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Free Venue With a Bottle Of Champaign Not Bad For Your End Of Year Party At Uganda’s Oldest Speke Hotel
Uganda’s oldest hotel, Speke Hotel Kampala has announced it is now offering free venues to companies, organizations, and individual group to host their end of year party at any of the hotel’s restaurants from now till end of the year in its festive bonanza promo. Dubbed “End of Year Parties 2021″, Speke Hotel announced through its…
Kabira Country Club Welcomes Guests To 2022 With An Irresistible ‘New Year Brunch Buffet’
The year 2021 is drawing its curtains on us, ushering in a series of activities that come along with the end of year festivities and as it has been a norm for the last many years, Kabira Country Club will treat its esteemed customers to a magnificent ‘New Year Brunch Buffet.’ The Capital Times has…
21 UCFC Rebel Group Members Arrested In Kassanda
The Joint Security Task Team actively involved in operations aimed at disrupting and dismantling, the newly created rebel group of the Uganda Coalition for Change (UCFC) has arrested an additional 21 suspects. The group forms part of the rebel group and brings the total number of arrested suspects to 29. Fred Enanga the police spokesperson…
Col Nakalema’s SHACU Arrest Hoima LC5 Boss Over Graft
The Hoima District LC5 Chairperson, Kadir Kirungi has been arrested by detectives from the State house anti-corruption unit over yet to be disclosed charges. Kirungi was picked from Hoima city on Sunday evening by detectives from the state house anti corruption unit and was whisked to yet an unknown police custody. However, sources say he…
Passengers Stranded As UAE Suspends Flights From Entebbe Airport Over Omicron Variant
United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suspended flights from Uganda to Dubai until further notice. Flights from Entebbe were also suspended in June due to the surge of COVID-19 cases and many passengers testing positive for the virus on arrival in Dubai. According to a tweet from Uganda Civil Authority- UCAA, “passengers planning to travel to…
Over 10 Injured In Bududa Nasty Road Accident
Over 10 people have been critically injured following an accident in Bududa district. The accident involving a Fuso truck, registration number UAW 329Y occurred at around Women’s Corner Stage, along Bududa-Mbale highway in Bududa district. According to police preliminary investigations, the driver of the Fuso which was carrying onions and bananas to Kiryandongo lost control…
Controversial Lawyer Mabirizi Drags URA To Court Over Decision Requiring Land Buyers To Have TIN
Controversial City Lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the High Court in Kampala seeking to quash the directive by the Uganda Revenue Authority-URA, requiring buyers and sellers of land worth 10 Million Shillings or more to have a tax identification number (TIN). According to URA, the requirement is aimed at registering all the potential taxpayers and…
Minister Babalanda Calls For Urgent Media Sensitisation, Urges RDCs To Enforce SoPs In Public Places
The Minister for Presidency Milly Dokha Babalanda has directed Resident District Commissioners across the country to undertake urgent media sensitisation, inspect public places and enforce Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in light of the upsurge in Omicron cases in the country. In the directive, Babalanda cites the Omicron variant and asks RDCs and RCCs to step…
Lawyers Demand Unconditional Release Of Government Critic Kakwenza Rukirabashaija
Lawyers representing Novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija are demanding his unconditional release. Speaking to the press on Wednesday, the lawyers from Kiiza and Mugisha Advocates led by Eron Kiiza said, Kakwenza was arrested on Tuesday at around 4pm from his home in Kisaasi, a Kampala city suburb by armed men. According to Kiiza, the unknown gunmen arrested…
WHO Warns Of “Tsunami Of Cases” From Omicron, Delta
The World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned on Wednesday that the more transmissible Omicron together with the currently circulating Delta variants might lead to “a tsunami of cases,” putting immense pressure on national health systems. Recapping WHO’s response since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Director-General of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing…