Hannington Mbabazi, Author at Thecapitaltimes

Crime

Grief As Two Perish In Masaka-Kyotera Road Accident

Two people died and three others sustained critically injuries following a nasty road accident at Nabajjuzi swamp along Masaka-Kyotera Highway on Friday. The accident involved tipper truck Reg. No. UAR 487M which collided head on with lorry Reg. No. KCH 262Z. Police

August 8, 2020

Politics

Bullets, Teargas In Mbale As Police Blocks NUP’s Bobi Wine From Appearing On A Radio Talkshow

Police in Mbale City on Saturday morning fired teargas and live bullets to disperse the supporters of National Unity Platform (NUP) party led by the Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine. Mr Kyagulanyi was scheduled to appear

August 8, 2020

Crime

Shock As Two Umeme Employees Are Electrocuted To Death On Electric Pole

Traders and residents of Wantoni trading Centre in Mukono town were engulfed with Shock on Friday August 7, 2020 after men said to be working with Power Distributor Umeme Limited got electrocuted to death on top of an electric pole. Eye witnesses

August 8, 2020

Health

New Hope As Russia Creates World’s 1st Covid-19 Vaccine

Moscow’s Gamelei Center will register the world’s first coronavirus vaccine on August 12, Russia’s deputy health minister has revealed. Oleg Gridnev says medical workers and the elderly will be given priority for immunization. The senior minister at the department, Mikhail Murashko, announced

August 8, 2020

Health

Uganda Registers Sixth Covid-19 Death As Cases Shoot To 1,254

Uganda has registered another Covid-19 death, bringing the total to six. According to the Ministry of Health, the deceased is a 70-year old Ugandan male, resident of Natete, Kampala. “On 24th July 2020, he presented at Lubaga Hospital with signs and symptoms

August 7, 2020

Crime

Court Martial Overturns Bodaboda 2010 Boss Kitatta’s 8 Year Jail Sentence, Sets Him Free!

The founder of Bodaboda 2010 Association Abdallah Kitatta has been released from Luzira prison after the Court Martial yesterday reduced his 8 year sentence, following his appeal. The six-member court chaired by a civilian advocate, Elly Turyamubona sitting in Makindye, delivered its

August 7, 2020

Entertainment

Jose Chameleone Terribly Sick, Battling With Kidney Infection

Ugandan Afrobeat singer and Kampala City Mayor hopeful Joseph Mayanja popularly known as Dr. Jose Chameleone is critically sick and battling a kidney infection, this website has learnt. According to reports, the ‘Baliwa’ singer has been bedridden at Nsambya hospital for last

August 7, 2020

Crime

BoU Saga: DPP Orders Police To Arrest Kasekende, Sekabira, Bagyenda & Search Their Homes For Defrauding Defunct Banks Properties

The days of running for former Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor Louis Kasekende, former Director Compliance Justine Bagyenda, Ben Sekabira, the Director for Financial Markets Development Coordinator and other Central Bank officials who were involved in the fraudulent sale of Teefe Trust

August 7, 2020

Politics

NRM Reportedly Postpones Elections For Top CEC Members

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party has reportedly resolved to postpone elections for the top Central Executive Committee (CEC) members. According to the Party revised roadmap, elections for the Party chairperson, first national vice chairperson, the second national vice chairperson (female) and

August 7, 2020

Business

‘You Must Pay COVID-19 Rent Arrears’- Gov’t Chief Whip Nankabirwa Tells Traders As Landlords Lock Shops

Government Chief Whip, Ruth Nankabirwa has advised Ugandans to forget about not paying their rent arrears for the months the country was under lockdown. She instead promised to ask government to come up with an affordable credit facility which can help the

August 6, 2020