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High Court Dustbins Mwiru’s Election Petition Against Nabeta
Jinja High Court has dismissed with costs an election petition filed by Alliance for National Transformation candidate Paul Mwiru challenging the victory of NRM’s Igeme Nathan Nabeta. Mwiru through his lawyer Edward Kyeyago ran to court to overturn Nabeta’s victory in the January polls. Nabeta won the Jinja South East Member of Parliament seat after…
Museveni’s Ex Spokesperson, Hope Kivengere Passes On
Hope Kivengere,former president Museveni’s spokesperson has passed on, the sad news has been confirmed by Senior Presidential Press Secretary, Ms Lindah Nabusayi Wamboka on Tuesday. Ms Kivengere was Mr Museveni’s longest serving Press Secretary (1986-2001). “Ms Hope Kivengere has passed on from Nakasero Hospital. She always checked in on the Press whenever she was back…
Go & Vaccinate! Uganda Receives Second Batch of COVID-19 Vaccines Donated By China
Uganda on Tuesday received a second batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government. Margaret Muhanga, the minister of state for primary health care, received the vaccines at the National Medical Stores in Entebbe, 40 km south of the capital Kampala. She hailed the donation as her country is scaling up its vaccination…
Prison Officers Undergo Training To Handle Extremist Inmates
Thirty six Uganda prison personnel are undergoing training on how to rehabilitate and reintegrate extremist prisoners. The training that is being held at Admans Hotel in Entebbe is facilitated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime-UNODC, with funding from the European Union, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the UN Office on Counter-Terrorism.…
Over 68 Arrested In Crackdown On Criminal Gangs in Kampala City
Sixty eight suspected criminals have been rounded up in a police swoop in Kampala central business district. The suspects were picked up from Kisenyi and Nakivubo channel in an operation on Wednesday morning involving Field Force Police-FFP officers from Old Kampala police and Central Police stations. Police swung into action following complaints from residents and business…
MPs Irked By Poor Road Maintenance Across The Country
Legislators have expressed concern in regard to the poor state of roads across the country, despite a huge chunk of budget allocated to the Works and Transport sector annually. This was during a debate on the statement by the Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala regarding the status of roads in the…
Capital FM’s Daniel Irish Kanyerezi Throws In Towel After 7yrs
The latest from Capital FM is that its evening late date show host dubbed program controller Daniel Irish Kanyerezi is set to leave the station at the end of this month after seven years of mercilessly banging the station’s airwaves. Using his socials, Kanyerezi without revealing the reason for quitting announced that 31, October will…
AMISOM Orders UPDF Leadership To Jail Ugandan Soldiers Who Killed Somali Civilians
After critical investigations into allegations of civilian casualties in Golweyn on 10 August 2021, the Board of Inquiry (BOI) convened by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has established that, regrettably, the seven people killed were civilians and the conduct of the personnel involved was in breach of the AMISOM Rules of Engagement. According…
President Museveni Meets Nordic States Ambassadors, Here Are Secrets Of The Meeting
Entebbe: Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni seems to be tireless on matters of developing his country and pushing further its cooperation with other states based on his unlimited engagements with various groups from a number of countries globally. Museveni who was awarded another term by Ugandans in the 2021 January polls has today met ambassadors from…
Court Throws MP Bagala Out Parliament, Orders Fresh Elections
High Court in Mubende has nullified Joyce Bagala’s election as Mityana Woman Member of Parliament and called for fresh elections. This follows a petition by Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba. Nabakooba dragged Bagala to court after she trounced her with a margin of 16,000 votes in the January 14, 2021 polls. According to the minister, Ms…