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President Museveni who is also the NRM national chairman has called for a crisis meeting between Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga and her deputy, Jacob Oulanyah over the speakership race. Kadaga has been the speaker of Parliament for 10 years. However, she is facing stiff competition for the position from Oulanyah who has been her deputy for 10 years. According ...

Aruu County MP Odong Otto has been remanded to Gulu prison after Grade One Magistrate in Pader District denied him bail. Otto was on Friday charged with two accounts of malicious damage to property and assault. Charges which he denied in court. The Grade one Magistrate, Mr Edward Akankwasa, denied Odong Otto bail and remanded him until April 6, 2021. ...

President Museveni is apparently expected to receive his first jab of the covid vaccine today. Dr Atwiine informed the media about this development. This has come after a lot of criticism from the public who have accused the president of letting them down. In many countries where the vaccine was received, presidents were the first people to receive the jab. ...

The Government of Uganda has confirmed that there is a new case of the coronavirus strain first detected in South Africa. They further said there is also a case of the variant detected first in Nigeria. The World Health Organization said the South African B1.351 first came on its radar in South Africa and has now spread across at least ...

Nation Media Group is set to lose some of its employees due to the Covid effect. This was stated in a letter that was published on 25th March 2021. Nation Media comprises of Daily Monitor, Enyanda, NTV, Spark TV among others. One of their reasons besides the pandemic is that they want to take the digital route further. “During this ...