Parliament has been reconvened for a plenary sitting this afternoon to vet Vice President Maj Gen Jessica Alupo and Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja, who were reappointed to cabinet by President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday. The clerk to Parliament Adolf Mwesige Kasaija, in a notice issued on Wednesday, said the Speaker Rt Hon Jacob Oboth Oboth, […]
The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health Dr. Diana Atwine, has temporarily closed it’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), due to the continued escalation in the scale of the Ebola outbreak in the neighbouring country. “Uganda is temporarily closing the border with the DRC with immediate effect. The only Exceptions are for authorized […]
The Family Division of the High Court has ordered for the exhumation of late businessman Benon Kigambo Tumwesigye’s, remains in order to extract body tissue to be used in the DNA testing of 26 children fighting over the deceased’s multibillion estate. In ruling delivered on the 22nd day of May, Hon Lady Justice Celia Nagawa […]
President Yoweri Museveni has this evening unveiled a new Cabinet for the 2026–2031 ” No Sleep Term, in which he has named a few suprising new faces and retained several old ministers. In the new Cabinet President Museveni has appointed Masaka City Woman MP Justine Nameere, who recently got picked up by security for a […]
The Chief Justice of Uganda, Dr Flavian Zeija has attributed the delayed trial of detainees in the courts of law to inadequate budget allocations to the Judiciary across the country. “Am glad you are in Parliament, help us to get our budget increased, that’s where the problem is. At the moment, I have 88 judges […]
The remains of Timothy Magambo, the late son to Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Director Maj. Tom Magambo has arrived in the country, following his tragic drowning during a swimming outing with friends in Long Island waters, in the United States last week. According to Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs, Barugahara Balaam Ateenyi, […]
The Ruhinda North County, Member of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa, has retained his position as the Deputy Speaker in the 12th parliament, following a landslide victory during the elections held at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds. The newly elected speaker of Parliament Rt Hon Oboth Oboth, declared Tayebwa the winner, after scoring 457 votes to defeat the Hoima […]
Budama West MP Jacob Oboth Oboth, has been elected the Speaker of the 12th Parliament, after securing the majority of votes from 519 out of 528 Members of Parliament that cast their ballots in the election. The Chief Justice Dr. Flavian Zeija, who was the presiding officer, declared Oboth after he emerged as the winner […]
Three Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) staff have lost their lives, after a Toyota Hiace vehicle registration number UA20121AA, that were traveling in knocked a crossing elephant near along the Arua road, within Murchison Falls National Park in Nwoya District on Sunday night. According to the Directorate of Traffic & Road Safety PRO, SP kananura Michael, […]
President Yoweri Museveni has fiercely hit back at veteran journalist, and political commentator Andrew Mwenda, accusing him of being a neo-colonial agent, and sabotaging Uganda’s industrialisation agenda. Museveni’s attack on Mwenda on Saturday through his official X account, follows an article by Mwenda in April, tilted, “When old age strikes a leader”, in which he […]
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