Uganda Joint Christian Council led by Archbishop of Kampala

UJCC asks Govt to suspend elections for three years, allow Museveni to continue ruling

Politics Dec 24
Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) led by Archbishop of Kampala, Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has asked government to postpone presidential elections for three years.
Minister for elderly affairs Sarah Kanyike (left) interacts with a SAGE beneficiary at Kayunga
Ugandan government reviewing cut-off age for older persons money
Politics Dec 22
Uganda's State Minister for the Elderly and Disabled, Sarah Kanyike, has said the government is reviewing the 80-years cut-off age for beneficiaries of the Senior Citizens Grant programme to at least 60 years to accommodate more older persons.
Justine Namambo, 28, who was shot in the spinal cord at Mulago hospital on November 26
Woman shot in Ugandan riots to be taken abroad
Politics Dec 21
Police have said the woman who was shot and a bullet got stuck in her spine during the November 18 political protests will be taken to India for further treatment.
Lecturers at the Rumbek University of Science and Technology have threatened a strike action
Rumbek University staff threaten to strike, demand 9-month salary arrears
Politics Dec 20
Lecturers at the Rumbek University of Science and Technology (RUST) after a general assembly meeting on Tuesday threatened to down their tools if the government fails to pay their nine-month salary arrears.
An image of a A cattle camp
5 die in Tonj North cattle raid
Politics Dec 20
A cattle raid in Tonj North County of South Sudan’s Warrap State left five people dead and three others wounded, a local official said on Friday, amid fears of renewed clashes.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
We have built a strong army - Museveni
Politics Dec 20
Uganda can never degenerate to the level of being protected by the United Nations peace missions because the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has built a strong army, President Museveni has said.
No government in the region has elaborated a coherent plan for acquisition, financing of vaccine
EDITORIAL: Engage citizens as we wait for the Coronavirus vaccine
Politics Dec 20
On December 18, the Speaker of the Ugandan parliament announced the succumbing of yet another member of the house to Covid-19. The news elicited polite expressions of regret but did not appear to shock anybody.