Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama, chair of the Electoral Commission, declared Museveni the winner of the Uganda presidential election held on 14 January 2021, stating that he won 59% of the vote, with his main challenger Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine taking 35%. Voter turnout was 57%. Byabakama said that it had been a peaceful election….
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Climate change: Uganda under threat from a melting glacier
By Pablo Uchoa Climate change Ronah Masika remembers when she could still see the snowy caps of the Rwenzori mountains, a Unesco World Heritage site on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The view was stunning every time she travelled from her home in Kasese town to the Ugandan capital, Kampala…
M7 wants Youth Partnership to Save Uganda’s Forests & Wetlands
STATE HOUSE- ENTEBBE By E. K Benj. Updated at 16:40 GMT on Friday 12th February, 2021 Ahead of United Nations Wildlife Day scheduled 3rd March, Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Wednesday (10th February 2021) at State House, Entebbe held an extra ordinary 4 hours engagement with representatives of 25 youth led organisations under their…
Understanding Mohamed Bouazizi: The man who sparked the Arab Spring 10 years ago.
By Thessa Lageman & E K Benj– 23rd Dec 2020 On Thursday 17th December 2020, marked 10 years ago, a Tunisian fruit and vegetable vendor set himself on fire in the town of Sidi Bouzid and triggered the Arab Spring. His cousin, Ali, reflects on that day and the days that followed. “17 December 2010…
Hundreds of endangered seals mysteriously found dead on the shores of Russia’s Caspian Sea.
13th December 2020, 17:27 GMT Moscow, Russia – By E K Benj Disturbing images have emerged after 272 endangered Caspian seals were found washed up on the beaches of Dagestan. The mammal can only be found in the world’s largest inland body of water, which borders five Eurasian countries. According to Rosrybolovstvo, the Federal Agency…
”Do you want us to be like Libya? ” M7 Minister.
Wakiso, Uganda – By our reporter. Uganda’s State Minister for Primary Education and Woman Member of Parliament for Wakiso, Rosemary Nansubuga Sseninde on Thursday (10th Dec 2020) while campaigning in Kikajjo, Mankidye to retain her seat ahead of the general elections in January 2021 called upon women to support President Yoweri Kaguta T Museveni. Click…
“Even if the church was in the wrong, ordering demolition was extreme and a Curse.” Museveni.
By Desire Ninsiima Kampala, Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday passed by the site of St Peter’s Church in Ndeeba that was recently demolished by unscrupulous people. The Head of State was saddened by this incident and has given the church assurances that those complicit will be punished. “Even if the church was in the…
Facts & Fiction about 5G Technology.
Social media is washed with information from unreliable sources about 5G technology, HICGI News Agency powered by reliable sources bring you facts on this technology. 5G is the fifth generation of wireless communications technologies supporting cellular data networks. 5G communication requires the use of communications devices (mostly mobile phones) designed to support the technology. Quick Facts: Introduced…
