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Parliament Cancels Illegal Leases On Uganda Railways Land

Parliament in its report from the Committee on Commissions Statutory Authority and State Enterprises (COSASE) has directed that leases on Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) land be cancelled. Presenting the report of the committee during the plenary on Wednesday, 13 April 2022, the

April 14, 2022

Health

Pictorial: Rajiv & Wife Welcome Baby Girl, Grandpa Sudhir Throws Party With Friends In London

City businessman Rajiv Ruparelia and wife Naiya have given birth to a bouncing baby girl. The new life is the first child for Rajiv and Naiya. To celebrate the achievement of getting a second grandchild, Uganda’s richest man Dr Sudhir Ruparelia decided

April 13, 2022

Politics

Busted: How Suspended Rubaga Councilors Over Indiscipline Are Secretly Launching Campaign To Censure Speaker Musah Mbazira

A group of councilors from Rubaga division who were suspended from the council sessions last month over indiscipline have launch a secret campaign to censure the speaker of Musa Mbazira. The 25 councilors who included the Rubaga Mayor and his deputy Fugge

April 13, 2022

Politics

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