Uganda news

The Chief Political Commissar in the Uganda Police Force, AIGP Asan Kasingye has warned police officers of looming dismissals from the force for anyone implicated in corruption scandals. He was speaking to officers from Bukwo, Kween and Kapchorwa on Thursday. Kasingye had began his rectification and ideological orientation tour in the Sipi policing region. He warned that the force is ...

Uganda has been approved to host the Africa Water and Sanitation Academy that will offer training to staff in the water and sanitation sector in all utilities in Africa. Silver Mugisha, Managing Director at National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) explained that the African Water Academy is an institution of the African Water Association of all the utilities of Africa ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...