Russia’s security service arrested an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal on espionage charges, the first time a U.S. correspondent has been detained on spying accusations since the Cold War. The newspaper denied the allegations and demanded his release. Evan Gershkovich was detained in the city of Yekaterinburg while allegedly trying to obtain classified…
The minister for the presidency Milly Babalanda’s decision to replace Dr. Patrick Ibembe as board chairperson of Uganda Security Printing Corporation (USPC) and also as a board member of Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC) did not come out of the blue, this news site reports! It has emerged that not only did Dr. Ibembe…
Hajjat Hadijah Namyalo Uzeiye the Senior Presidential Advisor on Political Affairs who doubles as the Personal Assistant to the National Chairperson National Resistance Movement (NRM) and Head of the Office of the National Chairman (ONC) has appointed Dr. Brenda Jessica Tibamwenda as the Deputy Public Relations Officer of the ONC. In a press release dated…
Cabinet sitting yesterday at State House Entebbe approved the names of eight people as new board members for the Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC). According to the minister for the presidency whose docket supervises UPPC, Hon. Milly Babalanda, the approved names include (veteran scribe) Joachim Buwembo (Wakiso), Sadat Kisuyi (Bugweri), Jolly Kamugira Kaguhangire (Mbarara),…
By Nakimuli Jackline Kampala: The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Monica Musenero who is facing the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) since March 14, 2023, over Covid-19 expenditures in the financial years 2019/20 and 2020/21, seems to have started blackmailing the committee members after failing to provide proper accountability for billions of funds she…
Retired Church of Uganda Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi was last night airlifted to Kampala after his health deteriorated on Monday. “We rushed him to Nakasero Hospital at 2:00am for specialized treatment. His wife accompanied him and is by his side” Nebbi Diocese Bishop Pons Ozelle told Monitor. In a Tuesday morning interview, Bishop Ozelle added that…
Leaders in the banking industry say that they have failed to identify people who qualify for the government’s COVID-19 relief fund meant for small and medium enterprises. It comes a few days after the Bank of Uganda revealed that only Shillings 6 billion out of the Shillings 200 billion Small Business Recovery Fund (SBRF), which was…
The delayed maintenance of the Kampala-Jinja highway has irked lawmakers, who have now questioned the competence of Energo Projekt, a company contracted by government to undertake civil works. Parliament approved a budget of Shs82 billion for Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to supervise maintenance of the 72 kilometre road with works expected to last 12…
When we see such messages that Donald Trump,Joe Biden etc has said this and that; we need to know that all those statements are part of the propaganda machinery from the West. Answers to our problems as Africans are found in our people and what God has put in our continent. The answer is not…
Uganda’s richest man Dr Sudhir Ruparelia has spilt secrets about why Uganda is a land of opportunities which propel businesses to thrive. The money magnet further revealed how accommodative Ugandans are, a reason some foreign families have been able to live in the country for over 120 years and have succeeded in establishing a chain…
