A cold war between the Ministry of Health (MoH) officials and the United States (US) Embassy in Kampala is currently ongoing over funds the American people had allocated to Uganda for the fight against the outbreak of the deadly haemorrhagic Ebola Virus Disease. EBOLA MONEY WAR: Aceng’s Health Ministry Officials Angry with US Ambassador for Channeling Ebola Billions Through Agencies, Bypassing Ministry Over Corruption
Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among wants Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II’s Buganda Kingdom-owned CBS FM radio to produce a recording of Rubaga North MP Abubaker Kawalya of the main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) to help in the investigations into claims that the youthful MP uttered statements that could negatively affect the country’s efforts to fight the Sudan strain of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
MAPUTO: The Africa, Caribbean, Pacific —European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly sitting in Maputo City, Mozambique has on Wednesday November 2nd voted to let Uganda proceed with developing the much sought-after East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP).
Assessment body Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) has spoken out on reports that copies of papers for next week’s Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) have leaked days before the dates they are scheduled to be sat by hundreds of thousands of candidates across the country.
Retired Lieutenant Colonel (Rtd Lt Col) Ahamad Kashilling, a former commander in Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s National Resistance Army (NRA) bush war that raged on from 1981 through 1986, has passed on.
Dickson Wasajja, a devoted supporter of opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye, and a former leader of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) UK Chapter, has died, a top official of the Najjanankumbi-based political party has confirmed.
Another district in Uganda has confirmed a case of the deadly haemorrhagic Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), bring the number of affected districts to eight. The Ebola Sudan strain was confirmed in the District of Mubende in September 2022 but more districts have since confirmed cases. These are: Kassanda, Kyegegwa, Bunyangabu, Kagadi, Wakiso and the capital Kampala.
Former Ugandan Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi has reportedly been rushed to a hospital in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), in critical condition. It is said that ex-VP Ssekandi’s health condition became a matter of concern as the elderly politician who served as the country’s number two for a decade was on a flight.
The kingdom of Busoga and its Kyabazinga His Royal Highness William Wilberforce Gabula Nadiope IV could soon fall in things after the king met Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni, the President of the Republic of Uganda, at State House in Entebbe.