By Agencies A South Korean diplomat is speculating that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fallen into a coma and that his sister, Kim Yo Jong, is poised to take the rogue nation’s reins. Chang Song-min, a former aide to South Korea’s late president Kim Dae-jung, made the sensational claims to South Korean media, according to the New York Post.…
Victoria University a leading private University in Uganda last month announced that it has reduced its fees structure. The university explained that this is to help parents and guardians who are financially distressed by the current economic situation caused by the global corona virus pandemic. Under its new fees structure, with as low as Shs…
At least 21 staff at the Ministry of Finance have tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as the cases grow among different private and public agencies. Finance staff under-went mandatory COVID-19 test on August 19. Test results, according to a letter by the Secretary to the treasury Keith Muhakanizi shows that 21 of the staff…
Six Staff of Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) have tested positive for COVID-19. UNRA , on Monday afternoon released a statement revealing that five staff at the headquarters in Nakawa tested positive while one staff member at the Authority’s Masindi office tested positive for COVID-19 The confirmed cases are from 494 samples taken August 19…
The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has ordered for the closure of police headquarters and the National Security command in Naguru, a leafy Kampala suburb over the surging Covid19 cases and deaths in the country. This information was revealed by police spokesperson CP Fred Enanga who intimated to the press on Monday at…
On Friday, “Renewed Uganda” team a pressure group led by former security minister Rtd. Gen Henry Tumukunde visited the Electoral Commission Uganda offices to pick nomination forms for the 2021 presidential race. “Our campaign shall continue to lawfully consult Ugandans from all backgrounds regardless of their ethnicity, religion, gender or other identifier as we seek…
Officials from the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) and the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) have come under the spotlight after being accused of allegedly abetting the smuggling of Kenyan salt into Uganda. This website last week published an investigative article in which we revealed how salt known as ‘Kay Salt’, which is branded ‘For…
The Court of Appeal Monday upheld the 20-year jail sentence that was handed to Jacqueline Uwera Nsenga, who was found guilty of murdering her husband. Justices Owiny- Dollo, Elizabeth Musoke and Barishaki Cheborion ruled that prosecution proved Nsenga’s crime beyond reasonable doubt. The three justice concurred with the High Court judge, Mr Duncan Gaswaga who…
The President of the Republic of Uganda and Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), H.E General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has passed out 4325 recruits of intake 16/19-20 who successfully completed their basic military training at Recruits Training School (RTS), Kaweweta, Nakaseke District. The passed out included 636 female soldiers, the largest number ever…
By Hamis Kiggundu Why do Ugandans come to banks rich with properties they pledge as securities and leave poor? Does it imply that all Ugandans are poor business Managers? Or the problem is with the System? My arguments on the call for banking reforms were specifically based on facts, reality within realistic current prevailing circumstances…
