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Fishermen on the Kansensero landing site in Kyotera district have called upon the government and the Office of the Prime Minister to clear the floating island that has spread all over the shores of the lake, hence making fishing difficult. According to the fishermen, their fishing boats cannot be moved from the landing site or hired out due to the thickness of the floating island, hence affecting their fishing business activities. While being interviewed by journalists on May 11, 2024, in...

President Museveni Yoweri Kaguta has asked Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka to clarify the legality of the United Kingdom’s sanctions on Ugandan officials. The president made the directive in a letter addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeje Odongo, dated May 2, 2024, calling the issue an internal matter for the country. "The High Commissioner told me that they intended to sanction the Hons. Kitutu and Nandutu for their roles in the "mabaati" issue. I would like, by the copy of...

Tooro Kingdom officials are troubled by the resurgence of HIV in their region, with the Kingdom’s capital, Fort Portal Tourism City, recording a 17.8% prevalence rate compared to the country’s 5.8%. The 17.8% prevalence rate means that for every 1000 people in Fort Portal, 178 are HIV positive, a statistic that has disturbed Tooro Kingdom officials, including the King himself, Oyo Nyimba Rukidi IV, who is a Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Ambassador. The Kingdom’s Deputy Prime Minister in...

Frank Baine, Commissioner of Prisons in Charge of Corporate Affairs (CCA), has urged prison officers’ enumerators and supervisors to exhibit the highest level of professionalism and ensure a successful exercise in population and housing censuses. He made these remarks on May 10, 2024, while presiding over the commencement of the National Population and Housing Census at Uganda Prisons Luzira. "The Prison officers are committed to their work and do not seek distractions. They enjoy taking on tasks and doing them well,"...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has issued a warning to those Ugandans who are planning to refuse to be enumerated, saying that they will interfere with national planning. Speaking from his residence at State Lodge Nakasero on Friday, May 10, 2024, after being enumerated in the National Census exercise, President Museveni urged all Ugandans to fully cooperate, as that information will be crucial for planning purposes. “I hear there are some groups that don’t want to be enumerated; stop that because you...

The National Unity Platform (NUP) party's Deputy Spokesperson, Waiswa Mufumbiro, has said that kingdoms are useless and not necessary in Uganda, and they should be abolished. According to Mufumbiro, NUP will not hesitate to abolish kingdoms once it comes into power stating that NUP is capable of leading an uprising of the people against some of the perceived powerful kingdoms in Uganda. Mufumbiro stated this while being interviewed on Pearl FM radio station about allegations from Buganda Kingdom that the NUP...