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Omoro County By-election: Six Candidates Express Interest In Replacing Late Speaker Jacob Oulanyah

Six people have expressed interest in vying for the Omoro County parliamentary seat in Omoro district. The seat fell vacant following the death of former legislator and Speaker of Parliament Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah on March 20, 2022, in Seattle in the United

April 13, 2022

Business

Good Heart: Kira Young Foundation Boss,Lukwago Awards Diehards With Plots Of Land

Kira Young Foundation boss Jimmy Lukwago has awarded his foundation diehards who has been there for him after and before politics when he contested for Kira Municipality MP seat on NUP ticket against FDC’s Hon. Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda. The land he awarded

April 13, 2022

Politics

Omoro County By-election: Oulanyah’s Son Andrew Ojok Reportedly Resigns Juicy NITA-U Job To Vie For Father’s Seat!

Andrew Ojok Oulanyah, eldest child and son to fallen former speaker of Parliament Rt Hon Jacob Oulanyah, has resigned his well paying job at National Information Technology Authority (NITA-Uganda), to go into the trenches of Omoro villages in search of replacing his

April 13, 2022

Crime

Mother Arrested For Strangling Child To Death

Arua police are holding Sharon Amaniyo, a resident of Koo cell in Yivu ward, Ayivu division for allegedly strangling her two-month-old infant to death. One of the residents identified as Tabu Albino found the minor’s lifeless body lying in the suspect’s doorway

April 13, 2022

Politics

Speaker Blocks Parliament From Discussing Oulanyah Poison Claims

The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has blocked debate on former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah’s poison claims, saying his death should not be politicized. “We are not going to allow Oulanyah’s death politicized. We are still grieving let things of investigations go on,

April 13, 2022

Business·ENERGY & MINERAL RESOURCES·Hot Take·Trending

Biomass to Electricity: Tears Of Joy As ERA Launches Pilot Project At Mulago’s Mwanamugimu Nutrition Unit

The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has launched a Biomass-to-Electricity pilot project at Mwanamugimu Nutrition unit in Mulago Hospital. Dubbed Biomass to Electricity cooking, the clean cooking pilot project was launched Tuesday, April 12, 2022 and is intended to eliminate use of carbon-based

April 12, 2022

Business

Uganda To Be Blacklisted Over Money Laundering

Uganda’s financial industry risks being blacklisted by international systems for failure to put in place measures that can effectively prevent financial crimes like money laundering. This is a requirement by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global inter-governmental organisation on the

April 12, 2022

Crime

Mabirizi Fails To Proceed In Court Over Hunger

Jailed lawyer Male Mabirizi has today failed to continue with the offensive communication case against him before Buganda Road Magistrates Court citing hunger and persecution in prison. This case was instituted against him by lawyer Robert Rutaro Muhairwe as a private prosecutor.

April 12, 2022

Business

Pictorial: Excitement As ‘Historical’ Nakivubo Memorial War Stadium Construction Nears Completion

Days are numbered for football fans in Uganda to jubilate as the construction of multibillion and multi-purpose Nakivubo War Memorial Stadium, commonly referred to as Nakivubo Stadium, is swiftly progressing with the focus of being the leading stadium on the African continent.

April 12, 2022

Business

Foreign Companies Continue Reaping Big From Ugandan Cannabis As Gov’t Ignores Local Investors

Local investors in the country have continued to express their disappointments over the selective licencing of cannabis business that has been only allowed to be operated by foreign companies. In an investigative study and survey carried out by this website, it is

April 10, 2022