Traders and residents of Wantoni trading Centre in Mukono town were engulfed with Shock on Friday August 7, 2020 after men said to be working with Power Distributor Umeme Limited got electrocuted to death on top of an electric pole. Eye witnesses revealed that the deceased, identified as Moses Kasiita and Jacob Mutalaga had climbed…
Moscow’s Gamelei Center will register the world’s first coronavirus vaccine on August 12, Russia’s deputy health minister has revealed. Oleg Gridnev says medical workers and the elderly will be given priority for immunization. The senior minister at the department, Mikhail Murashko, announced last week that a nationwide mass vaccination program is planned to begin in…
Uganda has registered another Covid-19 death, bringing the total to six. According to the Ministry of Health, the deceased is a 70-year old Ugandan male, resident of Natete, Kampala. “On 24th July 2020, he presented at Lubaga Hospital with signs and symptoms consistent with covid-19 which include:mild fever, cough and difficulty in breathing. Further investigations…
The founder of Bodaboda 2010 Association Abdallah Kitatta has been released from Luzira prison after the Court Martial yesterday reduced his 8 year sentence, following his appeal. The six-member court chaired by a civilian advocate, Elly Turyamubona sitting in Makindye, delivered its verdict on Friday August 7, 2020. The court also deducted the time the…
Ugandan Afrobeat singer and Kampala City Mayor hopeful Joseph Mayanja popularly known as Dr. Jose Chameleone is critically sick and battling a kidney infection, this website has learnt. According to reports, the ‘Baliwa’ singer has been bedridden at Nsambya hospital for last five days nursing a strange illness that is still unknown to the public…
The days of running for former Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor Louis Kasekende, former Director Compliance Justine Bagyenda, Ben Sekabira, the Director for Financial Markets Development Coordinator and other Central Bank officials who were involved in the fraudulent sale of Teefe Trust Bank, Greenland Bank, Crane Bank and other defunct commercial banks are over. This…
The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has set free former Principle Accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) Geoffrey Kazinda of all offences levelled against him. A panel of five justices led by Stephen Musota has also granted all the declarations Kazinda sought in the petition. Others on the panel are Kenneth Kakuru, Geoffrey…
City mogul Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia has announced the unbeatable offers at his newly opened Forest Cottages in Naguru, a Kampala suburb. According to our sources, the Forest Cottages, which are located in a serene and secure part of the city, come with amazing offer that range from single deluxe rooms to full apartments and luxurious…
Former Forum for Democratic Change ‘FDC’ party President Rtd Col Dr.Kizza Besigye has hailed Kampala Capital City Lord Mayor Ssalongo Erias Lukwago as the next best president Uganda would have because of his political pursuits. “I can tell you without any doubts that Erias Lukwago would make a good president of Uganda,” he said. He…
Members of Parliament have rejected a move by Finance State Minister, David Bahati, to provide finances for running newly approved cities in the country through a motion and instead demanded for a substantive amendment to the Appropriation Act. Minister Bahati had brought a motion for a resolution of Parliament authorizing Government to transfer funds initially…
