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Free Connections On Hault, As Umeme Contracts General Electric To Improve Service Delivery

Uganda’s power distribution company, Umeme Ltd, is hopeful that the electricity connection policy suspended earlier this month could be restored between June 2021 and June 2022, but this will depend on the success of the current efforts to get funding. The free

January 7, 2021

World

Just In: Trump Supporters Storm Capitol Hill Challenging 2020 Elections

Insurrectionists aiming to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election sent Washington, DC, into chaos on Wednesday, stormed past police barricades into the Capitol building and shutting down a congressional session intended to formally certify Joe Biden’s victory. Inside the House of

January 6, 2021

News

Tumbiza Sound: Judiciary Cautions Eight Law Students For”Twerking” In Court

Judiciary has cautioned four Law Development Centre (LDC) students who were caught in a video dancing to “Tumbiza Sound’. They recorded the video at Civil Division of High Court premises in Kampala. Commercial Court’s Justice on Duty, Lady Justice Anne Mugenyi, described

January 6, 2021

Politics

Developing Uganda Was Not An Easy Job But NRM Govt Made Breakthrough -M7

President Yoweri Museveni has said that the NRM made developing Uganda an easy job for everyone to see. The President was speaking after flagging off the reconstruction of the 86km Mityana-Mubende road and the upgrading of roads in Mityana municipality on Wednesday.

January 6, 2021

Crime

Shame As Police Arrest Man Who Stole Don Zella’s Counterfeit Money From Speke Apartments

Police at Jinja Road in Kampala are holding one Adome Jeremy/Ojok Jeremiah, 36, for allegedly stealing over 80,000 USD (over Shs300m) from Room number 107 at Speke Apartments, Wampewo. The money allegedly stolen belonged to socialite Sheila Don Zella alias Sheila Nandege,

January 6, 2021

Crime

Horror: Over 10,000 Families Face Forceful Eviction In Hoima Ahead Of 2021 Elections

More than 10,000 families in six villages in Kigorobya sub-county in Hoima district are on the verge of being evicted forcefully from their ancestral land. The affected families are from Kigomba, Kyamucumba, Kalyambuzi, Kyataruga, Kamugembe 1 and Kyamugembe 2 villages. The residents

January 6, 2021

Crime

Big Eye’s Baby Mama Don Zella Swallows Own Vomit After Fake Robbery Claims

National Resistance Movement (NRM) mobiliser Ibrahim Mayanja aka Big Eye’s baby mama Nalongo Sheila Nandege aka Don Zella is in hot soup over allegations that she was robbed of property worth millions of shillings while at tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia’s Speke Apartments, along

January 6, 2021

Politics

NOWIP, UMWA Launch Online Platform To Foster Women’s Participation In Politics

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) that include the Network of Women in Politics ( NOWIP), Uganda Media Women’s Association (UMWA) and the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) have launched an online platform called “Nowip Press”, which will be used to promote the political affiliations

January 6, 2021

Crime·Security

UPDF Soldier Sentenced To 101 Years In Jail Over Murder

Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) court martial has sentenced a soldier to 101 years in prison for murder. The army field court led by Lt. Col Emmanuel Mwesigwa on Tuesday handed a lengthy sentence to private Bobson Amutuheirize on three accounts of

January 6, 2021

Sports

Coaches McKinstry,Micho Speak Out After Uganda 2-0 Win Over Zambia

Prior to the match in Yaounde on Monday, the big talk was on two old friends Uganda Cranes head coach Johnathan McKinstry and Zambia’s Chipolopolo Milutin Micho Sredojevic. Both coaches had targets to hit in this match. McKinstry came out on top

January 5, 2021