Tag Archive: Uganda

Fr. Ndyomugabe tips christians on accountability in the new year 2024

December 28, 2023    By Country Radio

Rukungiri:Rev. Farther Baltazali Ndyomugabe the assistant parish priest of Nyakibale parish has tasked Christians to develop the spirit of accountability as we enter into the new year 2024. Fr Ndyomugabe was preaching on boxing day (26th December 2023) at the thanks giving mass of Leticia Bakeihahoki and family at Rwenanura... Read More

Rukungiri district councillors threaten to boycott council sittings over allowance deductions

December 18, 2023    By Country Radio

Rukungiri: The Rukungiri district councillors have threatened to boycott council sittings over allowance deductions and arrears. Angry councillors who spoke to our reporter intimated that decreasing their allowances has created a toll effect on their incomes and their movements to collect views fromthe people they represent, has been severely affected. ... Read More

Bishop Onesmus tasks Christians to respect the names of their churches.

December 6, 2023    By Country Radio

Rukungiri: Christians have been tasked to protect their names and that of the church if they are to fulfill the true identity of Christianity. The call was made yesterday by the Bishop of North Kigezi diocese, Rt.Rev Onesmus Asiimwe while officiating at the consecration of Kasheeshe Church of Uganda as... Read More

Museveni orders Balaalo out of greater north

November 4, 2023    By Country Radio

Amuru: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has ordered the Balaalo (nomadic pastoralists) with non-fenced farmland in the Greater North to vacate the region within three weeks. The Greater North sub-regions, which are being occupied by the Balaalo, include Lango, Acholi, and West Nile, according to a release from State House. President... Read More

Moslems urged to respect Ijumaa

November 4, 2023    By Country Radio

Rukungiri: Muslims have been encouraged to always go for prayers on Ijumaa (Friday) if they are to receive blessings from Allah.The call was made by the Rukungiri District Dawa Officer Sheikh Swalleh Matovu who is also the Imam of Kasoroza mosque in an interview with our reporter recently. Matovu said... Read More

Lyantonde leadership wages war against child labour.

November 4, 2023    By Country Radio

Lyantonde: Parents and bar attendants in Lyantonde district have been called upon to desist from giving away and employing children respectively at a very young age. The call was made on Friday by the Lyantonde town council probation officer Paul Ssekandi during the course of an operation agaisnt child labour.... Read More

MP Zaake denied access to his office

November 1, 2023    By Country Radio

Kamapala: Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake who was recently reinstated as parliamentary commissioner has accused Parliament of denying him access to his office. This follows the Constitutional Court order that invalidated a resolution by parliament to remove him from his position as parliamentary commissioner. In September 2023, court... Read More

Buliisa House Fire claim two lives

November 1, 2023    By Country Radio

Buliisa: Two people have died in the fire that gutted a house in Buliisa district. The deceased have been identified as Jackline Bidong 40 and Grace Faling 43, both residents of Kamagongoro village, Walukuba parish in Butiaba sub-county, Buliisa district. The incident happened on Wednesday at around 3 a.m. It... Read More

“I fell out with President Museveni because he went astray”-Muntu.

October 20, 2023    By Country Radio

Rukungiri: The founder of Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) party and former presidential candidate in the 2021 general elections Maj Gen (Rtd) Mugisha Muntu has revealed that he fell out with his former boss president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni because he went off truck. Muntu while appearing in the Ihanga ryeitu programme... Read More

First Lady Kataha Museveni castigates corruption among leaders.

October 19, 2023    By Country Radio

Ntungamo: The minister of Education and sports Janet Kataha Museveni has condemned leaders who are impeding Uganda’s development by stealing government resources that are always disbursed to develop the citizens. Mrs. Museveni who is also the first lady was speaking at the PDM Monitoring, Evaluation and implementation function held in Mahega village,... Read More