Lumpur airport, police said the poison used by the assassins …