Month: July 2013

Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has received substantial libel damages from theDaily Mail, a British tabloid, over an article that claimed his “cronies” took £10m in foreign aid. Amama Mbabazi instructed his lawyers over the claims in two Daily Mail articles published last October. The reports included one MailOnline article headed “Britain and […]

Former Vice President Gen Mustafa Adrisi should be remembered for his decency even when he served with a group of bad people. These were the president’s remarks while paying tribute to the fallen leader. President Museveni said that Mustafa did not like killing people and that’s why he became a […]

The government has ordered its embassy in South Sudan to secure the release of two Ugandan journalists who were arrested in Juba at the weekend over working without accreditation. Ambassador James Mugume, the permanent secretary of Foriegn Affairs, yesterday said he has ordered Maj Gen Robert Rusoke, Uganda’s ambassador in […]

Parliament is set to hold a special session in honor of the late Gen Adris Mustapha. Gen. Mustafa a former vice president in Amin’s government died yesterday at Mulago hospital at the age of 91. The cause of his death was not immediately clear, but he had previously suffered from […]