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Kabira Country Club Wins Shs 147m Water Bill Case
The High Court in Kampala has cleared Kabira Country Club of 147 million Shillings water bill that was being demanded by the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC). According to the judgment issued by the head of High Court Civil Division Justice Musa Ssekaana, the bill issued to Kabira for water allegedly consumed between 2013…
‘Ham’s act of kindness to support the Covid-19 vaccination exercise is in no way linked to the donation that he offered’ – Health Ministry Clarifies On Covid-19 Vaccines Given To Tycoon Hamis Kiggundu
Uganda’s Health Ministry has broken silence and clarified on claims that over 2,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were sold to city tycoon, Ham Kiggundu to vaccinate his workers and tenants. The Daily Monitor on Monday morning wrote an article titled, “Covid-19 vaccines ‘sold’ to city trader secretly in which the newspaper claimed that the Health Ministry…
Eid al-Adha 2021: Ugandan Gov’t Declares Tuesday July 20th a Public Holiday
The Ministry of Public Service has through the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) announced that tomorrow July 20th will be a public holiday. The announcement is in respect to a second significant religious festival of Islam, Eid al-Adha, which will begin on the evening of Monday, 19 July this year. (The first of…
14 Passengers Arrested Inside Box Body Truck in Nabbingo
Police in Nabbingo, a Kampala suburb has on Monday afternoon intercepted a motor vehicle (box body truck) registration number UBJ 803P and arrested 14 passengers for flouting both the Covid-19 SOPs and traffic regulations. According to police, the interception followed observation of CCTV camera visuals showing people embarking and disembarking the truck at different points.…
Uganda Won’t Achieve Middle Income Status Until 2040 – World Bank Warns
Uganda gaining middle Income Status as a country is something President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been obsessed with for the past years. In his numerous addresses, Mr. Museveni promised Uganda will soon jump from the cluster of third world countries to the middle income status. However according to world Bank experts, this wait will go…
Terrible! Man Collapses Dead On His Way to MP Zaake’s Relief Food Distribution Centre
Residents in Mityana Municipality were on Sunday left in shock after a 35-year-old man collapsed and died on his way to Mityana Gombolola Grounds where MP Francis Zaake was distributing Covid-19 relief food to vulnerable residents affected by the 42-day lockdown. The deceased identified as Thomas Katongole alias Kawanga a resident of Katanga Kibibi Garage…
Uganda & Africa’s Way Out Of Covid-19 Gridlock Is In The Neighborhood
By Tusiime Apollo On global scale, there have been frantic attempts to avert the dangers of COVID-19 ever since the global pandemic broke out in Wuhan, China at the end of the year 2019. Being a highly infectious disease that can cause life threatening symptoms, the whole world has been at it’s toes to save…
13-Year-Old Girl Hangs Self Over PLE Results
A 13-year-old girl in Hoima has committed suicide by hanging herself after getting harsh comments from her parents for performing poorly in the recently released PLE Results. The deceased was identified as Daphine Nakimuli, a resident of Kinuubi East, Bwikya Ward in Mparo division, Hoima City. Nakimuli had just completed her PLE at Bwikya Primary…
MPs Task Deputy Speaker Among to Officially Reveal Whereabouts of Speaker Oulanyah
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has said that the absence of Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has not created a vacuum Among was on Wednesday afternoon responding to inquiries by a section of Members of Parliament on the whereabouts of Speaker Oulanyah. Oulanyah was in May elected Speaker of Parliament and last presided over the…
Nile Breweries Donates 300 Oxygen Cylinders to Save Covid-19 Patients
As a way of reducing the rising scarcity of oxygen in the health facilities, Nile Breweries Limited has boosted the health ministry with over 300 oxygen cylinders to save Covid-19 patients. The donations were handed over to the Prime Minister Rt Hon. Robinah Nabbanja on Wednesday July 21, 2021 by Nile Breweries Legal and Corporate…