Daily Archives: August 3, 2021

Bean Weevils: 15 Police Officers Charged Over Corruption, Extortion During Lockdown

Over 15 Uganda Police Officers have been charged for engaging in acts of corruption, extortion and misconduct during the Covid-19 lockdown and over 30 others are reportedly under scrutiny and investigation. Those charged by the police’s disciplinary unit and pending trial are at the ranks of Assistant Superintendents of Police, Inspectors of Police, Assistant Inspectors…

Covid-19: Police Step Up Strigent Enforcement After M7 Easing Partial Lockdown

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on 30th July 2021, eased the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, allowing the partial re-opening of selected businesses, sectors, movements, sporting activities. This follows a reduction in the average daily cases of COVID-19, and the necessity to balance the various social and economic concerns. Ideally, there are a lot of lessons learnt and…

MPs Task VP Alupo To Provide More Funds For Sports

Members of Parliament have urged Vice President Jessica Alupo to lobby from government and improve funding to sports in a bid to enable the country’s nationals teams compete at local, regional and international level. Legislators highlighted ­limited funding to the national teams in different sports disciplines including basketball, football and netball among others has let…