Ministry of defense through UPDF seriously hunting for funds to finance the nearly 20-year-old Uganda Air Cargo Corporation (UACC), whose services benefit mainly State House and Uganda People’s Defence Forces. UACC, Parliament was told, has been surviving on revenue generated from charter services for both passengers and cargo it renders, right from purchase of the…
By Aaron Asiimwe Kasese: Following a heavy downpour that damaged the Katunguru Bridge which connects Kasese and Rubirizi Districts, the Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra) has closed Katunguru Bridge to avoid accidents and loss of lives. In a statement issued yesterday, Unra said traffic, especially of buses and trucks, would be diverted to allow repairs…
By Staff Writer Kampala: Uganda’s Second Deputy Prime Minister, and also the East African Community Affairs Minister Al-Haj Kirunda Kiveijinja has on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, revealed that the East African Community (EAC) will not intervene in the dispute between Uganda and Rwanda. Kiveijinja said they received assurance from the Ugandan and Rwandan presidents indicating…
A family in Kakamega town in Western Kenya is in shock following revelations by a British TV that its firstborn could be the person whose body fell from a plane in London in June. Sky TV Tuesday published a report that strongly indicated that Paul Manyasi, a worker at a cleaning services firm, may have…
Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces has inaugurated a mountain Division to reinforce security in the Rwenzori region. According to the statement released by the force reveals that a fully fledged Division will have its headquarters at Muhooti Barracks, Kabarole District. The Chief of Defence Forces General David Muhoozi in his remarks said that there was an…
