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Just In! Stella Nyanzi Arrested

Dr. Stella Nyanzi was arrested Monday morning as she went to attend Buganda Road Court for a hearing where Andrew Mukasa alias Bajjo, Abbey Musinguzi aka Abtex, Abdul Kikomeko and Aloysius Matovu are accused of disobeying presidential orders. Bajjo, who had been

May 18, 2020

Business·News

Mixed Reactions As Covid-19 Taskforce Petitions Companies To Donate By Deducting Money From Workers’ Salary

Managers of the Covid-19 Response Fund have written to chief executives of companies in Uganda urging them to request their employees to donate at least Shs10,000 to the fund. “We are writing to make an appeal to chief executives of private sector

May 17, 2020

Crime·News

Grief As Missing Vision Group Accountant Is Found Dead

The body of Christine Kabasweka Akiiki, an accountant of Vision Group who had gone missing was recovered on Saturday. Workmates of Akiiki say they last saw her on Wednesday and she hadn’t returned to office since. Multiple calls to her phone went

May 17, 2020

Business·News

Breaking! Tanzania Blocks Entry Of Kenyan Truck Drivers

Tension is rising at the Taveta-Holili border after Tanzania blocked Kenyan drivers from crossing into the neighboring country amid Covid-19 measures row. A Report by Citizen TV in Kenya on Sunday morning, showed that Tanzania blocked entry of Kenyan Cargo trucks at

May 17, 2020

Crime·News

Exposed! Lawyers Mpanga, Makubuya Pay Gashumba Millions To Tarnish Katikiro Mayiga’s Name

Socialite Frank Gashumba opened an abusive war on Buganda Kingdom’s Katikiro Charles Peter Mayiga, following his televised Interview among which he spoke about his critics, one a drunkard and the other a conman, who didn’t deserve anyone’s attention. “Some of these people

May 17, 2020

Crime·News

Dfcu Bank In Another Scandal As Staff Is Netted Withdrawing Money From Clients Accounts

Police have arrested Elizabeth Kyosimire, a worker at dfcu Bank, following reports that she had been involved in fraudulent transfer of funds from accounts of customers. Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire confirmed the arrest and said the suspect was arrested

May 16, 2020

Health·News

Uganda Registers 24 Fresh Covid-19 Cases From Truck Drivers

Ministry Of Health has on May 16, 2020 announced 24 new COVID-19 cases confirmed from 2,044 samples of truck drivers. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases to 227 in Uganda. The new cases were from Elegu border where 3 Ugandans

May 16, 2020

News·Politics

Rebel MPs Kicked Out As NRM Splashes Shs 40m On Displined Legislators

Weeks after President Yoweri Museveni castigated Parliament for allocating itself Shs 10 billion to support individual MPs’ initiatives against COVID-19, his ruling NRM party is spending more than Shs 12.6 billion on the 317 MPs that supported the lifting of the constitutional

May 16, 2020

Health·News

Just In! Uganda Bans Truck Drivers Without Negative Covid-19 Certificate

The Government of Uganda will not allow any truck driver without a ‘negative Coronavirus certificate’ to enter the country. While Ugandan medical services have been treating COVID-19 cases after being detected, the new instructions provide that such patients must be ordered to

May 16, 2020

Health·News

Uganda Registers Biggest Single Day Jump As 43 Truck Drivers Test Positive For Covid-19

Ministry Of Health has on 15 May, 2020 confirmed 43 new COVID-19 cases in Uganda from 1,838 samples of truck drivers. According to the health Ministry, the total number of COVID-19 cases is now 203. The confirmed cases came through Elegu border

May 16, 2020