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Cash Bonanza: MPs Expose How Emyooga Funds Were Swindled By Senior Govt Officials

The Emyooga programme across the country was poorly implemented, Members of Parliament have unanimously agreed. The legislators during plenary on Thursday, 16 September, 2021, criticised the government for the systemic failure in the implementation of the presidential Initiative rolled out in October

September 17, 2021

News·Security

Gen Museveni Lashes Out At Guinea,Mali Coup Plotters

The commander in chief of armed forces President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has scolded at the coup leaders in Guinea in a statement released on Friday afternoon. Uganda’s President Gen Museveni questioned the coup plotters their ideological stand. FULL STATEMENT The Military Coups that

September 17, 2021

Business

‘No One Is Above The Law’- City Lawyer Ssemakadde Commends Tycoon Sudhir For Flooring, Exposing Rot At BoU

Award winning human rights lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde of -Center for -Legal Brains Trust has congratulated City tycoon, philanthropist Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia upon a landslide win. After years of endless battle in various courts of law in Uganda, the Bank of Uganda this week

September 17, 2021

Crime

Police Confirms Onebe’s Wife Dead Body Retrieved From Septic Tank

DNA analysis has allegedly confirmed that the decomposing body retrieved from Francis Onebe’s septic tank in Munyonyo is that of his wife Immaculate Asio Onebe, who went missing on January 6 this year. Last week, after interrogating security guard Bonny Oriokot, who

September 17, 2021

Politics

End Of Era: Oulanyah Squashes Kadaga’s Incomplete Bills

Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has put to rest the question of lapsed businesses of previous Parliaments, ruling that they cannot be retrieved by subsequent Houses. Oulanyah’s ruling ends uncertainties surrounding legislations that were either not assented to by President Museveni as

September 17, 2021

News

Oulanyah Meets EU Diplomats Over Rampant Corruption,Elections Violence

The Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, apprised European Union (EU) Ambassadors to Uganda of his vision for Parliament, which he said will move from rhetoric to responding in measurable and quantifiable terms to the plight of citizens. The ambassadors met paid a

September 16, 2021

Politics

MPs Pay Tribute To Fallen Tycoon BMK

A motion for a resolution of Parliament to pay tribute to deceased city businessman Late Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige, also known by his initials BMK, has unanimously passed. Parliament also resolved to rename Wampewo Avenue, in upscale Kampala, as BMK Avenue in his

September 16, 2021

Health

Police To Arrest Private Hospital Owners For Confiscating Dead Bodies Over Unpaid Dues

Uganda police department of Criminal Investigations has taken keen interest in investigating and apprehending all Private Health Care Providers who break the law by retaining the dead bodies ,patiants over non-payment of hospital bills. Paul Kato Tumuhimbise, CID deputy director ordered all

September 16, 2021

Crime

Police On Alert Over Rampant Robberies,Murder Of BodaBoda Riders

The Joint Security Agencies has noted with serious concern, a dramatic spike in aggravated robberies of bodabodas and the subsequent murders of the riders. According to Police spokesperson Fred Enanga revealed that during the week under review, a total of 6 murders,

September 15, 2021

Education

Legislators Squeeze Min. Muyingo To Resolve Gulu Medical Students’ Impasse

Members of Parliament have tasked tasked the Ministry of Education and Sports to study and quickly resolve the impasse which saw the closure of the Gulu School of Health Sciences. Speaker Jacob Oulanyah asked State Minister for Higher Education, Hon. John Chrysostom Muyingo

September 15, 2021