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Good Heart: Keddi Foundation Contributes 111M Towards Completion Of Nakaloke Central Mosque

Keddi Foundation has donated $30,000, approximately one Hundred and eleven Million Uganda shillings (111) towards the completion of Nakaloke Centre mosque. This happened during the marathon fundraising ceremony held at Nakaloke field in Mbale City on Saturday 30th Dec 2023. The funds

December 31, 2023

News

Deputy Speaker Tasks Organizing Committee To Make CSPOC 2024 Summit ‘Indelible Mark’

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt Hon Thomas Tayebwa has asked the organizing committee of the 27th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) countries to have a topic of international significance for which the CSPOC2024 can be remembered

December 30, 2023

East Africa

Tough Punishment: Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye Calls For Stoning Of Gay Couples

Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye has said that homosexuals in his country “should be stoned”. Responding to a reporter’s question, Mr Ndayishimiye, a fervent Catholic, said powerful nations “should keep” their aid if it comes with an obligation to give rights to homosexuals.

December 30, 2023

Crime

South Sudanese National Arrested Over Rape,Murder Of Wakiso Woman

Police Kira Division have arrested 26 year old Joh Gido Joh, also known as Johnnie, a South Sudanese national, in connection with the rape and murder of a woman identified as Bianca on Thursday, December 28, 2023. The incident occurred during a

December 30, 2023

News

Kampala-Entebbe Expressway Collects 75Bn In Two Years

Road users along the Kampala-Entebbe expressway have raised a total of Shs75 billion in toll fees since the commencement of the exercise on 8th January 2022 by Egis Road Operation. According to an update by the Kampala Entebbe Expressway management via their

December 30, 2023

Crime

Gibeon Security Guard Arrested For Shooting Dead Colleague

The Kampala Metropolitan Police is investigating circumstances under which a security guard belonging to Gibion Security Systems shot dead his colleague. ASP Luke Owoyesigyire, the Deputy Police Spokesperson for Kampala Metropolitan, said that the shooting incident happened on December 27, 2023, in

December 29, 2023

Religion

Court Summons Archbishop Kazimba,37 Bishops Over Nullification Of Rev.Kasana Election

The High Court in Luwero has summoned 37 bishops, including the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda (COU), Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu to defend themselves against the cancellation of the election of Rev. Canon Godfrey Kasana Ssemakula as the fourth bishop

December 29, 2023

Africa

World Bank Names Taliercio Country Director For West Africa

The World Bank has appointed Robert Talierco O’brien as the Country Director for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone in the Western and Central African Regions. Taliercio’s appointment will take effect on January 2, 2024. Taliercio is an American national who joined the

December 29, 2023

Op-ed

Richard Byamukama: The Challenges Of Building A Strong Opposition In Uganda

IS IT THE END OF THE BEGINNING OR THE BEGINNING OF THE END? Every time something comes to an end, something else begins. So is it the end of a beginning or the beginning of an end for building strong opposition in

December 29, 2023

East Africa·News

Top Rwanda Govt Political Critic Anne Rwigara Dies Mysteriously

Anne Rwigara,the sister of Diane Rwigara who tried to contest the Rwandan presidency seat with Paul Kagame has passed away. Some have described her death as mysterious. She was 41. Living in the United States, Anne Rwigara was the daughter of the

December 29, 2023