Tag Archives: Mwesigwa Rukutana

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government is extending the Uganda Graduate Volunteer Scheme to the different districts within the country. The scheme that was launched in January 2019 has only served places within the Kampala metropolitan area. The scheme is meant to offer skills to thousands of children who …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several of the ministers who have been dropped, or moved to other ministries, have had a year to forget already. Many have been involved in controversy that might have influenced the changes in the new cabinet. Kayunga Woman Member of Parliament Aidah Nantaba has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  After eight hours closed in a hall at Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo, delegations from Rwanda and Uganda failed to reach an agreement and decided to refer the matters to the head of states of both countries. There was no communique after the representatives came out of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | After eight hours closed in a hall at Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo, delegations from Rwanda and Uganda failed to reach an agreement and decided to refer the matters to the head of states of both countries. There was no communique after the representatives came out …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | An extra-ordinary meeting of Uganda Telecom Limited has resolved to that a new administrator will be appointed following the expiry of Bemanya Twebaze’s tenure. Bemanya, who serves as the Registrar General of the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), was in 2017 appointed UTL administrator …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A cross section of leaders of political parties and organisations have mixed reactions to provisions in a bill to regulate election campaign financing. The bill has been drafted by activists led by Alliance for Finance Monitoring – ACFIM and is expected to be moved …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana has hailed Gen Gregory Mugisha Muntu, the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) leader for being the most principled politician in Uganda today. Rukutana says General Muntu is not a double standard politician who speaks the truth as it …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana has proposed that couples who got married in the Church of the Resurrection, Bugolobi should conduct fresh ceremonies to legalize their marriages. Last week, the Uganda Registration Services Bureau-URSB announced that nearly 1,000 couples whose marriages were conducted …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General, Mwesigwa Rukutana wants the State Minister for Privatization and Investment, Evelyn Anite subjected to a mental health checkup. This stems from Anite’s public outburst indicating that mafias after her life for demanding an audit into Uganda Telecom Limited-UTL. Rukutana has downplayed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee has directed Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana to present reforms that were recommended by the Supreme Court since 2001. The Committee Chairperson Markson Jacob Oboth-Oboth made the directive on Tuesday during an interface with Mwesigwa who appeared alongside Justice …