Author: Solomon Katushabe

National Resistance Movement (NRM) 2021 Presidential flag bearer President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched his official campaign in Greater Luweero yesterday at the Kawumu Presidential Demonstration Farm. Accompanied by party leaders from the Secretariat and mobilizers in Luweero, the President avoided crowded spaces in order to respect the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that government set in respect to COVID-19. “I would like to disabuse you of your intention to want to show our might and numbers by lining on streets.  There is no need for excitement, let us keep calm at home and sow the NRM message.” President Museveni told his supporters…

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the 2021 Presidential flag bearer for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) will kick off scientific campaigns for the 2021 general elections today Monday 9th November 2020.According to his campaign team, the President will in the first week of the trail cover Buganda Region before spreading out to other areas of Uganda. Today, Monday 9th November, 2020, Museveni will campaign live on all radios and TV stations in Buganda at 7pm and he will be addressing the citizens in the Luganda language. “From Buganda, he will head to Lango Region where he will address the citizens from Lira…

Even after winning the poll beyond reasonable doubt, Prophet Elvis Mbonye and his army of Remnants insist that US President Elect Joe Biden won’t take the seat. In a dramatic twist, they have called out World Leaders that have congratulated former Vice President Biden, saying they will “eat their words and apologize to the world.” Prophet Mbonye prophesied that Joe Biden would lose the election to incumbent Donald J. Trump of the Republican Party. “Imagine a world where Joe Biden is President. In fact stop (imagining) because it will never happen.” Mbonye said at his weekly Zoe Fellowship. His Remnants…

Equal Opportunities Commission Chairperson Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi has been granted bail after spending six nights in Kigo Government Prison for alleged Corruption, Neglect of Duty and Conspiracy to Defraud. Muwebwa was last week on 29th October, 2020 charged before the Anti-Corruption Court and remanded to prison by the Chief Magistrate Pamella Lamunu Ochaya; after pleading not guilty to the said crime. Muwebwa has however today appeared before the High Court via video conferencing before a Grade One Magistrate Moses Nabende and applied for bail through her Lawyer McDusman Kabega. She presented three surities including LASPNET’s CEO Silvia Namubiru , CSBAG’s…

The chairperson LCV Ntungamo district Mr. Dennis Singahache has lashed out at political antagonists who tried to block the appointment of Ms Hildah Rwamashongye as chairperson District Service Commission calling them witches of development. The Ntungamo District Service Commission is now fully instituted after nearly one year failing to get a competent person to fill the position of Chairperson after the retirement of Janet Maisotigalya Bagarukayo in 2019. This follows the long waited swearing in of Ms Rwamanshongye Turyahikayo as Ntungamo District Service Commission chairperson with Ms Nayebare Constance Gumisiriza as a member. The commission was sworn in by Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)…

The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has started carrying outtemporary repairs on the Kabale – Kisoro road at Hakagyezi in Hamurwa Sub County, Rubanda District, which has been in an appalling state. The road that connects Uganda to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at Bunagana border and to Rwanda at Kyanika border had become impassable at Hakagyezi due to deep and huge potholes that are filled with water. Early this week, the road users accused UNRA for not coming out to repair the road since early last year when it started developing potholes. The UNRA Spokesperson Allan Ssempebwa Kyobe…

Road users of the Kabale – Kisoro highway are protesting the poor state of the road at Hakagyezi in Hamurwa Sub County in Rubanda District. The road connects Uganda to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the Bunagana Border and to Rwanda at the Kyanika Border. The road users argue that part of the road at Hakagyezi is now impassable due to deep and huge potholes that are filled with water. They  also said that Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has not come out to repair the road since early last year when it started developing potholes. Francis Betonda…

News just in confirms that the Deputy Executive Director of the Uganda Media Centre who also served as Deputy Spokesperson for the government Col. Shaban Bantariza has died. The cause of his death was still unknown by the time of writing this story and government was yet to release an official statement of his passing. Hailing from Mitooma District in western Uganda, Col. Bantariza was 57 at the time of his death. He joined the army in 1985 after abandoning his course at Makerere University to partake in the National Resistance Army (NRA) bush struggle. Before his job at the…

Canon Zabron Rushambuza, a prominent businessman and church leader from Ntungamo Village, in Bushenyi District, is no more. The 93 year old died on Saturday night, according to reports from his family. Popularly known as Ai Mukama, Mzee Rushambuza died after battling a long illness in Kampala, Uganda’s capital. Mostly a jolly old man that loved his religion, town and the people, he came off as a braggart and boastful to some people who said that he spent of the time praising his life achievements, including those of his children, to whoever cared to listen. He was the chairman of…

Pastor Yiga is alive, not dead, ABS TV that is owned by the Pastor’s Church has announced, rubbishing reports that the controversial man of God had breathed his last. According to the Station Management, the Pastor is still recovering from an illness that has had him bedridden but he has not breathed his last. “Pastor Yiga mulamu. Tanaffa” the station announced in the local Luganda language. We shall keep you updated.