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M7 Swearing In: Security Agencies Heighten Curfew Enforcement To Contain Covid-19 Variants Spread

Joint Security Agencies in Uganda have heightened enforcement of the Covid-19 measures including the nightly curfews to due to the emergency of a dangerous and more transmissible strain of Covid-19, similar to that in India. Fred Enanga,police spokesperson revealed that the Ministry

May 10, 2021

Security

UPDF Passes Officers Specialized In Adjutant Course

The Director of Personnel and Administration Col Dan Omoding has officiated at the graduation Ceremony of the Unit Adjutant course intake five at the Junior Command and Staff College in Gaddafi Barracks- Jinja. “Today marks the end of your 12 months course.

May 10, 2021

Business·News·Politics

MPs Approve Shs44 Trillion Budget For 2021/2022 Amidst Covid-19 Economic Crisis

Members of Parliament have approved a shs44.7 trillion budget for the 2021/2022 financial year, which has seen a decrease of shs714 billion for the first time compared to the approved resource envelope of 2020/2021. According to the report of the Budget Committee,

May 10, 2021

Business

Unjust Law Can’t Be Law: Diamond Trust Bank Stuck With An Illegality, Court Rules

Courts Don’t Hold The Discretion To Stand With An Illegality There was a mood of high expectation yesterday when we assembled at the Court of Appeal (COA) to receive its judgment in the Appeal filed jointly by Diamond Trust Bank Uganda and

May 7, 2021

Sports

Museveni Gifts Retired Goalkeeper Onyango With A Sleek Car

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and first lady Janet Museveni have rewarded former Uganda Cranes Captain Dennis Onyango with a classy Sports Pajero vehicle. The function was held on Thursday at State House Entebbe to thank Onyango for his glorious career with the

May 7, 2021

Health

‘Is NMS Full Of Crooks?’-National Medical Stores Cited In Mismanagement of Procurement, Inflating Prices of Health Supplies

Members of parliament on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have pinned the National Medical Stores (NMS) over mismanagement of procurements and distribution of health supplies and drugs. This was revealed after the Auditor General’s report on the Health Sector for year ended

May 7, 2021

Business

Dr. Sudhir Floors Custodian Board as COSASE Sub-committee Confirms He Is The Rightful Owner Of Plot 24 Kampala Rd

Estate Mogul, Dr Sudhir Ruparelia has been declared the rightful owner of Plot 24, on Kampala road. The sub-committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) have exonerated property mogul Sudhir Ruparelia after its probe found that

May 7, 2021

Crime·News·Politics

MPs Order For Arrest & Prosecution Of Bryan White Over Trafficking

Parliament has ordered for immediate arrest and prosecution of city businessman, Brian Kirumira also known as Brian White on charges of trafficking in persons. The directive follows an inquiry by Parliament’s Human Rights Committee, whose findings indicate that Kirumira sexually harassed a

May 7, 2021

Crime·News

Police Names 14 Masaka Road Accident Victims

Fourteen people have been confirmed dead in the Thursday morning fatal accident on Masaka – Mbarara highway after a head on collision involving a commuter taxi and a trailer. A Tanzanian trailer registration number TH77 BVW / T433 BDY Mercedes Benz collided

May 7, 2021

News·Politics

Ghost Naguru Satellite Housing Project Report Irks MPs

Parliament has rejected a report on the status of land on the former Nakawa-Naguru housing estate. The report by the Committee on Physical Infrastructure found that the Uganda Lands Commission (ULC) has allocated over 50 acres of land to private persons as

May 6, 2021