Author: Temiteo Okwakol

Rwanda and Uganda appear to be on course to bury the hatchet despite a lingering history of tension and conflict, including allegations of espionage, political interference and support for hostile rebel groups. This week, Rwandan President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame hosted Uganda’s first son General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who celebrated his 49th birthday in Rwanda signalling thawing relations. Kagame’s hosting of Muhoozi – who is increasingly positioning himself as a successor to his father President Yoweri Museveni – has renewed optimism for lasting peace between the two countries whose relationship over the last decade has largely been hot…

President Museveni is set to acquire a new vehicle fleet among other benefits even as key ministries, departments and agencies or MDAs face deep cuts in next financial year’s budget. In their report on the Budget Framework Paper (BFP) of 2023/2024 for the Office of the President, the parliamentary Committee on Presidential Affairs has greenlit the expenditure that the Finance ministry had initially shelved. Several MDAs will have to contend with the 40 percent budgetary cuts, with Mr Ramathan Ggoobi—the Secretary to the Treasury—saying this week that the cuts are “actually budget repurposing [meant to] move money from certain areas…

More than 1,688 students from different schools in Bulambuli District have been urged to be ambassadors in fighting indiscipline in schools by embracing patriotism clubs. The Senior One and Five students, who were drawn from 15 secondary schools, were Tuesday commissioned into patriotic cadreship. Amir Kamba, the Bulambuli deputy Resident District Commissioner (RDC), while passing out the graduates at Bulegeni SS and St Peters Clever SS, noted that lack of patriotism fuels indiscipline among Ugandans. “People are not patriotic and only resort to practicing evil acts such as corruption. We need to love our country and live in harmony,” Kamba…