'Boda-bodas have provided employment. If tomorrow we decided to remove them, what would happen to the young men who depend on them? Each rider supports several people. So, they have benefits, but they also present challenges. They need to be better organised, and we had already started that proce
Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has defended David Kabanda and warned that anyone attacking him is opposing the PLU, as a public feud with Frank Gashumba escalates. Chief of Defence Forces and Senior Presidential Advisor on Special Operations, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has warned critics of David K
President Yoweri Museveni is reportedly considering appointing defeated Moyo District Woman Member of Parliament and State Minister for Primary Education, Joyce Moriku Kaducu, to a presidential advisory role in the forthcoming government.Highly placed sources indicate that the President is
Ono Bwino can exclusively report that President Museveni is considering adding defeated Moyo district Woman Member of Parliament and also the state minister in charge of Primary Education Joyce Moriku Kaducu on the long list of his presidential advisors in the coming government.VU boss Pro
Mukiibi, a journalist-turned politician who recently unseated Kivumbi after more than 15 years as Butambala Member of Parliament, has been responding to public criticism following a deadly security raid at the opposition politician’s home on election night.Butambala MP-elect Eriasa Mukii
Remigio Achia, Vice Chairperson Budget Committee asked Ariko to ensure that the matter of unremitted water bills is handled by the Ministry of Finance remarking, “This matter should be captured and reported to the Ministry of Finance.The revelation was made by Herbert Ariko, Chairperson,
In the news this evening, Mzee Nathan Okori the father to the late Speaker of Parliament Jacob L’okori Oulanyah has died at the age of 97 years. This has been revealed by Minister of Justice and Constitutional affairs Norbert Mao who had in an earlier post acknowledged how it’s been four year
A number of legislators have expressed mixed reactions to a government proposal to phase out old taxis from Kampala and other urban roads, as authorities push to improve road safety and modernise public transport.The proposal, which is under discussion by the parliamentary committee on Com
Eng. Ronald Balimwezo, Nakawa East MP, and Kampala City Lord Mayor-electKampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s oversight committee has sharply criticised the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) for what lawmakers call discriminatory enforcement of the law, after a prominent b
A disgruntled mobiliser for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Northern Uganda has come out with a detailed account of frustration and financial strain, accusing senior officials in Kyadondo of blocking his efforts to meet party chairman Yoweri Museveni after he convinced a group of opposi
