Two officials of the Middle East Consultants have been charged for human trafficking offences at the Entebbe Court in Wakiso District. 

Godfrey Kyalimpa, aged 48 years and Benon Kunywana, 36 years old, were charged before Magistrate Fiona Birungi under 4 counts of trafficking 50 Ugandans and uttering a forged document.

The Head of the Anti-Corruption Unit in State House, Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema, has urged teachers to join the fight against corruption and highlighted the various measures that the Government has taken to eliminate the vice.

“Corruption is defined as evil or a sin. A corrupt person is broken because morals and character do not tally with the expectations of society. The practice is an evil in the whole world. Teachers must lead exemplary lives  and be corruption free people,” she said.

President Yoweri Museveni is in Dar-es-Salaam, the Tanzanian Capital, on a 2-day working visit. 

The President and his wife, Mrs. Janet Museveni arrived in the country last evening from Cape Town, South Africa where they had been attending the World Economic Forum Conference.

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN: President Yoweri Museveni has commended the Ashinaga Movement Founder and one of the leading philanthropist in Japan, Yoshiomi Tamai for his charitable work in Japan and the world and for realizing the dreams of hundreds of orphans through education.

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN: Government will send one hundred teachers to Japan for a one-month course for trainers of trainers on mind education to enable them counsel young people under their care on generational challenges that come with the new era of information and communication.

Presidents Museveni, Kenyatta discuss sugar Trade

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN: President Yoweri Museveni has today met and held a bilateral meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya on the sidelines of TICAD 7 conference in Yokohama, Japan during which the two leaders discussed the issue of sugar and sugarcane exports to Kenya.

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN: President Yoweri Museveni has called on Japanese investors to exploit Uganda’s advantageous investment opportunities and partner with government to promote trade and development.

“We have made our own hybrid solar powered car and bus. We can make partnerships with you to make solar powered batteries,” he said. 

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN: President Yoweri Museveni has today arrived in the Japanese seaside city of Yokohama where he joins other world leaders to attend the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) that kicks of tomorrow at the Pacifico Yokohama convention centre.

President Yoweri Museveni has left for the Japanese City of Yokohama where he will join other African Heads of State and Government for a 3-day 7th Edition of the Tokyo International Conference for African Development  (TICAD) Summit.

President Yoweri Museveni has returned from a 2-day visit to Angola where he and his Rwanda counterpart signed a pact to improve political and economic relations between Rwanda and Uganda.

The Head of Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet, Mr. John Mitala, received the President on arrival at Entebbe International Airport this afternoon.