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Career, Dreams Cut Short As Dott Services Truck Knocks Dead Top Indian Engineer
Police in Mbale City are investigating circumstance under which an Indian national was killed by a road compactor. The deceased identified as Samsadh, who was working as supervisor of works, was crushed by a compactor on Cathederal Avenue while he was directing another truck to offload construction materials on Monday evening. Cathedral Avenue is one…
Felister Di Superstar Elated After Completing P.L.E At Kampala Parents School
Budding Uganda songstress Felister Di Superstar on Wednesday completed her Primary Leaving Examinations (P.L.E) at Kampala Parents School, which is under the proprietorship of tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia’s Ruparelia Foundation. Felister, who was among the over 400 pupils that sat for their P.L.E this year, said that she was positive about passing the exams because she…
OP-ED: Ministry Of Works Should Not Tie Hands Of UNRA
By Ben Ssebuguzi Kampala: When UNRA, a corporate body of government responsible for roads was appearing before COSASE committee of Parliament, it was revealed that the parent ministry of works is alleging that they diverted funds without informing them. Well, according to Public finance expenditure, it is a requirement, but can’t that be harmonized through…
EAC SUMMIT: President Paul Kagame Meets DRC Prime Minister
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has met face to face with DRC Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde at a special EAC High Level Consultative meeting held Monday in Egypt at the sidelines of the meeting of United Nations Framework on Climate Change (COP-27). Monday’s High Level Consultative on the situaiton in DRC was chaired by Burundi…
S.African Gov’t Says “no work no pay” As Public Servants Lay Down Tools
The South African government said on Wednesday that those who are to take part in the strike called by the public servants will not be paid for the days they are not at work. “It must be emphasized that public servants who are working in essential services are not allowed to participate in any strike…
BoU Loses Billions In Foreign Investments
BoU earns most of its income from investing the bulk of Uganda’s foreign exchange reserves in the said bonds, a practice referred to as investment in fixed income assets. Central banks, experts say, use sale of bonds as a tool to increase bank reserves and lower interest rates. When they buy bonds, money flows from…
PAC Queries Irregular Recruitments At Gulu University
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee – PAC Central Government has grilled Gulu University management over irregularities in staff recruitment. The University management led by Vice Chancellor Prof. George Openjuru, on Thursday appeared before the committee to respond to a forensic investigation report into the mismanagement of the institution for the financial years 2016/2017 to 2018/2019. The…
Confirmed: Ex Kampala RCC Hudu Hussein Transferred From Yumbe (See Details)
Only about eight months in office as the Yumbe District Resident Commissioner (RDC), Hudu Hussein has been transferred to a new work station, and will be returning closer to the capital Kampala from where he was Resident City Commissioner (RCC) before President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni sent him to Yumbe. In March 2022, Museveni announced…
Big Story: Drama As Fearless Ugandan Women Storm UN Meeting, Attack Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka Over ‘Speech Of Lies’ On Human Rights (See Full Video)
There was drama during a session of the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture (CAT) in Geneva, Switzerland after angry Ugandan women stormed the meeting and protested a speech by the country’s Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka. The UN Committee against Torture’s session, the seventy-fifth session of its kind, began on October 31, 2022 and will…
Buganda Land Board Officials Resort To Blackmail After Court Halts Cancellation Of Ham’s Kigo Land Titles
There are unscrupulous individuals at the Buganda Land Board (BLB) who have resorted to blackmail and mudslinging after the Court of Appeal stopped the cancellation of tycoon Hamis Kiggundu’s titles for land he bought in Kigo, off Entebbe Road. It should noted that the Uganda Land Commission in September this year cancelled Ham’s titles for…