Month: March 2022

Buganda Katikkiro (prime minister) Charles Peter Mayiga has commended Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo for “being courageous” after his courtesy visit to Bulange Mengo, in a gesture intended to mend fences following his remarks that the king was airlifted for treatment in Germany in a presidential jet. The chief Justice arrived […]

  By Benjamin Jumbe The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs Rebecca Kadaga has lauded the EAC heads of state for admitting the Democratic Republic of Congo into the regional bloc. The central African nation on Tuesday joined the East African Community (EAC) becoming its […]

The newly-elected Speaker of the 11th Parliament, Ms Anita Among, has declined to occupy the office premises of her predecessor Jacob Oulanyah. Oulanyah, 56, died at the University of Washington Medical Centre in the United States just nine months into the job. Ms Among, the former deputy Speaker, was last […]

By Ruth Anderah A 20year old welder who allegedly stole one phone valued at Shs 45,000 and Shs 11,000 has been sent on remand at Luzira prison. Simon Opio has been arraigned before Kampala City Hall court and pleaded not guilty to the offence of simple robbery. It’s alleged that […]

By Leon Lidigu Kenya’s Ministry of Health has announced the ban on feeding bottles from May 28. This comes after the Kenyan Parliament recently passed into law the Breast Milk Supplements (BMS) Regulation and Control Act of 2012 that listed the bottles used for feeding infants as designated products, to mean items […]