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Terrorism, climate change top priorities as NAM opens in Kampala

KAMPALA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Senior officials from members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on Monday started a two-day meeting, setting the stage for a summit of heads of state and government later in the week. The movement should continue confronting global problems in a united manner, said Yalchin Rafiyev, head of the Azerbaijani delegation, during the opening ceremony. Facing challenges, "we must remain united in making joint progress towards achieving a peaceful and prosperous world in a truly just and equitable world order," Rafiyev said. Azerbaijan assumed the chairmanship of NAM in 2019 and is set to hand it over to Uganda later this week. Addressing the meeting, Ugandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeje Odongo stressed the continued significance of the NAM in the face of increasingly complex international challenges. "Today, we are confronted with several challenges worldwide, including […]

admin January 15, 2024

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Museveni retains Byabakama as EC boss

KAMPALA: President Yoweri Museveni has re-appointed Justice Simon Byabakama as the electoral commission boss. Museveni also retained Hajati Aisha Lubega as deputy. Hajat Aisha Lubega The appointments end speculation on whether the president would retain the current team or overhaul it. Below is the appointment letter.

admin January 11, 2024

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Perspective

Stop EACOP funding until human rights abuse on LGBT and PAPs is sorted

BY JAMES KABENGWA OPINION: The latest information from Uganda indicates that civil works for the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) have since commenced amidst lobbying for funding for the same project. Even as the civil works start, gross violation of human rights in this east African country continues unabated. The once treasured Pearl of Africa has since turned into the deepest grave of Africa when it comes to trampling on human rights. Take the case of LGBTs who are currently living one day at a time given that a horrendous law was passed to eliminate gays from a country under led by despot Yoweri Museveni. Once convicted of aggravated homosexuality, the victims are either sent to jail for life or sent to the gallows. Just recently, organisers of a gay party were hunted down by a […]

admin December 8, 2023

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Monitor, the enemy paper: Spare the ROAD and spoil the child

OPINION: In Uganda, the ‘thing becomes legal when he wishes it’. On that note, the Monitor has become a bad paper, an enemy paper because of the constant and consistent reminders by President Museveni. Since the King has said the paper is bad and may be wishes it so, the high priests, and altar boys and girls followed suit in baptizing the media house all manners of negative, horrific, traumatising and dehumanising names. But, have you visited the media house’s headquarters in Industrial Area, Namuwongo, Kampala City? OMG! It takes lots of courage for one to maneuver the many potholes (ponds, pools and lakes for now) on Eighth Street. For years and years, that road has been one of the worst in the entire city. Whether it is be design, choice or curse, our friends at MPL and their neighbouring […]

admin December 8, 2023

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Terrorist who planted recent bombs in Kampala flees to Congo

KAMPALA: President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that the terrorist who planted last weekend's bombs in Kampala has fled back to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Museveni said in a statement that he had advised security operatives not to mount roadblocks in search of terror suspects as this inconveniences travellers. Below is the President's full statement on security situation in the country:……. Fellow Ugandans, especially the Bazzukulu.Greetings.The pig that had come from Congo to plant bombs and kill our peaceful People, it seems, has fled back to Congo after his criminal schemes were made impossible by your vigilance. The bomb in Kikuba-mutwe exploded prematurely before he planted it where our pork-lovers were having their legitimately earned meal and the one in Nabweru exploded in the empty house where the criminals were keeping it because the security forces were hard on the […]

admin December 7, 2023

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KCCA land board boss Balondemu rearrested over allegedly defrauding Shs2.2bn from Americans

KAMPALA.The Kampala District Land Board Chairperson David Balondemu has been rearrested, a statement from the anti corruption union said on Friday evening. "It's allegedly that KG Unlimited LLC, an American Company, was defrauded Ugx 2.2Bn in a purported procurement of a water plant by Ministry of Agriculture. The fraudsters purported that PPDA was conducting the procurement on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture. All the money was paid through an account of M/s Bloom Advocates. Balondemu is believed to be the proprietor of the law firm through proxies ," a State House statement said. Balondemu was recently bailed on another fraud case in which he is accused with others including  James Jeff Mugisha and Godfrey Mabirizi in a case where they are accused between March and November 2021 at the of obtaining US Dollars 600,000 by falsely pretending that they […]

admin November 17, 2023

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Minister Lugoloobi stole Karamoja iron sheets – state witnesses tell court

BY URN. Prosecution alleges that Lugoloobi, while at OPM stores in Namanve in Mukono district and at different places in Matugga, Wakiso district, and Ntejeru North Constituency in Kayunga district dealt with government property - that is 700 pre-painted iron sheets marked with 'Office of the Prime Minister'. According to the prosecution, the said iron sheets which were reportedly acquired as a result of loss of property, were obtained in two phases - with one involving 400 iron sheets between July 14, 2022, and February 2023, and another batch of 300 iron sheets obtained between February 1, 2023 and March 16, 2023. The first witness Sseremba told the court that Kayunga district ministers, MPs, and churches were not among those listed as beneficiaries of the iron sheets program. Instead, it was the nine districts of Karamoja sub-region meant to benefit […]

admin October 27, 2023

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Pastor collapses to death during exorcism exercise in Nakasongola

BY URN. NAKASONGOLA. Police in Nakasongola district are investigating the sudden death of a pastor during an exorcism exercise. The deceased, pastor Daniel Naheirwe, 40, went to Wanjuki village in Lwabyata sub-county to perform a prayer and exorcise evil spirits from Jessica Kyohairwe's home. After praying and at her invitation, he attempted to remove what was believed to be fetishes. During the process of burning these items, he suddenly collapsed and died on the spot. The incident occurred around 9 am on Tuesday, throwing onlookers into a panic. Pastor Naheirwe had claimed to possess miraculous powers for removing evil spirits from people's homes, a practice he had been conducting for many years. Savannah regional police spokesperson confirmed the pastor's sudden death and mentioned that the body was taken to Nakasongola HC IV for a postmortem examination. In February last year, the […]

admin October 27, 2023

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Education

Makerere University lecturers reject biometric clock-in system again

KAMPALA. Makerere University teaching staff have roundly rejected the biometric staff attendance management system meant to record their clock-in times. The resolution was passed during an emergency general assembly held on October 20 by the lecturers under their umbrella organization, Makerere University Academic Staff Association (Muasa). The university recently decided to procure and deploy a biometric staff management system to enhance staff compliance with time and attendance requirements. According to the university secretary Yusuf Kiranda, this biometric system is intended to be linked to the human capital management (HCM) attendance module and will be implemented as a physical clock-in system across the university, where each staff member would have to clock in at their respective duty stations. In an October 12, 2023 letter, addressed to all members of staff and the university council, Kiranda explained that the government is implementing an […]

admin October 27, 2023

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MPs discover, exhume ghost dams in Karamoja again

KAMPALA - Ghosts and scandals continue rocking Karamoja, with Members of Parliament recently unearthing non-existent irrigation dams and valley tanks. The legislators on the agriculture committee discovered that despite government sinking billions of shillings in the project, some tanks and dams were never constructed in both Karamoja and Teso sub-regions. The dams had been planned to improve agriculture in the two regions. What we found was that some of the dams that are being talked about are not even existing, for example Paylong dam which is supposed to help the community of Kotido isn’t even existing,” Janet Grace Akech Okori-Moe, the chairperson of the agriculture committee, said. “What we saw at the site of Pylong is some pond with weeds grown all over the place and I think that one was constructed by the Ministry of Water,” she added. “There […]

admin October 27, 2023