PAC Visit to Lubowa Hospital Site Unsuccessful Due to Lack of Protective Gear
The Chairperson of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Muwanga Kivumbi, has revealed that the planned visit to the Lubowa Hospital site has once again flopped, stating a lack of proper protective gear as the reason for the flop.
Kivumbi said that the Committee got a communication from the Speaker of Parliament on April 26, 2024, requesting them to once again, for the third time, postpone the visit.
According to Kivumbi, the site visit, which was slated for today, April 26, 2024,...
Youth Seeking Asylum Forced to Pay NUP Leadership Fee after Being Taken to Canada Using Staged Political Persecution Claims
Shocking secrets of NUP using staged and false claims of political persecution to obtain asylum for youth, who in turn have to pay a bounty fee after arriving in different countries abroad, have been revealed, sparking a wave of fear and anger among the orchestrators and beneficiaries of the scam.
According to leaked documents making rounds in small circles on social media, youth who are aided by NUP to attain asylum in different destinations such as the US, Canada, and...
UPDF and Zimbabwean Defence Forces Agree to Increase Collaboration on Regional Security
The Ugandan People's Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) have agreed to enhance their collaboration. The leaders of both defense forces convened at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs Headquarters in Mbuya on April 25, 2024, for their annual bilateral security conference.
High on the agenda of the conference was the need to establish stronger defense ties between Zimbabwe and Uganda to address the fast-evolving security challenges faced by the region. Major General James Birungi, the...
Parliamentary Health Committee Supports Proposal to Restrict Surrogacy to Married Couples Only
The Parliamentary Health Committee’s legal Officer, Jackie Guma has supported the barring of Assisted Reproductive Technology Services (ARTs) or fertility services to single people.
According to Guma, the law would allow homosexuals to access the ARTs services in Uganda.
This follows a plea by the Uganda Law Reform Commission that applications for fertility treatment be made available to anyone desiring a child not just man and woman
Guma made the remarks on April 25, 2024 while attending a meeting with officials from...
Bobi Wine Begs Eddy Kenzo for Support in Overturning Music Ban and Resuming Stage Performances
Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has approached Eddy Kenzo, the President of the Uganda National Musicians Federation (UNMF), seeking his influence and advocacy for the reinstatement of his music career.
Bobi Wine, the musician turned politician and National Unity Platform (NUP) Party President, was banned from performing commercial shows by the government five years ago, as these shows were allegedly being used as political rallies to undermine the current administration.
Sources familiar with the matter indicate that Bobi Wine...
Uganda-Kenya Expressway to Improve Transport Services Among East African Community States
The East African Community (EAC) Deputy Secretary General in charge of Infrastructure, Productive, Social, and Political Sectors, Hon. Aguer Ariik Malueth, has underscored the importance of the Uganda-Kenya expressway in facilitating movement and trade between EAC member states as he handed over the site for a feasibility study to the consultancy firm GOPA Infra Gmbh of Germany and ITEC Limited of Kenya.
The Kenya-Uganda expressway will involve the rehabilitation of the existing two-lane single-carriageway to bitumen standards and the upgrading...
