Uganda news

Legislators under the Public Accounts Committee – COSASE, are probing the controversial Shs 2.039 billion compensation to Natalia Namuli by the Uganda Land Commission (ULC). On Tuesday, witnesses treated them to some revelations as they gave more contradictory information. COSASE considers the 79-year-old Namuli one of the 6 ‘ghosts’ who sold to government their land in 2015 and they hurriedly ...

Congregants were treated to a shocking surprise when a 39-year-old man stepped onto the altar and gave Minister Musa Ecweru a hot slap. The incident has attracted attention and now his fellow minister Frank Tumwebaze has reacted too. Through his Twitter page, the Minister of Agriculture said that he’s seen this incident being shared various social media sites sharing the ...

Uganda National Teacher’s Union Secretary-General, Filbert Baguma, has warned government to stop threatening teachers. He says they are not like chicken that they can be chased just like that. Filbert has advised government to streamline teachers’ salaries. “Let’s have a committee to make sure salaries are streamlined and let the government look for a supplementary. This idea of saying you’ll ...

On Monday June 27, 2022, President Museveni held a meeting with a Cuban delegation on matters in line with cementing bilateral relations between the two countries. Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Bruno Rodriguez, the delegation head, also brought the Cuban Ambassador to Uganda, H.E Tania Perez Xiques, among others. The Minister of State for International Affairs, Hon. Henry Okello ...

The Ministry of Internal Affairs recently issued an announcement to people who applied for passports and have not collected them yet. The ministry gave an ultimatum of two months to collect these passports otherwise they would be destroyed if left unclaimed. To be specific, they will destroy these in September, just over two months from now. Apparently, they will destroy ...