Kenyan President Dr William Samoei Ruto has finally spoken out on reports that some National Assembly and Senate members subscribing to his United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and the Kenya Kwanza Coalition were planning to present a bill to amend the country’s Constitution to remove presidential term limits so that the newly sworn in leader can reign over Kenya non-stop the way Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has ruled his countrymen and women for nearly four decades.
Oscar John Kihika, a Ugandan lawyer who has been serving as the Director of Legal Affairs at President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, will soon be a Justice (judge) of the country’s Court of Appeal.
Top Ugandan celebrities, most of them musicians, have been reacting to the news of singer Edirisa Musuuza aka Eddy Kenzo’s Grammy Award nomination. One Ugandan artiste referred to Kenzo as ‘Big Mandela.’
Museveni then went on to name the judges he has appointed to the Supreme Court as: Justice Madrama Christopher Izama, Justice Stephen Musota, and Justice Elizabeth Musoke. In the same breath, Museveni has appointed Oscar John Kihika as a Justice of the Court of Appeal.
Ugandan President has issued new directives to prevent the further spread of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country. Uganda’s Health Ministry declared the outbreak of the Ebola in the country in September 2022 after a man tested positive for the viral haemorrhagic disease in the district of Mubende.
A few days after his mega music festival at the Kololo Independence Grounds in the capital Kampala, Ugandan singer Edirisa Musuuza aka Eddy Kenzo has been nominated for a 2023 Grammy Award.
Starting July 2023, Allen Catherine Kagina’s Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra) is one of the 70 agencies of President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government that will cease to exist. Unra and the other agencies will be scrapped off in a rationalization process meant to promote efficiency in the delivery of government services by reducing duplication of roles and cutting unnecessary government expenditure.
Former Minister for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC), Amelia Anne Kyambadde, has spoken out on life outside President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s cabinet, saying she misses being a minister, a powerful position in the Ugandan political structure.
Uganda’s Parliament has today observed a moment of silence in honour of Mark Bahati, a man who has been a driver in the office of the Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, but perished in a road accident on Monday, November 14, 2022.