Author: Temiteo Okwakol

Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba commissioning the new UPDF facility in Bombo Military Barracks.  Whereas the Teso Sub – region are already on heat to drum and dance for the first Son Muhoozi Kainerugaba on Monday August 15, the ambitious general has excited the UPDF serving officers in Bombo Military barracks after pledging to put ahead their welfare and salaries. The Senior Presidential Advisor – Special Operations, on Thursday commissioned a multi-billion apartment and transport workshop at the Land Force General Headquarters in Bomb. The apartments that have been named after the National Resistance Army (NRA) combatant Col Patrick Lumumba, will accommodate…

Thousands of coup supporters rallied near a French military base in Niger on Friday, a day after West African leaders said they would muster a "standby" force in their efforts to reinstate the country's deposed leader. Fears also mounted for elected President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted by members of his guard on July 26, with reports saying his detention conditions were deteriorating. Protesters near the base on the outskirts of the capital Niamey shouted "down with France, down with ECOWAS", a reference to the West African bloc which on Thursday approved deployment of a "standby force to restore constitutional…

 What you need to know: “The poor garbage management in Soroti City had captured the attention of high personalities including the Church of Uganda Archbishop, The Most Rev. Dr. Stephen Samuel Kazimba Mugalu in his recent pastoral visit to the region”. An excavator loading garbage on a truck at Kigandani Market on Saturday 12, August 2023. Soroti City woman Member of Parliament Joan Alobo Acom has teamed up with some members of the National Resistance movement and the traders of Soroti City East division to put an end to the outcry of Garbage dominating city space. The burden of garbage…

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni the President of the Republic of Uganda has said the Judicial Commission of inquiry is the best solution for dealing with Apaa land Conflict between Amuru and Adjumani districts. President Yoweri Museveni made the remarks on Friday 11th August 2023 in Statehouse Entebbe during the swearing in Ceremony of members of the Judicial Commission of inquiry who were appointed on 3rd April 2023. The Districts of Adjumani and Amuru have been in a long span of conflict Over Apaa land. Many attempts have previously been made by both government and the local or cultural leaders of…

KASSANDA:The Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda Rt Hon Nabbanja Robinah has rallied political leaders and technical officers in Kassanda district to mobilize masses for Agricultural production and productivity as a means of boosting household income. This is part of the mobilisation drive for the forthcoming nationwide campaign to increase agriculture production, productivity and profitability. This campaign to be conducted in conjunction with MAAIF and other government agencies will start next week in Mityana, Kassanda,Mubende,Kyankwanzi and Kiboga districts. It will include agricultural expos and knowledge sharing sessions as well as health camps. It is designed to facilitate the implementation…

The Soroti Golf Club Registered trustees are in trouble as Soroti High court has finalized plans to attach their property arising from the case they lost to the defendants, Soroti Golf Club Ltd. The Court has given the registered trustees upto 21st August to show cause why they shouldn’t pay the costs. The background to the case arose when the registered trustees of soroti golf club ltd ran to court in 2017 to challenge the decision of Soroti District Land Board to award Soroti Gold Club Ltd a new lease of 49 years in 2009. The trustees in their case…

Although campaign period for the next general election is soon approaching, Ogwang spoke that neither have they started any campaign activity rather they are just conducting a regional baraza to make the people see and interact with the first Son. Posters of the first son Muhoozi Kainerugaba displayed along the Gweri – road main street of Soroti city. As the militant son of Uganda’s longest serving President Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba gets set to step onto the Teso land in the upcountry side seeking for fame ahead of his presidential bid, series of curtain raising activities are being held in the…

By Odongo Lango The news of the World Bank halting all loans to Uganda is making news waves around the country. But this is much ado about nothing. Let me explain why this sanction over the passing of the Antihomosexuality Act, 2023 (AHA, 2023) is inconsequential. I will start by giving you three examples of countries that had been under more stringent sanctions regimes but remained largely unscathed: Cuba, Zimbabwe and North Korea. In Zimbabwe, the sanctions have been in place for 20 years. It didn’t succeed in dislodging ZANU-PF from power. The current President, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa nicknamed the…

By Emmanuel Eumu. Agago- The Deputy Resident District Commissioner of Agago district Suzan Akot on Wednesday recovered 70 pieces of iron sheets that were meant to be distributed to victims of the karamojong attacks. Last month the office of the prime minister delivered 1,200 pieces of iron sheets to be distributed to at least 40 families in the areas of Lira Kato, Omiya Pachwa, Adilang town council, wol sub county,and Adilang sub county, and Each of the beneficiaries was meant to receive 30 pieces of iron sheets. However, Susan Moro Akot, the deputy resident district commissioner for Agago district informed…

Mysterious waves of magnetism may explain why the sun’s atmosphere is hotter than physicists thought possible The sun’s corona is 200 times hotter than its surface, defying models of stellar bodies. Now, this 80-year-old puzzle may finally have a solution. High-frequency magnetic waves surging through the sun may explain why the temperature of our star’s atmosphere is 200 times hotter than its surface. The temperature of the upper atmosphere of the sun, called the corona, can soar to over 2 million degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 million degrees Celsius), while 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) closer to the core, the photosphere  the sun’s…