Kenya has lifted the ban on maize imports from Uganda and Tanzania under strict terms. Kenyan local media has reported. The development comes almost 4 days after Kenya’s Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) directed a ban on maize imports from Uganda and Tanzania over food safety reasons. AFA’s Acting Director-General Kello Harsama signed an official press statement this week. He ...
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Ugandans Have The Right To Protest, Democratic Party Emphasizes
The Democratic party has emphasized the fact that Ugandans have the right to protest on matters they are not satisfied with. This came after the NUP President, Robert Kyagulanyi called for peaceful demonstration countrywide. This he said is in a bid to express dissatisfaction in the recently completed elections that paraded Museveni as the winner. Okoler Opio Lo Amanu, the ...
Read More »EC’s Byabakama Excited By Bobi Wine’s Election Petition Withdrawal
The Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama has said the commission was elated after Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine withdrew his petition challenging President Yoweri Museveni’s victory. The Supreme Court last week allowed Kyagulanyi’s application to withdraw his presidential election petition challenging President Yoweri Museveni’s victory. “How would you feel if someone says he has issues with the work ...
Read More »MP Adeke Reveals She Was Sexually Harassed By Male colleague While On Foreign Trip
Soroti District Woman MP-elect Anna Ebaju Adeke has dropped a bombshell by revealing that she was recently sexually harassed by a fellow legislator during a foreign trip. Ms Adeke cited an incident where she had gone on an official foreign trip and a male MP she had travelled with allegedly fondled her breasts, to her disbelief. “A male colleague, who ...
Read More »Uganda Braces For The Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Today
Later today, the Republic of Uganda will begin the first phase of the Coronavirus vaccination. It will begin with the health workers at Mulago National Referral Hospital and Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital. The Health Minister, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng said in an interview with journalists that initial doses will go to the most vulnerable. This is because they face a ...
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