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NBS: Uganda’s Minister without Portfolio designate Hajji Abdul Nadduli speaks to journalists after vetting at Parliament on Wednesday June 15, 2016. Share on: WhatsApp

NBS: Members of Parliament from Acholi region under their umbrella body Acholi Parliamentary Caucus want government to fully investigate the Gulu attacks to get to the bottom of the crisis. This follows the Sunday shootings that left a UPDF officer and a police officer dead, and several people arrested. Share …

Five Members of Parliament (MPs), Jesca Ababiku, Maureen Osoru, Isaac Etuka, Tom Aza and Zaitun Driwaru were this evening involved in accident on Entebbe Road. Reports indicate they were driving back from a meeting at State House before the accident at Namasuba, just minutes before reaching the capital city Kampala. …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye should be tried for treason in court and not a high security prison as the prosecution had requested,  a Kampala court ruled on Wednesday. Besigye, who claimed fraud after coming second in February’s presidential election, was arrested last month for …

Mbale High Court has today thrown out hitherto Budadiri East MP elect Vincent Waboya. Mbale High Court judge Andrew Bashaija Wednesday afternoon ruled that Waboya had not resigned from his office as Principal Disaster Officer in the office of the Prime Minister (OPM) before he contested for Budadiri East seat. …

It has almost become a norm that for every State of the Nation address, President Yoweri Museveni has to lament about the fact that Uganda imports far much more than it exports. This year’s address was no different. He lamented how Uganda had become a ‘supermarket’ economy, importing all sorts …

  Ambassador Zachary Muburi-Muita, Kenya’s candidate for the post of Executive Secretary of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), has been endorsed by the heads of state. Confirmation of a new chief was one of several  ICGLR decisions taken their 6th Ordinary Heads of State and Government …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP | Arch-rivals Ethiopia and Eritrea traded blame Tuesday for one of the fiercest border clashes since a 1998-2000 war, with Addis Ababa warning any further conflict is “up to Asmara.” The neighbours are bitter enemies, with tens of thousands of troops dug into trenches eyeing …

Ailing health sector: Sector gets increment but worries over heavy dependence on donors persist Every time the budget is presented, citizens take a hard look at the allocation to the health sector. This year, the government has unveiled an ambitious budget of Shs26trillion of which Shs1,826.49bn is going to the …

Uganda Parliament’s Appointments Committee starts vetting the presidential nominees for ministerial appointments today. The day in parliament however started earlier, with the approval of Ruhakana Rugunda as Prime Minister this morning. The House voted 262 for, 3 against and 4 abstentions. Vetting of ministers designate is scheduled to start at …