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Luxurious Speke Resort Munyonyo Hosts Canary Mugume, Sasha Furgeson Wedding Ceremony

Uganda’s most sumptuous, luxurious and flashy Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort has hosted a lavish wedding ceremony of NBS TV News anchor Canary Mugume and longtime fiance Fiona Naggirinya aka Sasha Ferguson. After years of dating, the Mugumes have been joined as husband and

September 18, 2021

Politics

Court Dismisses Second Election Petition Against MP Nantaba

The High Court in Mukono has dismissed the second election petition against the Kayunga Woman MP Idah Nantaba. The petition was filed by Jacqueline Kobusingye Birungi. Birungi who contested as an independent candidate accused Nantaba of forging the A-level results she presented

September 17, 2021

East Africa·Security

Uganda Safely Deports 15 Rwandese As It Continues To Repatriate Bodies Of Ugandans Killed By Rwandan Security Operatives

The Ugandan government has deported 15 Rwandan nationals who have been under security arrest, according to a highly placed security official. The Rwandan nationals were deported through the Uganda, Rwanda border of Mirama Hills in Ntungamo district on Wednesday. According to the

September 17, 2021

Africa

President Samia,VP Alupo Named Amongst 100 Most Influential African Women

The President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan; Merck Foundation CEO, Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej; The Prime Minister of Togo, H.E. Victoire Tomegah dogbé, The Vice President of Uganda, Jessica Rose Epel Alupo and The Vice President of Benin, Mariam Chabi Talata amongst

September 17, 2021

Education

Ugandan Schools To Reopen In 2022 Amidst Covid-19 Vaccination

Primary and secondary schoolswill reopen on Monday, January 10, 2022, a senior education official said on Friday. This website has also learnt that universities and tertiary institutions will reopen on Saturday, November 20, 2021. The National Covid-19 Task Force agreed on the

September 17, 2021

Kampala·Politics

Cash Bonanza: MPs Expose How Emyooga Funds Were Swindled By Senior Govt Officials

The Emyooga programme across the country was poorly implemented, Members of Parliament have unanimously agreed. The legislators during plenary on Thursday, 16 September, 2021, criticised the government for the systemic failure in the implementation of the presidential Initiative rolled out in October

September 17, 2021

News·Security

Gen Museveni Lashes Out At Guinea,Mali Coup Plotters

The commander in chief of armed forces President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has scolded at the coup leaders in Guinea in a statement released on Friday afternoon. Uganda’s President Gen Museveni questioned the coup plotters their ideological stand. FULL STATEMENT The Military Coups that

September 17, 2021

Business

‘No One Is Above The Law’- City Lawyer Ssemakadde Commends Tycoon Sudhir For Flooring, Exposing Rot At BoU

Award winning human rights lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde of -Center for -Legal Brains Trust has congratulated City tycoon, philanthropist Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia upon a landslide win. After years of endless battle in various courts of law in Uganda, the Bank of Uganda this week

September 17, 2021

Crime

Police Confirms Onebe’s Wife Dead Body Retrieved From Septic Tank

DNA analysis has allegedly confirmed that the decomposing body retrieved from Francis Onebe’s septic tank in Munyonyo is that of his wife Immaculate Asio Onebe, who went missing on January 6 this year. Last week, after interrogating security guard Bonny Oriokot, who

September 17, 2021

Politics

End Of Era: Oulanyah Squashes Kadaga’s Incomplete Bills

Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has put to rest the question of lapsed businesses of previous Parliaments, ruling that they cannot be retrieved by subsequent Houses. Oulanyah’s ruling ends uncertainties surrounding legislations that were either not assented to by President Museveni as

September 17, 2021