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DPP Moves For Anatomical Dolls To Prosecute Over 700 SGBV Cases
The deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Charles Elem Ogwal, has revealed that their office is to use a new technique of anatomically detailed dolls to prosecute more than 700 cases of sexual and gender based violence effective October 25th, 2021. Anatomically detailed dolls are specifically made with descriptive sexual reproductive parts and they are used…
Benzema Faces Up to 5 Years In prison As Trial Over Alleged Sex Tape Begins
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema goes on trial in France on Wednesday over complicity in the attempted blackmail of former international team-mate Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape. Investigators allege that Benzema encouraged Valbuena to pay a group of alleged blackmailers in order to keep the sexually explicit tape out of the public eye. Benzema…
Jinja Hospital Pharmacist, Six Others Arrested Over Stolen Government Supplies
Police in Kiira region on Thursday arrested the Jinja regional referral hospital internal pharmacist, Ambrose Kamugisha, alongside six others for allegedly selling government labelled supplies. The suspects are being detained at Nalufenya police station awaiting prosecution. The suspects were arrested following a tipoff from a passenger, who alerted Uganda Revenue Authority-URA law enforcement personnel after…
Six State House Impersonators Arrested In Iganga
Police in Iganga has arrested six people for allegedly impersonating as officials from State House under their organisation, Tailoring Uganda. The operation which was led by the deputy resident district commissioner [DRDC] Iganga, Namagogwe Hajjira, saw the alleged members of Tailoring Uganda Organisation, arrested from Nampirika B village, Nakalama Sub-county in Iganga district. The suspects…
Breast Cancer In Ugandan Men 7 Times Higher Than World Average
While women are encouraged to always check their breasts to look out for any possible swellings five to ten days every after their monthly periods, experts at the Uganda Cancer Institute say men should do the same at any time during the month. Dr. Noleb Mugisha, an oncologist who heads screening services says many men…
Mulago Records High Number Of Pregnant Women With Rare Heart Complication
Pregnant women are increasingly reporting a rare form of heart complication during the last months of pregnancy and up to five months after pregnancy. Scientifically named peripartum cardiomyopathy, doctors at Mulago National Referral Hospital and the Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) have said the condition is now affecting seventeen in every hundred women reporting for care.…
Why Tycoon Sudhir Advises Younger Ugandans To Go Into Real Estate Business
Billionaire and Chairman Ruparelia Group of Companies, Sudhir Ruparelia has advised Ugandans to put their money in the real estate business because it’s one of the few businesses that can endure storms of Uganda’s economy. Speaking during the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)’s 3rd edition of e-Bomba Ya Business Summit 2021 at URA’s headquarters, the real…
Rajiv Wins 2021 Kabalega Rally Championship As NRC Title battle Goes To The Wire
City businessman and rally driver Rajiv Ruperalia has won the fifth round of the extended UMOSPOC Kabalega Rally championship which started in 2020. Rajiv with his navigator Enoc Oling scooped first place followed by Duncan Mubiru/Musa Nsubuga, third Ronald Sebuguzi/Anthony Mugambwa, Omar Mayanja/H. Mukuye, Alwi Hassan/J. Mwangi and Fred Busulwa/ Joseph Bongole respectively. Rajiv claimed…
NRC Tittle Fight Resumes This Weekend With Kabalega Rally, Rajiv Vows To Slaughter Competitors
The fight for who becomes the next national rally champion takes shape with the penultimate round this weekend in Hoima. The UMOSPOC Kabalega Rally will be the fifth round of the extended championship that started in 2020. The event was launched last week Thursday in Mukono and it will take place on the weekend of…
Tea Farmers In Buhweju Cry Foul! Stuck With Produce Over Shortage Of Factories
Tea farmers in Buhweju district are stuck with their produce due to shortage of factories. The farmers supply their produce to Igara-Buhweju tea factory, the only factory in the district. It was constructed in 2010 with the capacity of producing 100,000 kilograms, however, the farmers are supplying much more than what the factory can process.…