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Crime

Shock As Two Umeme Employees Are Electrocuted To Death On Electric Pole

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

August 8, 2020

Health

New Hope As Russia Creates World’s 1st Covid-19 Vaccine

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

August 8, 2020

Health

Uganda Registers Sixth Covid-19 Death As Cases Shoot To 1,254

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

August 7, 2020

Crime

Court Martial Overturns Bodaboda 2010 Boss Kitatta’s 8 Year Jail Sentence, Sets Him Free!

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

August 7, 2020

Entertainment

Jose Chameleone Terribly Sick, Battling With Kidney Infection

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

August 7, 2020

Crime

BoU Saga: DPP Orders Police To Arrest Kasekende, Sekabira, Bagyenda & Search Their Homes For Defrauding Defunct Banks Properties

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

August 7, 2020

News

Just In: Court Of Appeal Acquits Former OPM Accountant Kazinda

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

August 7, 2020

News

Tycoon Sudhir Unveils Forest Cottages Naguru With Unbeatable Rates

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

August 7, 2020

News

Dr.Besigye Tips Erias Lukwago To Replace President M7

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

August 7, 2020

News·Politics

Min.Bahati,MPs Clash Over Budget Allocation Of Newly Created Cities

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

August 7, 2020