The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has suspended licenses of 15 labour export firms for allegedly being involving in human trafficking, accumulated refund claims, forgery of renewal documents among other accusations. According to the Ministry, the affected companies have been stopped from operating with immediate effect. In June this year, the Ministry of…
Lamwo district councilors are protesting the unexplained reduction of their sitting allowances and emoluments. The matter took center stage during the council session held on Wednesday. The councilors demanded the payment of Shillings 400,000 as a sitting allowance for the previous three council sittings and two committee meetings. The district speaker, James Ochola, said that…
All vendors and street hawkers will not be allowed in Kampala City starting next year (2022), Government has announced. While addressing journalists on Thursday ahead of the busy festive period, Kampala Resident City Commissioner (RCC), Hudu Hussein revealed that hawkers and vendors must find markets where to operate from as they will not be allowed…
Three people have been confirmed dead following a grisly accident involving an MTN Double cabin on Thursday, 23rd December 2021 at Akachunchu-Kagongi Trading Centre along Ibanda-Mbarara highway. The accident involved a Toyota double cabin (white in colour) registration number UAY 304 A belonging to MTN and a red Bajaj boxer registration number UEF 548L ridden…
In a bid to give a comfortable stay to their loyal clients, Luxurious Kabira Country Club has unveiled an exciting accommodation package in which it is offering luxury stay to its loyal clients at favorably lower rates. In the mega festive offer dubbed “Christmas Special” at Kabira, you will experience a state-of-the-art luxury stay living…
The NRM Secretary General Rt Hon Richard Todwong has hailed the people of Kayunga for voting Andrew Muwonge as their next LC5 chairman. “In the next financial year, the budget will now increase from shs40 billion to shs45 billion. This is mainly to help you, leaders of Kayunga district, to fight poverty, illiteracy, and underdevelopment…
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been endorsed by the Council of Ministers to join the East African Community (EAC) as the seventh member state. The EAC Council of Ministers, chaired by Kenya’s EAC Affairs and Regional Development Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed, gave the nod during an extraordinary meeting on Monday, November 22, in Arusha,…
Officials at Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA), Uganda’s power sector supervisor, have explained the newly announced domestic tariff aimed at reducing the use of charcoal for cooking in homes across the country. As we reported last week, Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, and officials from power regulator Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) led…
Entebbe Magistrate Grade One Stella Okwong Paculal has charged Pastor Aloysius Bugingo on two counts, and Suzan Makula Nantaba on one count for allegedly getting married contrary to sections of the Marriage Act, 1904 and Penal Code Act,1950. Okwong signed formal charges against the duo after merging private prosecution applications and complaints filed by Robert…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Okoth Ochola says the Police Authority approved the promotion of IP Cheptegei Joshua and IP Njia Benjamin to Assistant Superintendent of Police. Similarly, in exercising the delegated powers from H.E. The President, Ochola also promoted the following subordinate officers, who participated in the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, to various ranks of Corporal to Inspector of Police; No.…
