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The number of people killed when a mountain of garbage collapsed in Uganda's capital last week has risen to 35, 12 of whom were young people, police said on Friday. The accident occurred late last ...
Government website. www.health.go.ug. The COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Uganda in March 2020.
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa[a] (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and military officer who is the ninth and current president of Uganda since 1986. His government is considered autocratic. Born in Ntungamo, Museveni studied political science from the University of Dar es Salaam where he initiated the University Students ...
In 2005 presidential term limits were removed, [3] and in 2017, the previous upper age limit of 75 was also removed. [4]Yoweri Museveni, President, Uganda. Under Article 102 of the Constitution, in order to be allowed to run for the presidency one must be a citizen of Uganda by birth, be no younger than thirty-five and eligible to be a member of Parliament.
The Weekly Observer is a Ugandan weekly newspaper headquartered in Kamwookya, Kampala. It is one of the largest privately owned papers in the country co-founded by maverick journalist John Kevin Aliro and nine other directors [1] In 2007, its reporter Richard M Kavuma won the CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year award. [2]
2 May – Charles Engola is shot and killed by his bodyguard. [10] 3 May – 2023 Rwanda and Uganda floods [11] 29 May – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signs the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law which introduces the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality" and a sentence of 20 years in prison for the "promotion of homosexuality".
Anita Among. (from 25 March 2022) Deputy Speaker. Thomas Tayebwa. (from 25 March 2022) Leader of the Opposition. Mathias Mpuuga. (until 9 January 2024) Joel Ssenyonyi.
Canary Mugume is a Ugandan investigative journalist with NBS Television and a Léo Africa Young Emerging Leaders Program Fellow. His investigative reporting is specialized in current affairs, dysfunctions of the economy, and social matters and led him to be elevated to the prime news bulletin Live @ 9 together with Isabella Tugume on Monday 2 August 2021.