FDC elders advise Muntu to leave FDC for Besigye, explain alternative plans for him for 2021 Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | In a radical proposal, some supporters of FDC Party President Mugisha Muntu say he should withdraw from contesting for re-election as party president. They argue that freeing himself …
Read More »OIL: Uganda is mineral rich and has a lot of potential
Delays and shattered hopes: Uganda still waiting for oil riches BULIISA, Uganda | AFP | It was the promise of oil — billions of barrels of black gold, discovered locked beneath Lake Albert — and the riches to follow that brought electricity to Buliisa. Roads, piped water, and other …
Read More »Denis Onyango is Uganda’s Sports Personality Of The Year
Kampala, Uganda| THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER | Cranes goalkeeper Denis Onyango is Uganda’s Sports Personality Of The Year 2016. Onyango was named the country’s best at a glitz and glamour event Friday night by the Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA). The South African based goalkeeper becomes the first individual footballer to be crowned …
Read More »Constitution Bill on compulsory land acquisition splits parliament
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | A section of Members of Parliament (MPs) on Thursday vowed to rally their colleagues in Uganda’s Parliament to shoot down the proposed Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2017. The MPs argued that if enacted into law, instead of helping government acquire land for development, the proposed …
Read More »BOBI WINE: I am here to defend the Uganda constitution
MP KYAGULANYI: I am here to defend the Uganda constitution Kampala, Uganda| GODFREY SSALI | The newly elected Member of Parliament for Kyadondo East in Wakiso, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine, has indicated he will fight any attempts to change the constitution. “I have come to parliament at a very senstive …
Read More »COVER STORY: Bobi Wine’s win
Bobi Wine’s win; whose victory is it? Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | The man standing on top the cream SUV, surrounded by a shouting crowd of excited supporters was wearing a sky-blue slim-cut suit of the type that was trending until recently. He matched it with a slim- tie …
Read More »Strike looms in Ugandan courts
Insiders say lack of prosecutors will paralyse justice system Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Prossy Ayebare was recruited as a state prosecutor in 1999 and has since never been promoted. In the last 18 years, her salary has only been doubled—when she started, she was earning Shs270, 000. She …
Read More »Museveni criticised, Kagame unveils fancy party headquarters
ANALYSIS: Museveni criticised, Kagame unveils fancy party headquarters Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | On June 17, President Paul Kagame unveiled the complex of buildings comprising the headquarters of his party, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) in Nyagahinga Cell in the Rosoro sector of Gasabo District. The centerpiece of the US$10 …
Read More »Kenyatta talks tough on election date, warns judiciary and IEBC
Kenyatta urges Kenya courts not to ‘aid opposition to sabotage polls’ KABARTONJO, Baringo County | PSCU KENYA | President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto today cautioned Kenya’s judiciary “not to aid the opposition to scuttle the election process.” The two leaders accused the courts of increasingly getting entangled in what …
Read More »G20 launches plan to fight poverty in Rwanda, Ethiopia
Hamburg, Germany | AFP | G20 nations launched an unprecedented initiative Saturday at the group’s summit in Germany to fight poverty in Africa, but critics called the plan half-hearted. Under German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s “Investment Compacts”, an initial seven African countries would pledge reforms and receive technical support in order to …
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