October 2017 – Page 2

Tanzania MP Kabwe arrested for sedition

Our ReporterOctober 31, 2017

Tanzanian opposition ACT-Wazalendo party leader Zitto Kabwe has been arrested for alleged sedition. According to a statement issued Tuesday by his party, the outspoken Kigoma Urban MP is being detained...

Education

Book critical of Museveni nominated for top award

Our ReporterOctober 31, 2017

“It caused me kidnap for 19 days and got me tortured by government operatives,” is what Norman Tumuhimbise says of his book “Unsowing the Mustard Seed” which allegedly corrects the...

Business

Sudhir’s Meera tops rental income taxpayers

Our ReporterOctober 31, 2017October 31, 2017

Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has named the top 25 individuals and 25 non-individuals at its list of leading rental income taxpayers. Top of the list is Meera Investments, a real...

Featured Politics Videos

Drama, insults as Nganda calls MP Kafuuzi wife to Magyezi

Our ReporterOctober 31, 2017October 31, 2017

Kira Municipality MP Ssemujju Nganda on Tuesday sparked off insults when he called Hon. Jackson Karugaba Kafuuzi, the M.P for Kyaka South Constituency in Kyegegwa District, a wife to Igara...

Politics

Oboth: I never met president on age limit, wish I could

Our ReporterOctober 31, 2017

Jacob Oboth, the chairperson of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee has denied reports alleging that he quietly with intent to accept bribes and betray, sneaked into State House to...

Entertainment Videos

Vicks Kingo sneaks into parliament, interrupts age limit session

Our ReporterOctober 31, 2017October 31, 2017

Veteran comedian Bush Aienobyona aka Vicks Kingo on Tuesday made a grand appearance uninvited into the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee session at Parliament. Donning a suit and caressing his...

Featured Politics Videos

Mpigi voters heckle, boo minister Amelia, reject age limit

Our ReporterOctober 31, 2017October 31, 2017

The people of Mawokota County North in Mpigi district shocked their area Member of Parliament, Hon Amelia Kyambadde, when they asked her to vote against the age limit removal. The...

Politics Videos

Chaos in house as MPs cite SFC soldiers in parliament

Our ReporterOctober 31, 2017October 31, 2017

Members of Parliament have voted to change the venue where the Legal & Parliamentary Affairs Committee was meeting for a public hearing on the Constitution Amendment Bill, 2017, aimed at...

Crime

Military searches Gashumba home & office, arrest brother

Our ReporterOctober 31, 2017October 31, 2017

Security operatives searched the home of city socialite, Frank Gashumba, who was arrested Monday over an alleged bogus passports deal. He was detained in Mbuya at the headquarters of Chieftaincy...

Special Reports

Stop wasting resources, Museveni tells officials

Our ReporterOctober 31, 2017

President Museveni has warned government officials against wasting government resources amidst the challenges of poverty and unemployment. The president was on Monday presiding over the ceremony for the young female...