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Crime

7 Traders Arrested Over Dealing In Stolen Electric Gadgets

The Directorate of Crime Intelligence in close coordination with the Territorial Units in Kiboga and Old Kampala, conducted a well-coordinated raid on major metal business locations in Kayiwa Zone, that was dealing in suspected stolen electric gadgets and transmission wires from electric

May 4, 2021

Business·News·Politics

MPs Pass Tax On Export Of Leaf Tobacco

Ugandan traders dealing in exportation of unprocessed tobacco leaf will now be required to pay a tax of about shs3,000 per kilogramme order to boost the currently undervalued business. This tax comes with the passing of the Tobacco Control (Amendment) Bill, 2021

May 4, 2021

Security

On Alert: Security Agencies Foil Disgruntled Politicians Plan To Disrupt M7 Swearing In

security agencies have put Kampala City and other parts of the country on alert to curb any possible insecurity and political disruptions as the Uganda prepares for the swearing in of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on May 12th at Kololo independence grounds.

May 4, 2021

Health·Security

Police Reinstates Deadly Curfew Operations In Kampala

Police have intensified and reinstated their operations to enforce curfew around Kampala metropolitan and other parts of the country after new covid-19 hit South Africa,Brazil and India killing thousands of people. This comes after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Saturday,while celebrating international

May 2, 2021

News

UNEB: Examination Marking To Delay As Examiners Fail To Turn Up

The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) might fail to mark 2020 national examinations in the required time as some examiners have failed to turn up at the marking centres. This year, the examinations board was expecting 2,000 examiners at the designated 40

May 2, 2021

Politics

Distressed MPs Counselled On How To Live Life Outside Parliament

Members of Parliament will have opportunity to live differently after expiry of their term of office following training on life outside Parliament. The Rebecca Kadaga Institute of Parliamentary Studies organized a two day seminar where outgoing MPs of the 10th Parliament received

May 2, 2021

Business·Crime

Uganda Airlines CEO, Top Bosses Fired Amid Huge Shake-up

The Minister of Works and Transport, Gen Edward Katumba Wamala, has ordered a section of the senior management team at the Uganda Airlines Corporation (UAC) to leave office for at least three months to allow for an internal investigation. According to sources,

May 2, 2021

Lifestyle·Politics

‘Most Of The People Masquerading as Baganda Are Banyarwanda’- Museveni

President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has said that majority of the people in the Central Region are Banyarwanda masquerading as Baganda out of ignorance. Museveni made revelation during Labour Day celebrations at State House Entebbe on Saturday May 1. The elect president

May 2, 2021

Business

Video: ‘Keep it up Son! You Are A Blessing To Ugandans’- President Museveni Applauds Youthful Tycoon Hamis Kiggundu For Choosing To Invest His Accumulated Wealth Within The Country

The President of Uganda Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has praised Youthful Billionaire Hamis Kiggundu alias Ham for choosing to invest his accumulated wealth into the Ugandan economy instead of becoming an importer like many other businessmen under Kampala City Traders Association

May 2, 2021

Business

Property Mogul Sudhir Ruparelia Set To Build 5 Star Hotel On Lake Victoria’s Paradise Island

Just a few days after announcing that he will be building a five-star hotel in the heart of Kampala, on Nile Avenue – the land where Kingdom Kampala mall is, property mogul Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia has yet again made a grand revelation

May 1, 2021