THE 2020/21 UGANDA ELECTORAL PROCESS WILL HAVE NO POLITICAL RALLIES
The Electoral Commission (EC) has disallowed political rallies during the 2020/21 Uganda electoral process to prevent further spread of Coronavirus in Uganda. Speaking Tuesday at the launch of the revised roadmap for the polls, EC chairman Justice Simon Byabakama...
Uganda’s confirmed Covid19 cases are still on the rise
Uganda’s confirmed Covid19 cases are still on the rise, as the country gears toward reopening of the economy. Ministry of Health this Monday morning confirmed 30 new cases of the virus, which brings the tally to 646. The 30 new cases were taken from 3,758 samples...
AMISOM plagued by huge management and leadership Scandals
The United Nations (UN) has authorized the Member States of the African Union (AU) to maintain the deployment of 19,626 uniformed AMISOM personnel until 28 February 2021. This comes just days after a whistleblower reported that since 2016, AMISOM has been plagued by...
Milton Apollo Obote Returned to a heroic welcome in Uganda
On May 27, 1980, a Zambian Military Chopper carrying deposed Ugandan leader Milton Apollo Obote landed to a heroic welcome at Nyakisharara airfield in Mbarara district. This was the first time Obote was returning to his homeland after he had been overthrown by his...
New COVID-19 cases confirmed in Uganda
The Ministry of Health has on Saturday confirmed 24 new COVID-19 cases in Uganda, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 227. “Today, 16th May 2020, 24 new COVID-19 cases confirmed from 2,044 samples of truck drivers. This brings the total number of...
Uganda taskforce Steal Covid-19 relief food
Police in Rukungiri say they have recovered 7 bags of posho which are believed to be part of the Covid-19 relief food that was allegedly stolen by some members of the district Covid19 taskforce. Police says up to 170 bags of posho were stolen from the district stores...
Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde Asks Court to Relax Bail Conditions
Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde, who is currently on remand at Luzira Prison on Treason charges applied to High court seeking for relaxation of earlier conditions set for him in order to be released on bail. In an application filed today through his lawyers of Tumusiime and...
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN UGANDA
This paper attempts to analyse the status of Intellectual property rights (hereinafter referred to as IPRs) in Uganda, it investigates whether IPRs as a new area of law has been received with its due attention. It probes into the necessity of having these rights...
Family is a traditional cultural value in Uganda
Uganda is the pearl of Africa. It is my motherland, embracing diversity of culture, faith and tribe. Family value is a traditional cultural value in Uganda which is very important as a family is considered to be the basic social unit which represents people living...
Uganda Tour companies under pressure
Tour companies in the country have reported unrelenting pressure to refund advance payments that had been made by clients who later canceled their trips over the Covid19 pandemic. Herbert Byaruhanga, the Managing Director Bird Uganda Safaris and the Vice President...
Uganda has lost 256 billion in tax revenue to Irish Tullow
The Uganda Government has lost Shs256b in tax revenue in the latest deal where Irish Tullow agreed to sell its remaining 33.33 per cent stake in Uganda to French oil giant Total E&P, which transaction was announced by both companies yesterday morning.According to...
The Uganda Parliament Speaker, Clashes with the Attorney General
The Speaker of Uganda Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has clashed with the Attorney General over the contentious Shs 10bn allocated by the House to its members to partake in the war against COVID-19. While Parliament approved the request on 7 April 2020, an amount worth...