Views: 8 Wednesday, 8th January 2025 The Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) has expressed concerns about the government’s ability to deliver on the ambitious targets outlined in Uganda’s fourth National Development Plan (NDP IV). The Executive Director of CSBAG, Julius Mukunda who appeared before the Budget Committee chaired by Hon. Patrick Isiagi on […]
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Views: 14 Thursday, 9th January 2025 Soroti University will start teaching Aviation Science after finalizing collaboration agreements with the Ethiopian Aviation University. This revelation was made by the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Robert Ikoja Odongo while presenting the Budget Framework Paper for 2025-2026 financial year before the Committee on Education and Sports on Wednesday,
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Views: 7 Speaker Rt.Hon.Annet Anita Among presiding over the house on Thursday. Thursday, 9th January 2025 The Auditor General’s forensic audit report on the alleged loss of Shs60 billion from Bank of Uganda (BoU) has been forwarded to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (CID) for further investigations. Speaker Anita Among sent the report to the
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Views: 10 Parliament has approved government requests to borrow US$15.22 million and US$73.15 million from the African Development Bank Group for the construction of Laropi-Moyo-Afoji Road and the Katuna-Muko-Kamuganguzi Road. The approval followed a motion presented by the Minister of State for Finance, Planning, and Economic Development (General Duties), Hon. Henry Musasizi, during a plenary
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Views: 13 NUP president HE. BobiWine has announced arrangements for the send-off of the late Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya. The proceedings will begin with a vigil at 4PM at the NUP headquarters. Ssegirinya will also be honored in Parliament on Friday, followed by prayers at Mbogo Mosque in Kawempe. He will be laid to
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Views: 18 Former MP Margaret Baba Diri dies. The Parliament of Uganda is in mourning once again as former MP Margaret Baba Diri has passed away. Hon. Baba Diri, a born of Koboko District, was first elected to the Parliament in 1996 as a representative for people with disabilities.
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Views: 34 Kampala-Uganda. Human rights activist and lawyer Agather Atuhaire arrested and is currently detained at CPS Human rights activist and lawyer Agather Atuhaire has been arrested and is currently detained at Kampala Central Police Station. She was protesting the sentencing of lawyer Eron Kiiza by the General Court Martial, along with the imprisonment of
Views: 11 Russia deported more than 80,000 migrants in 2024 — almost twice as many as the year before Deportations of undocumented foreigners and stateless people in Russia more than doubled last year, rising from 44,200 expulsions in 2023 to more than 80,000. A source in Russia’s Federal Bailiff Service told the news agency TASS that roughly
Views: 12 Armed attack on Chad’s presidential complex leaves 19 dead In a violent confrontation in Chad, at least 19 people have died after security forces intervened to stop armed fighters from attacking the presidential complex in N’Djamena. The government reported that 18 of the 24 attackers were killed during the failed raid on
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Views: 16 Moment Ukrainian troops mow down Russian soldiers after chasing them down in US-supplied Stryker armoured vehicle in Kursk frontline battlefield This is the moment Ukrainian troops driving a US-supplied armoured vehicle mowed down multiple Russian soldiers. In the footage, taken from a nearby drone, a Stryker infantry carrier can be seen driving across
