Author: Anthony Mwaule

KAMPALA – Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu’s reign as Army Commander is a “mistake we regret,” the Commander of the Land Forces, Gen Muhoozi Keinerugaba, has said. Gen Muntu was appointed Commander of the NRA in 1989 replacing Gen Salim Saleh and served until 1997 when was he was replaced with Gen Jeje Odongo (now foreign affairs minister). While Muntu commands a lot of respect for his largely scandal-free reign at the helm of what has now become UPDF headed by chief of defence forces, First Son Muhoozi feels the near decade-long reign of the man who challenged his former commander-in-chief…

KAMPALA – The battle between truth and lie following revelation by pop star Sheebah Karungi that she was sexually assaulted by a “VIP who presents himself as a role model” intensified Friday with former journalist turned political businessman Andrew Mwenda opening a file case on behalf of the accused and asking for First Son Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s intervention in the same. Mwenda was forced to run faster than himself after getting stranded in the crosshairs of a massive wave of accusations from various corners of social media following Sheebah’s claim of being sexually assaulted as she waited in her car at…

KAMPALA — The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has asked President Joe Biden to slap more sanctions on President Museveni and his senior officials “responsible senior for covering up torture stories.” The senatorial committee asked the Biden Administration to take consistent, decisive action to “signal our unflagging support for democracy, human rights, anti-corruption, and the rule of law.” Tweeting in response to Daily Monitor’s Monday May 9 lead story titled, “UN issues tough demands to Uganda govt on torture,” the senatorial committee asked President Biden to strongly reconsider Mr Museveni’s participation in the US-Africa Heads of State Summit. The…

BUGEMBE — The Kingdoms of Busoga is set to roll out music festival to promote culture and heritage among subjects and other residents. Dubbed ‘Ekikudhuko kya Busoga’, the annual bazar will be hosted in Jinja and will see diverse aspects of cultural heritage of Busoga on display, according to kingdom officials. The multi-billion initiative was sealed by Owek’ Joseph Muvawala Nsekere, the Katukiro of Busoga on behalf of Kyabazinga William Wilberforce Kadhumbula Gabula IV, with  with events management guru Andrew Mukasa Bajjo of Bajjo Events. “Music is also one of the avenues of promoting our culture. It’s against that background that…

KAMPALA — Busoga region might not have featured among the prominent cases Police used to peg concerns over the continuous incidents of child murders in the country but that is hardly a consolation in light of recent grim cases such as in Kakira Town Council, Jinja and Malongo Subcounty in Mayuge. In a statement on Tuesday, Police spokesperson Fred Enanga decried domestic violence, which is a major risk for children — although ritual sacrifice and other such inhumane vices have always been on the loose end of many of such killings. Pastor Israel Isama Buyinza of Deliverance and Healing Ministries…

STANBIC UGANDA CUP Booma          1-5               BUL MASINDI – When referee Ali Sabilla called for water break 30 minutes into the Stanbic Uganda Cup semifinal mismatch between Booma and Bul on Tuesday, the hosts could have been forgiven for sighing deeply that their torment was coming to an end. Only a water break, it was. The regional side had to return to not only complete the first half but also the entire match, toiling abjectly under the superiority of their topflight visitors. Yet if Booma thought it was painful to endure…

SATURDAY RESULTS Express                     2-1            BUL URA                            3-1            Bright Stars Vipers                       0-0           SC Villa Wakiso Giants       1-3            Police KCCA                        2-1             Busoga United KAMPALA — Busoga United will have to play their…

NTV Press Box has on its Twitter account profile a tag, #ComingBackSoon. This was added earlier this week onto the original tagline, “East Africa’s Biggest Sports Show, Monday, 10pm.” Put another way, inflation, high diesel price and road carnage, even if combined in a wrath, cannot stop cassava from being enjoyed, so a week after NTV announced that its premier sports show, the Press Box, was ending four years of Monday night joy, the station now intends to return on air with more of the same. The move has unsettled Andrew Kabuura, the brain behind the show, who last week…