Nile Treasure Gate Company Limited, a labour export recruitment firm has refuted allegations of conspiring to traffic Judith Nakintu, 38, to Saudi Arabia where she purportedly lost her kidney. This follows the arrest of two directors of the company on Thursday when they appeared at the Criminal Investigations Directorate – CID headquarters in Kibuli, Kampala…
Things were just falling into place, Kapa Boy real names Kanaabi Rodrick says about his “ordained” path into music. Shortly after figuring out where I should sit for the picture-taking and conversation. Kapa Boy told our website that he grew up in a musically-inclined surrounding. His friend played the keyboard in church, he used to…
Oil Prices dropped on Thursday as investors assessed geopolitical risks. The West Texas Intermediate for March delivery lost 1.9 U.S. dollars, or 2 percent, to settle at 91.76 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for April delivery decreased 1.84 dollars, or 1.9 percent, to close at 92.97 dollars a barrel…
The National Mental Referral Hospital in Butabika has tasked the Ministry of Health to reopen regional mental treatment units that were turned into Covid-19 isolation and treatment centres. Prof Kinyanda, the chairman board of trustees, said reopening regional mental care facilities will relieve them from the overwhelming pressure from the big numbers of patients. Prof…
President Yoweri Museveni will launch the Parish Development Model (PDM) on 26 February 2022 in the eastern district of Kibuku. The launch of Shs 490 billion PDM meant to eradicate poverty through execution of development activities at the parishes, was announced by the Minister of Local Government, Raphael Magyezi, during the House sitting on Tuesday,…
A resident of Kekubo village in Kabale municipality has been sentenced to a four months imprisonment for disrupting the burial service of the fallen Bank of Uganda Governor, Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile. Mutebile, 72, was buried on January 30, at his ancestral home in Muruhita-Rwakatojo village in Northern division, Kabale municipality. However, chaos ensued when a…
Travellers entering Uganda will no longer have to undergo mandatory COVID-19 testing as has been the case. The new measures took effect on February 16,2022. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Health, the decision to stop testing was made by Cabinet on Monday during its weekly meeting. This comes after the health…
Uganda Airlines has registered an increase in the number of passengers as economies across the world fully open up. According to Shakila Rahim Lamar, the Corporate Affairs & Public Relations Manager at Uganda Airlines has revealed that following the reopening of the Ugandan economy in January 2022, the response has been encouraging, noting that passengers…
