West Nile Rural Electrification Company Ltd (WENRECo), the licensed power distributor for the West Nile Region has established a 24/7, Toll-free call centre to bolster its customer experience. The State of art facility located at Ewuata Distribution Plant is the first of its kind in the Region and was launched on 3rd February 2023. Engineer…
President Yoweri Museveni has challenged members of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) to work towards uniting the African people. Museveni made the remarks during a meeting he had with visiting PAP Chief Fortune Charumbira who paid a courtesy call on him at State House last evening. Senator Charumbira was accompanied by the speaker of parliament…
The High Court has ordered three banks Stanbic Bank, Citi Bank and Standard Chartered Bank to remove shs 450 million and pay it to Permanent Secretary/ Secretary to the Judiciary Pius Bigirimana. The garnishee order absolute was delivered by deputy High Court registrar Jamson Karemani on Monday afternoon. The shs 450 million arises from the…
Businessman Sudhir Ruparelia and the government of Uganda agreed to build a modern Convention Centre at Commonwealth Speke Resort Munonyo. The centre will host 3,000 delegates and its first conference will be the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) scheduled for this year. The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Sudhir and government was done in…
The State has withdrawn its objection to the bail application of MPs Muhammad Ssegirinya (Kawempe North) and Allan Ssewanyana (Makindye West). This resulted into Masaka high court granting bail to two legislators. The bail application hearing for the two MPs was led by Justice Lawrence Tweyanze. On behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP),…
The State has withdrawn its objection to the bail application of MPs Muhammad Ssegirinya (Kawempe North) and Allan Ssewanyana (Makindye West). The bail application hearing for the two MPs is ongoing at Masaka High Court and Justice Lawrence Tweyanze is in charge of the hearing. On behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Senior…
The Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB has raised concern about the increasing use of slang during examinations. According to UNEB, students are increasingly using jargon and can hardly express themselves without applying slang. Dan Odongo, the Executive Director of UNEB, notes the use of slang is one of the factors affecting the performance of learners not…
The President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni through the Office of the National Chairman (ONC) has appointed Sub-Regional Coordinators and Bazzukulu to work alongside the CAOs and RDCs in the monitoring of public service delivery at the local government levels to contain growing corruption and other illegalities associated with the administration units at the districts.…
Driving a car without a dustbin will attract a fine of six million Shillings. This is part of the fines that have been issued by the National Environment Management Authority-NEMA to curb non-compliance to environmental laws. According to NEMA, effective April 1st, the authority will implement the Express Penalty Scheme – EPS for individuals and…
The Grade One Magistrates court sitting in Kanungu district has fined Nelson Kagote Twinamatsiko, the manager of Kanungu FM shillings 200,000 after pleading guilty to assaulting Anita Tumuramye, a female radio presenter. The incident occurred on January 26th, 2023 at the radio premises. The radio belongs to Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, the Minister for Information Communication…
