Uganda on Tuesday received a second batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government. Margaret Muhanga, the minister of state for primary health care, received the vaccines at the National Medical Stores in Entebbe, 40 km south of the capital Kampala. She hailed the donation as her country is scaling up its vaccination…
Hope Kivengere,former president Museveni’s spokesperson has passed on, the sad news has been confirmed by Senior Presidential Press Secretary, Ms Lindah Nabusayi Wamboka on Tuesday. Ms Kivengere was Mr Museveni’s longest serving Press Secretary (1986-2001). “Ms Hope Kivengere has passed on from Nakasero Hospital. She always checked in on the Press whenever she was back…
Jinja High Court has dismissed with costs an election petition filed by Alliance for National Transformation candidate Paul Mwiru challenging the victory of NRM’s Igeme Nathan Nabeta. Mwiru through his lawyer Edward Kyeyago ran to court to overturn Nabeta’s victory in the January polls. Nabeta won the Jinja South East Member of Parliament seat after…
Mukono Municipality member of parliament Hon Betty Nambooze has claimed this morning an invension by a panga-wielding man who found her in bed and ordered her to say the last prayer before being chopping her head into pieces. In the video clip circulating by on social media timid Nambooze is covered by buckets of tears…
A Bill that will allow for the development and implementation of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) is before the House. The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Special Provisions) Bill, 2021 presented by the Minister of State for Mineral Development, Hon. Sidronious Okasai seeks to facilitate the full implementation of Uganda’s obligations under…
Joint Security Task Teams, actively involved in countering all acts of subversive behavior, conducted three separate operations in Njeru Municipality, in Buikwe district, as well as in Zombo and Kasese districts respectively, where a total of 13 suspected rebel collaborators were arrested. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga revealed that the operation carried out in Njeru Municipality,…
KAMPALA – A red flag has been raised on the ongoing construction of the Shs 770 billion 159-kilometre of Masindi – Kisanja -Tangi -Paraa -Buliisa road, being undertaken by Chinese firm China Communications Construction Company Ltd (CCCC), with serious issues emerging after the termination of the contract of the external consulting engineers. In the fall-out,…
Former secretary of State and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell has died from Covid complications at the age of 84, the Capital Times have learnt. Powell was previously diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer that hurts the body’s ability to fight infections. “General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary…
The top management team at the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is on the spot for hastily sanctioning a Shs10 billion project to expand the passenger terminal at Entebbe Airport, even when the Board had frozen the construction projects. According to the chairperson of Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (Cosase), Mr Joel…
Fish traders whose trucks are being held by Uganda government authorities have sued the head of the Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU on Lake George and Edward, the Director of Fisheries Resources in Entebbe, and the Attorney General for illegally confiscating their fish. On October 3, 2021, Uganda Revenue Authority together with FPU impounded five fish trucks…
