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‘YKM Team Thorough’ Coordinator Dies
The National Coordinator of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) (Yoweri Kaguta Museveni – YKM – Team Thorough), Eng Idiri Kamuntu has passed on. The Capital Times have learnt that Eng Kamuntu died at about 1am on Thursday, June 02, at Mulago National Referral Hospital. The top Museveni mobilizer had been rushed to Mulago in…
Court Of Appeal Dustbins Galisonga’s Application Challenging MP Katuntu’s Victory
The Court of Appeal in Kampala has dismissed an application filed Julius Galisonga against Bugweri County MP Abdu Katuntu. Galisonga’s appeal was dismissed on Thursday by a panel of three Court of Appeal justices comprised of Cheborion Barishaki, Hellen Obura, and Christopher Izama Madrama, on grounds that he had failed to prove the alleged non compliance…
Business Boom In Namugongo Ahead Of Martyrs Day
Business has picked up this morning at Namugongo Martyrs shrine according to traders. The most sought-after items include jerry cans, scarfs, rosaries, and other religious items. By 9:00am in the morning, a number of pilgrims were seen buying jerrycans costing between 1,000 and 3,000 Shillings for carrying water from the Martyrs lake at the shrine.…
My Longtime Friend Sudhir Ruparelia Isn’t After My Property – Businessman Bitature Clarifies
Embattled businessman Patrick Bitature has come out to second his sincere apologies to his colleague and long time friend Sudhir Ruparelia. This follows a social media campaign in which Sudhir had been depicted complicit in Bitature’s current financial woes. In the past weeks, the local press clearly showed that Sudhir has a hand in what…
Deputy Speaker Tayebwa Calls On Gov’t To Support Local Vaccine Manufacturers
By Alex Esagala Kampala: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament RT. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa has asked the Government to implement public private partnerships with local investors who are venturing in vaccine manufacturing to ensure availability of stock at any given time. Tayebwa who toured the Vaccine Access Initiative (VAI) plant and stores run by local investors…
Kawempe Hospital Management In Hot Soup Over Unlawful Diversion Of Funds
Members of Parliament on the Public Accounts Committee-PAC have faulted Kawempe National Referral Hospital management for unlawfully reallocating 36.870 million Shillings. The anomaly was confirmed by Dr. Nehemiah Katusiime Arwanire, the Executive Director of the hospital while appearing on Wednesday before the MPs who are scrutinizing queries raised in the Auditor General’s report for the…
ROAD ACCIDENTS: More Ugandans Are Yet To Die
It is now close to a month since over 21 people died in a bus accident that took place a few kilometers on Fort Portal Mubende Road. While there have been variations on the possible cause of this 4th May 2022 accident, it is undisputed that in just that week alone over 118 people died in accidents…
Pilgrims At Namugongo Feel Pinch Of Rising Commodity Prices
Pilgrims are feeling the pinch of the rising commodity prices, with many missing several meals. Fred Muhereza arrived on Tuesday from Isingiro district. He sought to buy drinking water and food when he arrived because he was hungry, but was turned away by the hiked prices. Muhereza says that during the previous celebrations, they used…
Kigo Land Saga: Lands Ministry Calls For Joint Boundary Opening Survey To Draw Line Between Public & Mailo Land
The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has called for a joint boundary opening survey between Kiham Limited and Buganda Land Board to draw line between public and mailo land. This was resolved in a meeting held at the Ministry of Lands on June, 2nd 2022 which resolved that a final symposium be convened…
Panic As Covid-19 Cases Surge Again In Uganda
The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed that Uganda is currently experiencing another horrible surge in the daily cases of COVID-19 infections. “We have started experiencing an increase in the daily number of COVID-19 cases compared to the stable trends we observed since January 2022,” says Aceng. She says the increase is…