Tooro, Uganda: The State House Comptroller, Ms. Jane Barekye has urged politicians to support the Presidential development programs such as the Zonal Industrial Hub Initiative so as to increase their political mileage in their respective constituencies. According to Ms. Barekye, if politicians become part and parcel of the Presidential initiatives and they come out successful, it will be very easy for them to convince their voters that they indeed did something to develop their areas, thus making it easy for them to be voted again back to their political offices. “Political leaders, there’s a slogan that I always hear called…
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Nakasongola, Uganda: Moments of sorrow, wailing and sympathy rocked Kasanga village in Katuugo town council in Nakasongola district on Monday afternoon as the residents buried the torso of 8-year-old Yasin Sserunga at his ancestral home. Sseruga, a former pupil of Destiny Primary School disappeared from his parent’s home at Kisule Butanza village in Luwero district on Saturday afternoon. He went missing at around 1 pm shortly after his sister left him outside the house. His body was recovered on Sunday morning following an alert from a casual laborer who found it hanging on a tree without the head, fingers, or…
By Charles Katabalwa/Umoja Standard. Kampala, Uganda: The opposition Democratic Party (DP)says peaceful Negotiations is the only path to have peaceful country after the fall of National Resistance Movement (NRM) Regime. Norbert Mao the party president and also double as the minister of Justice and constitutional Affairs while addressing journalists at the party’s political command centre Balintuma Rd in Lubaga North said that Many of opposition players have failed to understand that opposition can sit on a round table to plan for the future of the country and is the reason why many think it illegal to work in ruling government.…
Kampala, Uganda: Uganda’s Constitutional Court based in Kampala has this afternoon nullified section 25 of the Computer Misuse Act which relates to using electronic devices to wilfully disturb the peace of another. The said section has been constituting a charge of offensive communication that has been carrying a maximum penalty of 5 years upon conviction. In a unanimous decision of 5 justices, it has been agreed that section 25 of the Computer Misuse Act be scrapped for not only being vague or overly broad to define the actual offense committed but also curtails the inherent freedoms of speech and expression…
By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. Greater Masaka: Taking to his twitter account yeaterday, Nationa Unity Platform’ Principal, Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu wrote “I’ve attended the burial ceremony of Rev. Fr. Bro. Anatoli Wasswa in Greater Masaka district of Kyotera — Masaka who recently died aged 97…… ……I paid tribute to his remaining true to and honouring our African tradition — despite being a religious leader — which many Africans mistake for witchcraft”. “I especially thanked the Catholic Church for always standing on the side of the truth. Through clerics like the late Fr. Anatoli, the Catholic Church has distinguished itself…
By Umoja Reporter, Calabar: Hypothesis indicate that the world’s youngest grandmother is Nigerian, and she was only 17. Mum-Zi was just eight years and four months old when she gave birth to a baby girl in 1884. From Nigeria, on an island called Akwa Akpa, now known as the city of Calabar. But a Romanian woman has been labelled the world’s youngest granny after she became a grandmother at 23. First things first – how is that even possible? Well, we’ll tell you… The Daily Mail reports that Rifca Stanescu from Romania gave birth to her daughter Maria when she…
ENT: Ugandan Afro Beat, Zouk, Reggae, R&B, singer and songwriter King Sha whose full name is Mansoor Ssemanda has claimed that Bebe Cool who keeps on attacking him is the one that even taught him how to smoke weed. The event follows that latest Bebe Cool artists 2023 where King Saha was not give a forefront platform. The recently bedridden singer has even vowed to win the prize House he put up. Speaking out in an interview about the Bebe Cool list, King Saha claimed that he would win everything plus the one in which he stays with his family…
By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. ENT: Taking to his twitter account, Ugandan Hiphop artist Feffe Bussi wrote ‘Been lookin for the right words, right time n right everything buh I’ve still failed to compose myself. Thank you all for your prayers, thank you for the love, for the lovely msgs. Am literally cryin, n Above all, thank you God. A king was born 04/01/23 @KaroleKasita. In the past few days, rumors that Karole Kasita gave birth to her first child on the 4th day of this year have been making rounds. Nothing though had been confirmed by the ‘You You’…
Juba: Six South Sudanese journalists who work for the country’s national broadcaster, SSBC were arrested by national security service, the country’s press union. Patrick Oyet, who heads the Union of Journalists of South Sudan, said five journalists were detained Tuesday and one on Wednesday. The arrest appears to be connected to a video of President Salva Kiir, according to Oyet and media rights groups. The footage, shared widely on social media in December, appeared to show Kiir urinate on himself while at an official engagement, according to The Associated Press. The video quickly cuts away from the shots of the…
Kampala, Uganda: Uganda’s current president , 78-year-old Yoweri Museveni will be seeking for yet another term after ruling for 37 years in the 2026 polls, vice president Jessica Alupo has said. Speaking during celebrations to mark 35 years of Entebbe Church of Uganda Archdeaconry on Sunday, Alupo said the able leadership of Museveni has enabled the country to register growth in the road, industry, power, and ICT sectors and the people should just support him to continue that development to emancipate Ugandans out of poverty. “From your faces and body language I can see you are ready to give him…