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Livestock Research Groups Meet Oulanyah To Boost Agriculture
The government should amend vital agricultural development strategies to specifically prioritise pig production in Uganda. This, according to the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), would also require realignment of strategies like the National Development Plan-III and the agro-industrialisation programme. “In the current documents, piggery is lumped with meat and is not singled out. This makes…
Mbarara Bus Park Inferno Kills One Trader
One person has died in a fire that destroyed timber stores near Mbarara Bus Park in Mbarara City. Thedeceased was identified as Ssenkuba Kaboyi alias Sonko, a worker in one of the stores. There were 15 people and 14 survived. The fire that started at around 2am on Monday, destroyed vehicles and several other kiosks…
City Businessman Hamis Kiggundu Launches Hamz Campus
Businessman Hamis Kiggundu has set his hands in a plethora of ventures, and the latest on the catalog is an online learning platform named, Hamz Campus. The Capital Times has learnt that the new learning platform running on the website, www.hamzcampus.com, comes to address challenges in the education sector that were occasioned by the COVID-19…
Exposed: NUP’s Leadership& Activists Secret Plot To Frustrate Current Bail Amendment Proposal By Government Leaks
A secret plot by the National Unity Platform leadership ‘NUP’ and activists to frustrate the current bail amendment proposal by government has leaked. A security source has revealed how NUP is now clandestinely planning to harass and attack Members of Parliament in a bid to threaten not to back the proposal. “We have established how…
Breaking! One Dead, Scores Injured As Another Suspected Bomb Blast Hits Swift Bus Along Masaka Road
Another suspected bomb attack has hit the country after a Swift Safaris Bus bus Reg No UAU 989T en route to Bushenyi is said to have been hit by an explosive at Lungala, Mpigi along Masaka Road. According to imminent eyewitnesses, at least one passenger has died and several others escaped with injuries though other…
Just In: M7 Appoints Maj Gen Nabasa Military Police Commander
Commander in chief of armed forces, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed former Special Forces chief Maj Gen Don Nabasa as the new Military Police commander. The mini reshuffle on Monday evening has let Nabasa replace Brig Keith Katungi who has now been sent to Somalia as the Contingent Commander. Major General Nabasa served as…
MPs Question Uganda Tourism Board’s UGX360million Expenditure On Dubai Expo
The committee on trade, tourism and industry has tasked the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) to account for the 360 million shillings spent during the Dubai 2020 Expo. UTB led by its executive director Lilly Ajarova today appeared before the committee which is probing into concerns arising from Uganda’s participation in the Dubai Expo in the…
Mandatory Testing At Entebbe Airport Set To Start
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has launched the commencement of $30 per person mandatory testing by government for COVID-19 for all incoming passengers at Entebbe International Airport. Since May, private laboratories have been testing un-vaccinated passengers from ten high risk countries such as Kenya, South Africa, South Sudan and the United Arab Emirates among others. However,…
‘Start Small & Work Hard. Don’t Borrow For Real Estate Development Until You Have Four Properties’ – Dr Sudhir
Property Mogul Dr Sudhir Ruparelia has shared from his wealth of experience in real estate development, advising potential developers not to rush into borrowing until they are able to finance their loans. Sudhir made remarks earlier this morning while appearing on Uganda Revenue Authority’s e-Bomba Business Summit as one of the key note speakers on…
ONSPOTLIGHT! BoU’s Head of Legal Kaggwa Under Fire As Sudhir’s Lawyers File Application In High Court Over Constant & Deliberate Refusal To Be Served
Following the Central Bank head of legal Margaret Kaggwa Kasule’s constant and deliberate refusal to sign and to be served, court documents in connection with illegal liquidation of the assets of Crane Bank while in receivership by Bank of Uganda, lawyers representing city businessman Sudhir Ruparelia have filed an application in the High Court against…