The select committee of parliament charged to investigate the alleged abuse of office and mismanagement of National Social Security Fund (NSSF) concluded with minister Betty Amongi guilty and tasked her to resign with immediate effect. This was evidenced with the written letter she had written to NSSF board tasking them to set aside Shs. 6 billion to conduct her projects ...
Read More »Winnie Byanyima Says Females Need Better Protection Against HIV/AIDS
Winnie Byanyima, the wife to opposition politician and Doctor, Kizza Besigye, has called for better protection of women and girls against HIV/AIDS. As the executive director of United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), she spotted three major issues. She hopes that these can help to bring the girls to safety and empowerment. One of the issues includes rolling out universal ...
Read More »Minister Slammed For Telling Ugandan Men To ‘’Keep Off’’
Betty Amongi, the minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development has been slammed for a joke she made publically. She openly ‘joked’ about the Afghanistan refugee women expected in the country. These are part of the 2000 refugees that Uganda will host. Amongi ‘joked’ in a tweet, saying that she hopes Ugandan men who are jubilant about the coming of ...
Read More »20,000 Ugandans Miss Covid Relief Funds On 1st Day After System Rejects Their Details
0ver 20,000 Ugandans may miss out on the Covid Relief Funds After the system rejected their details yesterday. Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja officiated the disbursement of money yesterday. However, Minister of Gender, Betty Amongi, while in an evening interview revealed that the system rejected 20,000 people. “The system rejected between 10,000 to 20,000 people, some of them had names that ...
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