Day: August 5, 2022

The National Unity Platform President Hon Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu exposed the real reason why the Kawempe South MP Hon Kazibwe Bashir has been a no show in many of the party activities for a while now. While addressing a presser at the new party headquarters in Makerere Kavule, Kyagulanyi said that the area MP Hon Kazibwe Bashir decided to betray the struggle after he accepted to start dining and eating President Museveni’s money. Kyagulanyi said that Ugandans should not be surprised by Kazibwe’s actions because there are many people acting in the same way within NUP as well as other opposition parties citing examples of DP President Nobert Mao , IGG Beti Kamya Turwomwe , former Deputy Lord Mayor Hon Sarah Kanyike and so many others. He thus asked Ugandans not be be demoralized by the ...

The President of Somalia Hassan Shiekh Mohamud is set to visit Uganda in his first trip since he assumed office in May this year. He will be in the country next week Monday for a two day working visit with his counterpart President Yoweri Museveni. The two heads of state will preside over a joint investment and business summit that will run from August 9 to 10 at Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala. The summit will be held under the theme promoting Uganda and Somalia partnership through Investment and Tourism. Authorities said that this summit will provide a platform for private sector/business community together with other relevant stakeholders like government ministries to freely exchange views and ideas on how to reduce cost of doing business Addressing the press in Kampala, Uganda’s ambas...

President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Brig. David Mugisha as the new commander of the Special Forces Command (SFC), unit of the UPDF responsible for guarding the president and members of the first family. Brig. Mugisha who has been the deputy commander of the UPDF third division based in Moroto has replaced Brig Felix Busizoori who has swapped position with Mugisha in Moroto. The new SFC commander ,one of Museveni’s blue eyed boys was in April promoted from Colonel to Brigadier before he was appointed the second in commander for the third infantry division whose headquarters are in Moroto where he has been until the new charges were made. Before being sent to Moroto as the third division deputy commander , Mugisha also served as the deputy SFC commander and was replaced by Brig Char...