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Man Commits Suicide After In-laws ‘Repossess’ Wife

A 29-year-old man in Kwania district has taken his own life by hanging after his father-in-law repossessed his daughter over failure to pay bride price. Tony Awany, a resident of Emeng village in Apolika parish in Chawente sub-county was on Monday morning

September 7, 2021

Politics

Court Dustbins Kidandala’s Baseless Petition Against MP Ssegirinya’s Victory

The High Court in Kampala has dismissed a petition in which the loser of Kawempe North parliamentary race, Sulaiman Kidandala was challenging Muhammad Ssegirinya’s election victory as the constituency member of Parliament. Kidandala who polled 7,512 votes in the Kawempe North polls

September 7, 2021

Crime

URA Enforcement Officer Shoots Motorcyclist

A young man is receiving treatment at Arua Regional Referral hospital after being shot by an enforcement officer from Uganda Revenue Authority-URA. The gunshot victim is Philliam Angoni from Nyio village in Arua district. He was shot on Sunday evening near Opia

September 7, 2021

Business

Speke Resort: Meetings, Incentives, Conventions & Exhibitions Hub

Revenue streams for hotels and entire hospitality industry is no longer dominated by accommodation and what the kitchen has to offer but rather from a new cash cow – the Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) tourism segment. The trend has not

September 7, 2021

Health

Big Boost: Uganda Receives More COVID-19 Vaccines To Boost Inoculation

Uganda on Monday received 647,080 doses of the Moderna vaccine through the COVAX facility, which the country says will boost the COVID-19 vaccination drive. Health Minister Ruth Aceng tweeted that the doses were received from the United States. “The Moderna vaccine that

September 6, 2021

Education

Victoria University Condemns Violent Arrest of VC Dr. Muganga, Says Programmes Are Running Normally

Victoria University has condemned the violent arrest of its Vice-Chancellor Dr Lawrence Muganga by the military intelligence last week — with the private city university recounting the events also captured on CCTV cameras. In a statement released Monday, Victoria University, who spoke

September 6, 2021

News

Just In: Orthodox Arch Bishop Lwanga Passes On

The head of the Orthodox church in Uganda, Metropolitan of Kampala and all Uganda Lwanga has died. Premilinary investigations show that he died of liver cancer in Athens Greece. Biography Born 18 July 1945 in the village Ddegeya, Uganda. Lwanga’s grandfather, Obadiah

September 5, 2021

Business

Why Ruparelia’s Tagore Apartments Is Kampala’s Top Luxurious Accommodation Spot

Located in Kamwokya along Mawanda Road in Kampala, Ruparelia Group’s Tagore Apartments is by far the top luxurious accommodation hotspot with in the city center. The spacious apartments managed under the Speke Group of Hotels, Tagore is the ideal apartment accommodation for

September 5, 2021

Business

MinTumwebaze Appoints Dr Beine As NAGRC&DB Executive Director

The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Hon. Frank Tumwebaze has appointed Dr. Peter Beine as the Executive Director of the National Animal Genetics Resources Centre and DataBank (NAGRC&DB). This was upon the recommendation of the NAGRC&DB Board of Directors and

September 5, 2021

Education

Education Giants: Victoria University Opens Intakes For Health & Safety Oil & Gas Courses

The oil and gas industry has been taunted as the next big driver of the economy in Uganda, a country that boasts of 6.5bn barrels of oil and a significant amount of natural gas in western Uganda. Many Ugandans are preparing to

September 5, 2021