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Bobi Wine Is A Lier & Unfit To Stand For Presidency – Mabirizi

City lawyer Male Mabirizi has vowed to drag Presidential hopeful Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine to court for allegedly providing wrong information concerning his age. According to a press statement authored by Mabirizi, Kyagulanyi was not born in 1982 as he claims

August 22, 2020

News

Lt Gen.Elwelu Sends Off Seventh UN Guard Unit To Somalia

The Commander Land Forces of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), Lt Gen Peter Elwelu, has flagged off the seventh United Nations Guard Unit (UNGU VII) to Somalia. The Guard Unit comprising of over 600 peacekeepers is commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Francis

August 22, 2020

Security

UPDF Conducts Air Force Defence Cadet Course

The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has started conducting Air Force Cadet Training in its Uganda Air Force College located at Nakasongola Military Cantonment. The Deputy Commander of UPDF Air Forces (D/CAF), Maj Gen Katsigazi Tumusiime, has presided over the course opening

August 22, 2020

Business

LOLC Finance Uganda Launches Digital APP

The threat of economic downturn caused by the Coronavirus pandemic has forced companies to devise means of survival. One of such company is Light Over Light Capital (LOLC) Finance Uganda which has gone into launching phone applications to alleviate the difficulties faced

August 22, 2020

Education

Only 15 Students Per Classroom! Education Ministry Draws Strategies For Re-opening Schools Amid Covid-19 Crisis

The Ministry of Education and Sports has drawn strategies to ensure effective implementation of specific standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the phased reopening of the educational institutions. The reopening will mainly focus on finalists and candidate classes. The academic year was prematurely

August 21, 2020

Politics

Do Not Dare: FDC Warns Ingrid Turinawe Against Contesting As Independent For Rukungiri Parliamentary Seat

Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi has warned the party’s Secretary for national mobilisation Ingrid Turinawe not to dare contest as an independent for the Rukungiri Municipality parliamentary seat come 2021 general elections. On Tuesday Turinawe lost in

August 21, 2020

Business

UHRC Asks Gov’t To Scrap ‘Failed’ Social Media Tax Ahead Of 2021 Elections

The Uganda Human Rights Commission has asked government to amend the law introducing Over the Top tax and suspend it during the electoral period in order to make internet more affordable and accessible. Dr. Katebalirwa Amooti Irumba, the acting chairman of the

August 21, 2020

Sports

Rajiv Ruparelia Rally Team Hits Sanyu FM Airwaves On Saturday

With the increasing number of fans supporting the Rajiv Ruparelia Rally Team (RRT), the fans manager Gideon Kirumira will be hosted on 88.2 Sanyu FM tomorrow Saturday morning to share updates on several issues surrounding the motor sport in the country. Gideon

August 21, 2020

Crime

BoU-Defunct Banks Saga: Police, DPP Chicken Out On Arresting Sekabira

The Uganda Police Force (UPF) and office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) have either failed to arrest or chickened out on Bank of Uganda director Benedict Sekabira, who was summoned to the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) Kibuli, three weeks ago,

August 21, 2020

Politics

Exclusive: Kabaka Mutebi, Uhuru Kenyatta Secretly Meet In Kenya

The President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta has today August 21, 2020 held talks with the Kabaka Of Buganda Ronald Edward Frederick Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda Kingdom who paid him a visit at Statehouse, Nairobi. Kenya’s State House in an afternoon

August 21, 2020