Author: Alexandra Katusiime

The president general of Uganda’s oldest party, the Democratic Party (DP) Norbert Mao has said terrible things will continue to befall Ugandans as long as they don’t heed to their advice on how President Museveni can be removed from power. While appearing on NBS TV’s Faceoff on Sunday evening, Mao said the problem of Uganda is that Ugandans are not listening to DP. “One day after everything has failed; you will come back and listen to DP. Ugandans have to realize that the political environment in Uganda is not good for a party like DP,” he said. Mao explained that…

Only the presidential convoy, ambulances and fire brigade will be exempted from paying the road toll for using the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway, government has said. This was revealed on Saturday as collection of road tolls along the Kampala- Entebbe Expressway officially commenced. The ceremony officiated by the Transport and Works Minister, Gen Edward Katumba Wamala saw several government officials and other members of the public use cash or their prepaid cards for the first time on the 51km road, the country’s most expensive road. Speaking to journalists, Gen Katumba said apart from being used to pay the $350 million loan from…

Motorists will at the end of this week start paying for using Kampala-Entebbe Expressway, Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has said. According to UNRA, starting Saturday, January, 8, 2022, motorists will be paying for using the expressway. “We have commenced issuance of toll cards to all road users of the Kampala—Entebbe Expressway today. Cards are now available at the toll plazas of Busega, Kajjansi and Mpala. Motorists will continue using the road freely until actual tolling begins,” UNRA said on Monday. The roads body said that motorists are free to pass by the toll plazas with their national IDs or…

The Opposition in Parliament has pledged to debate from a better researched and informed point of view going forward, according to the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Parliament Hon. Mathias Mpuuga (National Unity Platform – NUP). Mpuuga, who is also the Nyendo-Mukungwe Division MP in Masaka, was speaking at a dinner he hosted for his Cabinet and the media at Protea Hotel Kampala. “As the Opposition, we are trying to solve our weaknesses and superiority battles and I can promise you that next year will be different. So, I am tasking my team to rise to the occasion and do…

Voting is ongoing in most areas as Kayunga district elects its next LC5 chairman. In some areas, voters turned up as early as 6am but had to wait until the 7am stipulated time whereas in some areas, the election materials arrived in time for voting to take place but the exercise could not take place because of low turn up as the stipulated number of voters had not yet arrived. The Electoral Commission chairperson, Justice Simon Byabakama on Wednesday insisted that without the required number of voters (six) arriving at the polling station, voting will not be allowed to commence…

NRM leaders in Ntenjeru South Constituency have blamed Kayunga Woman MP, Aida Nantaba for the decline in support for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party in the district. Ahead of elections on December 16, Nantaba, an NRM supporter has declared support for independent candidate Majid Nyanzi for the Kayunga LCV race. On Wednesday, NRM top officials led by the first National Vice Chairperson, Moses Kigongo and the Director for Mobilization, Rosemary Sseninde met party leaders at various levels from Ntenjeru South Constituency at Forest Complex Hotel in Nazigo Town Council to see how to come together and campaign for the…

Nominations for the first ever Janzi Awards have been announced and Pius Mayanja alias Pallaso has been pitted against Eddy Kenzo and Fik Fameica for the Male Artist of the Year Award. This is the inaugural Janzi Awards event, and it will take place on December 11th and 12th 2021 at the Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala. According to the organisers, the awards seek to honour and celebrate artistic and creative excellence of Ugandans in the Creative and Arts Industry. Over 300 creative arts personalities have been nominated. The organisers said in a press statement that the nominees were drawn…

Patrick Bakkamale, who has been Headmaster of King’s College, Buddo from 2008 – to date is dead. The Ugandan Wire has received exclusive information that the long serving Headmaster passed on this morning. The news of his passing was first announced on social media platform twitter in a viral tweet by prominent lawyer and old Budonian old boy, Kato Mpanga. “To the King’s College Budo community, I am very sorry to announce to you the untimely demise of Mr. Patrick Bakkamale, Headmaster 2008 to date. MHRIP and may God comfort his family and all the bereaved. Kitalo nyo.” He tweeted.…

Emily Nyinaneza, the 20 year old waitress that succumbed to injuries from the Saturday October 23rd, 2021 bomb blast at Digida Pork Joint in Komamboga, a Kampala suburb has been laid to rest at a Public Cemetery in Kirinya Bweyogerere. The late Nyinaneza was taken to the public cemetery after no relatives showed up at the mortuary to claim her as their own prompting her friends and customers to step in to her rescue. According to information that The Ugandan Wire has obtained, no one knew her beyond her name and none of her relatives could be identified or showed…

Over the weekend, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) broke a story that consequently trended as #PandoraPapers across the world. The Pandora Papers, according to the BBC, is a leak of almost 12 million documents that reveals hidden wealth, tax avoidance and, in some cases, money laundering by some of the world’s richest and most powerful individuals and families. The Ugandan Wire has learnt that the leak is a result of work of more than 600 journalists in 117 countries who have been trawling through the files from 14 sources for months, finding stories that started getting published last…