Yearly Archives: 2021

NUP’s Coordinator Moses Bigirwa Arrested Over Shs100m Extortion From Deputy Speaker Among

Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) member and coordinator Moses Bigirwa has been arrested by police over his alleged  attempts to blackmail and extort money from Deputy Speaker Anita Among. Bigirwa is former contender for Kamuli Municipality MP seat under NUP ticket. Birigrwa was arrested after he allegedly claimed to have a dossier implicating her in…

Cough Tax Payer’s Money: COSASE Squeezes Plasma Out Of Uganda Railways Corporation‘s Officials Over ‘Dubious’ Sale Of Multibillion Gov’t Property

Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) officials were squeezed by the parliamentary Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) before kicking them out out for lack of proper documentation on the sale of the corporation property. The officials had appeared before the committee to answer queries in the Auditor General’s report about the inventories and…

Passengers Excited As Gov’t Starts ‘Swab And Go’ at Entebbe Airport

Aviation passengers at Entebbe International Airport have welcomed an adjustment that now allows all arriving passengers to leave the airport as soon as they are tested for COVID-19. Uganda commenced mandatory COVID-19 testing for all arriving passengers last Wednesday, a process that requires each arriving passenger to pay USD 30  or 110,000 Shillings. But passengers…

1 33 34 35 36 37 162