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First son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has become accustomed to controversial messages via his Twitter page. In fact Ugandans and his followers are no longer surprised by what he tweets. This was the same case this time round as he clashed with his father President Museveni on the blue bird app. Museveni took to Twitter to update the region about the ...

Entebbe Airport recently conducted a successful full-scale fire response emergency exercise. The exercise aimed mainly at testing the ability of stakeholders to deal with a catastrophic emergency such as a fire in a crashed aircraft. The 2-hour-long drill did not interfere with normal airport operations on Friday, November 4, 2022. The scenario for the full-scale emergency exercise involved the simulation ...

The Kenyan government has deployed over 300 police officers to control the population amidst a nationwide power outage. Benson Mwakina, the director of renewable energy at the Ministry of Energy confirmed that the level of security at energy infrastructure had been increased. “Right now, we have an energy sector police unit taking care of the infrastructure,” Mwakina stated on Friday, ...

Government through the Presidential Initiative on Peace, Security and Development in the Rwenzori region program is involved in talks with rebels. Through the Kasese Peace and Security Center, it is championing the return of rebels from the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo for amnesty. The program started on July 30, 2022 and the Rwenzururu Initiative for Social Transformation initiated it. ...

President Museveni has assured Ugandans that there won’t be any national lockdown because of Ebola. The President therefore appealed to the citizens to go ahead with their work normally. He however urged the masses to be vigilant and observe the SOPs. “Regarding the Ebola situation, first of all, there will be NO LOCKDOWN. Therefore, people should go ahead and concentrate ...