Uganda news

Twitter has shut down 3,465 pro-government propaganda accounts in Uganda, Tanzania, Venezuela, China, Russia and Mexico. Part of those shut down belong to NRM. Twitter shut down 418 “propaganda accounts ”belonging to President Museveni and his National Resistance Movement (NRM). Apparently, the removed NRM-affiliated accounts were “engaged in coordinated inauthentic activity” which is against the community rules of Twitter. “We ...

A student from Kyambogo University on Wednesday survived being stabbed by her ‘boyfriend’ in Banda because of money. Anti-riot police saved Sharon Kisha after abruptly landing on her while they escorted UMEME officials to Banda Zone B-3. They had gone there to conduct an operation against illegal power connections. By the time police intervened, the said ‘boyfriend’ Joshua Chemutai, had ...

Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah has advised NRM Leaders to monitor and inspect government programs. He added that this will help ground the party for the coming elections. He said this on Wednesday as he concluded his three-day consultative meetings with NRM leaders in Northern Uganda. “The next elections are far ahead, right now let’s focus on revamping the party ...

Police in Rukungiri, West of Uganda, is holding a district councilor who is said to have received a bribe of shs 2million. Apparently, he is said to have received the bribe from an applicant for the job of parish chief. Police arrested David Kwebangira, the suspect on Wednesday on charges of obtaining money by false pretense. The councilor represents Kebisoni ...

The government has finally decided to give each Constituency shs 360m for Emyooga SACCOs. One of the most pressing issues raised by beneficiaries of Emyooga has been the inadequacy of the seed capital. In the beginning, each constituency received shs560m. Each Sacco then received 30m while elected leaders received 50m worth of seed and capital. The issue has been that ...