A war of words has erupted between Uganda People’s Defence Forces spokesperson Brigadier Felix Kulayigye and Uganda Police over a case involving suspected rapist in Wakiso District. In a statement this evening, the police says “Our attention has been drawn to a video clip from NTV circulating on social media emanating from a program that…
Three people were injured in a road accident on Friday morning when a driver of the Global bus failed to control it and rolled several times at Kayabwe along Masaka-Kampala highway. The Mbarara-bound bus Reg. No. UAX 283A was enroute to Mbarara from Kampala. The police’s traffic and road safety PRO ASP Faridah Nampiima said…
The Commercial Court has dismissed an application by city architect Peter Kamya in which he sought a temporary injunction stopping the sale or transfer of his property Simbamanyo house on Lumumba Avenue and Afrique Suites Hotel in Kampala. On October 8, 2020, Equity Bank sold Afrique Suites Hotel on Mutungo Hill to Luwaluwa at $4,350,000…
Parliament’s Committee on East African Community Affairs has tasked the finance ministry to prioritise funding for the Ministry of East African Community Affairs. Committee members say low budget allocation to the ministry has affected its capacity to discharge its key activities on national and regional level. The committee chairperson, Hon. Noeline Basemera, said the budgeting…
President Museveni who is also the Commander in Chief (CIC) of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF)has met with the country’s Security High Command. The security’s top brass discussed the country’s successful handling of several pandemics including COVID 19, Locusts, Operation Shujaa and the security situation in the Karamoja region. He commended the UPDF for…
Members of Parliament have demanded for a status report of the International Specialised Hospital in Lubowa. The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has directed the Prime Minister to give government’s position on the status of construction of the International Specialised Hospital in Lubowa, Wakiso district along the Kampala-Entebbe Road. “A team went to the construction…
The State Minister of Defence in Charles of General Duties, Hon.Jacob Oboth-Oboth has met the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Great Lakes region, H.E. Huang Xia at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters in Mbuya. During the meeting, Hon. Oboth and H.E. Huang Xia discussed issues of regional peace and security…
Last week, Rajiv and Naiya gave birth to a baby girl. She’s their first born. Today, it has been revealed that the newest member of the Ruparelias has been named Inara. Inara is billionaire Sudhir Ruparelia’s second grand child. The first being Arie, who was born in 2019 by Sheena Ruparelia. The property mogul has…
The committee for remuneration of Kampala city councilors took centre stage when officials from Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) appeared before the Committee on Presidential Affairs on Wednesday, 13 March 2022. Led by the State Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs, Hon. Kabuye Kyofatogabye, the KCCA officials were defending their ministerial policy statement for financial…
The government of Kenya Wednesday signed deportation papers for Rubis Energie Kenya Managing Director Jean-Christian Bergeron as it fought back against oil marketers it accused of abetting a petroleum crisis through hoarding and higher exports despite shortages in their domestic retail outlets. High-ranking government sources told the Nation that the MD is accused of economic…
