Monthly Archives: January, 2022

Police Warn Bodaboda Operators Organizing Protests Against Gov’t Decision To Keep Curfew Restrictions

Kampala Metropolitan Police have warned a group of people disguising as motorcycle (boda boda) operators who are planning to stage demonstrations to disrupt government systems to ease the boda boda curfew hours that they will be dealt with accordingly. According to Patrick Onyango the Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, they received credible information that opportunistic people…

Tears As Former BOU Governor Mutebile Laid To Rest

Hundreds of mourners on Sunday thronged Kigezi High School Primary playground to attend the final send-off of the departed  Bank of Uganda Governor Prof . Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile. Mutebile passed away on Sunday morning at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, at the age of 72, after suffering multiple organ failures. Prime Minister Nabanja interacts…

Operation Shujja: 420 UPDF Soldiers Graduate At Mountain Warfare Training School Karugutu

Four hundred and twenty soldiers drawn from Mountain Division units and Special Forces Command (SFC), have completed a four months Mountain Warfare Technical course at Mountain Warfare Training School (MWTS) – Karugutu. The vigorous mountain technical training involves maneuvering the harsh terrain, thick forests, gorges, valleys, escapements and river crossing while advancing to the enemy…

Uganda: MPs Approve 43 Trillion Budget For 2022/23

MPs have unanimously approved the Budget Framework Paper for the financial year 2022/23 to FY 2026/27, after harmonising positions in the minority and majority reports of the Committee on Budget. Section 9(8) of the Public Finance Management Act requires Parliament to receive and process the Budget Framework Paper (BFP) by the 1st of February. The…

Two UPDF Soldiers Perish In Malaba Road Accident

Two UPDF officers have been confirmed dead after a container truck Reg No.KCB 973X/ZD 5045 Faw crashed into a stationary URA Motor vehicle Reg No.UBA 948S Toyota Hilux they were seated in at Corner Junction along Malaba-Jinja highway, police have said. Police has identified the two soldiers as Warrant officer Collins Manayanga and Private James…

Just In: Former Ethics Min Fr Lokodo Passes On

Former Ethics minister Father Simon Lokodo has died in Geneva, Switzerland where he had gone for an official duty for Uganda human rights commission. The news of his demise has been confirmed by director of information at National Resistance Movement Secretariat Emmanuel Dombo. Later on, Uganda Human rights commission posted on their Twitter account announcing…

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