Regional

Gen Muhoozi’s statements are private—Baryomunsi

Minister of ICT and National Guidance Chris Baryomunsi has clarified that comments made by the Chief of Defence Force (CDF) Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba are not the official positions of...

EASF holds 33rd Policy Meeting to Enhance Regional Security

The Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) officially commenced its 33rd Policy Organs Meeting at the Kigali Convention Centre...

Kagame, Tshisekedi to Meet Sunday Over Escalating Tensions in Eastern DRC

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame are set to meet for critical talks amid escalating...

Besigye’s Chief Lawyer Martha Karua Fails to Provide Required Documents for Temporary Special Practicing License

Martha Karua, a Kenyan Senior Counsel and the lead lawyer for opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye, has encountered...

UPDF  Flags off Troops to Somalia,Urges them To Uphold Discipline

The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) has flagged off its troops to Somalia for deployment under the African...

If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them- Kibalama asks Bobi Wine to join Museveni campaign team

“President Museveni is a genius. We had Governments that lasted days and months but he has held the country together for 30 years. He is a blessing. If he invites me to his campaign team, I will join him. I call upon Bobi Wine to stop day-dreaming and do the same.” Those were words of Moses Nkonge Kibalama, President National Platform (NUP), a party he has since reclaimed after Kyadodndo East MP Hon Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine failed to...

DESTITUTE POLITICAL PROSTITUTE BETTY NAMBOOZE DEBUNKED

Earlier in the week, the Media was awash with praises and gratification by the usual social media mob to Mukono Municipality MP Hon Betty Nambooze Bakileke who branded NRM promoter Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi a ‘useful idiot’ on a certain Television Talk show. Nambooze’s claim was that Balaam is paid by the NRM regime to sell NRM propaganda and fish the so called big fish from the Opposition to the NRM winning side. Indeed, remaining true to himself and the party he...

Swarms of locusts arrive in South Sudan

Swarms of locusts which are causing havoc across East Africa have now arrived in South Sudan one of the world's most vulnerable nations. Billions of desert locusts, some in swarms the size of Moscow, have already chomped their way through Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Eritrea, Tanzania, Sudan and Uganda. Their breeding has been spurred by one of the wettest rainy seasons in the region in four decades. Experts have warned the main March-to-May cropping season is at risk. Eggs laid along the...

Arrests, Deaths Over Shadow Rwanda Talks

More arrests of Rwandan citizens who had illegally crossed into Uganda with suspicious items including grenades and firearms have raised a dark cloud over talks between Uganda and Rwanda. The arrests came on the same day Uganda government released a number of Rwandese citizens and handed them over to authorities. The group had been held in Uganda over suspicious activity. The death of a one Kizito Mihigo, a popular Rwandan musician in custody in Rwanda has also raised alarm in the...

US Ambassador Praises Uganda Government for a leading role in the regions stability

The outgoing US Ambassador, Deborah Malac has praised Uganda for playing a leading role in the stability in the region. Speaking during her farewell press conference yesterday, Malac said despite the region being a tough one, Uganda has continued to play a role in ensuring stability. “The region is a tough and difficult neighborhood in eastern DRC, Sudan, SouthSudan and Burundi but Uganda has continued brokering peace,” Malac said. In 2007, Uganda was the first country to deploy troops in Somalia under...

Rwanda Had No Plans to Find Resolution In Kampala Meet.

Another day and yet another failed attempt at brokering peace and finding a lasting solution to the border impasse between Uganda and Rwanda. This follows the conclusion to talks between emissaries of the two countries in Kampala in which no resolution in form of a joint communique was not forthcoming. The issues highlighted by Kampala were plain and simple including the infiltration of Security agencies by Rwanda among other clandestine activities. However, even judging by the composition of the Kigali team, it...