Mukono South County MP Johnson Muyanja Ssenyonga has reportedly been thrown out of the ongoing Kyankwanzi retreat for NRM caucus for opposing the endorsement of President Museveni as 2021 party sole candidate. Sources have informed us that Muyanja was on Monday shown the exit door after he opposed Museveni’s sole candidature on Sunday afternoon. However, NRM Secretary General Justine Lumumba has denied the allegations saying, “Hon Muyanja is here [in Kyankwanzi] and he has even participated in voting the new Buganda parliamentary caucus leadership where he is the reigning chairperson.” On Sunday, Grace Hellen Asamo, MP representing Persons with Disabilities…
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Dr Ronald Luwangula, a senior lecturer at Makerere University’s School of Social Sciences in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration is nursing serious injuries after he was allegedly beaten by military police soldiers. Dr Luwangula who is currently receiving treatment at Mengo Hospital in Kampala says that he was beaten on Thursday night after conducting a lecture. He says after the lecture, he moved towards his office at the School of Social Sciences, about 10 meters away. He says that he was surprised when three military police soldiers attacked and beat him up using batons. The soldiers were…
The Rotaract Club of Nkumba Stewards partnered with the Rotaract club of Nkumba University and the Rotaract club of bwebajja to celebrate the World Rotaract Week with a general clean up of Nkumba community and cleaning all the wells to ensure better sanitation in our community. This happened on Saturday morning 16/3/2019 which was the last day to mark the world Rotaract week but again it also happened in March which is the water and sanitation month according to the Rotary international calendar. “It’s so sad that in our community people can’t access clean water. There is still a big…
Thousands of people have flocked to a huge festival in Japan – and it is dedicated entirely to penises. Enormous members, multi-coloured phallic decorations and food shaped like the male anatomy all feature at the Penis Festival, which is also known as Honen-sai. Every year in March, residents and visitors of the Aichi Prefecture in Japan flock to Komaki, north of Nagoya, to see a giant phallus carried through the streets. Men of an “unlucky age” carry a two-metre penis, carved from Japanese cypress, and offer it to the shrine with prayers for a good harvest, flourishing of all natural…
Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, aka Bobi Wine, is among 400 residents who face eviction from a disputed piece of land in Kamwokya. Bobi Wine grew up in the murky slums of Kamwokya, a Kampala suburb and he nicknamed himself the de facto “Ghetto President” operating from the disputed land where he established Ssemakokiro Plaza with recording studios for his music. But the landlord, M/s Pearl Hope Investments Limited, through Lubega, Matovu and Company advocates, on March 11 notified Bobi Wine and others in separate letters about the planned eviction. The landlord accuses Bobi Wine and others…
NRM Caucus has endorsed “the Chobe Resolution” for President Museveni to continue leading the Movement and as their presidential candidate for 2021 and beyond. The position by the NRM Legislators was taken shortly after the presentation by the Party Secretary General Hon. Justine Kasule Lumumba on the topic Towards 2021: Milestones & Strategies for the NRM Party. During her address, Lumumba read out to members the Chobe resolutions. The motion mover Hon. Hellen Asamo representing PWDs in Eastern Region said Uganda needs President Museveni now more than ever before for his firm guidance and mentorship of the Party Membership says…
DUBAI, UAE. Uganda’s running sensation Jacent Nyamahunge won the first gold medal for Team Uganda during Saturday’s 200m race at Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019. The 21-year-old UCU student was the first across the finish line in the women’s 200m run held at Dubai Police Stadium in 24.76 beating her closest challenger Mayak Kimura of Japan by more than four seconds in a lopsided race. South Africa’s Johannah Mogale was third after 28.62. Nyamahunge, a double gold medallist in the 100 and 200m races from the 2015 Special Olympics, was slower than her 24.0 time she set in…
Jinja: Saturday night was surely one to remember, especially for fun lovers who travelled to Jinja to witness the first edition of the Evoke Nights which was dubbed ”Neon at the Bridge.” The event that started at exactly 9pm attracted the city’sparty folk who travelled from Kampala to attend the first-of-a-kind musical event held at the Forest Resort with a picturesque view of the New Nile Bridge. Sponsored by Tusker Lite, the event had the New Nile Bridge dressed in attractive bright neon colors, giving the crowds an amazing view of the venue well into the night. By night-fall, the…
Following rapper Gravity Omutujju’s alleged assault on DJ Ciza, the DJ association of Uganda has teamed up to form a mute Gravity campaign. The campaign was formed after Gravity disrespected and vulgarly abused Galaxy FM’s DJ Deno who is the head of music at the station. The verbal exchange between the Kerere singer started when DJ Deno asked Gravity apologize to DJ Ciza but he instead decided to take on Deno in another heated exchange
The United States announced on Friday it would deny visas to members of the International Criminal Court involved in investigating alleged war crimes from US troops in Afghanistan or in other countries. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington was prepared to take further steps, including economic sanctions, if the war crimes court goes ahead with any probes of US or allied personnel. “The ICC is attacking America’s rule of law,” Pompeo told reporters. “It’s not too late for the court to change course and we urge that it do so immediately.” The United States has never joined the ICC,…