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Funding Delays Affect Namboole Stadium Works – Minister Ogwang
The Minister of State for Sports, Hon. Peter Ogwang has revealed that the renovation and upgrade of the Mandela National Stadium in Namboole to international standards has been affected by delays in the release of funds. Ogwang said whereas Parliament approved the budget in the 2021/2022 financial year, the money was released late. “Parliament appropriated…
Here Is The 2023 Africa Wealth Report
The total investable wealth currently held on the African continent amounts to USD 2.4 trillion and its millionaire population is expected to rise by 42% over the next 10 years, according to the latest 2023 Africa Wealth Report, published by Henley & Partners in partnership with New World Wealth. The report reveals that Africa’s ‘Big…
Several Arrested at Makerere As Tension Rises Over Guild Elections
The Police in Wandegeya have arrested seven students of Makerere University for holding an unlawful assembly. The students were arrested from Emerald Hotel in Wandegeya where they had gathered to address a press conference. The event which had been planned to take place at the University’s Guild canteen was moved to Emerald Hotel after heavy…
Police Report: 37 Killed, 76 Injured In Road Crashes During Easter
The Directorate of Traffic and Road Safety has revealed that at least 37 people lost their lives in various accidents on Ugandan roads over the Easter long weekend. The toll includes nine family members including two children who perished in a fatal accident on Good Friday after a Toyota Alphard vehicle they were travelling in…
Speke Resort Munyonyo Introduces “Easter Sunday Bubbly Brunch and Easter Family Day” As Part of this year’s Easter Festivities
This website can exclusively report the great offers for this Easter season brought to you by the luxurious Speke Resort Hotel. The ever-innovative team at Ruparelia group has now introduced the Easter Sunday Bubbly Brunch where the adult clients will be served all tribes of delicious meals at UGX150,000 and the young ones will be…
Gov’t, Sudhir Convention Centre To Be Ready By January Next Year
The government of Uganda and real estate muloodi Sudhir Ruparelia are set to construct a joint venture Convention Centre at Commonwealth Speke Resort Hotel Munyonyo at a cost of USh 147 billion. There is great urgency around the Convention Centre project, which must be completed and fully functional within 8-9 months in order to host…
Unmasked:Min.Baryomunsi,Kyatuhaire Cited In Team Thorough YKM Fights
It has come to public that for the longest time, First lady mama Janet Museveni has been wondering who could have been behind and the funder of the fights of team thorough YKM for a long time since 2019. It has come to public that Hon Kyatuheire Jacklin the deputy national treasurer of National resistance…
City Lawyers, Candidates Petition JSC Over Irregularities Marred In Magistrate Grade 1 Aptitude Test
City Lawyer, Hassan Male Mabirizi have petitioned the chairperson of the Judicial Service Comission (JSC) seeking for Copies of all Documents relating to the entire ALL process of recruitment of Judicial Officers in respect to Advert No. 02 of 2022. Mabirizi’ petition follows a controversial 4, April 2023, conducted Competence/Aptitude Test for Positions of Magistrate…
After Sponsoring Summit On Fighting Illicit Trade, BAT Now On Spot For Smuggling Cigarettes Into Ugandan Market And Evading Billions In Tax
British American Tobacco (BAT) Uganda and BAT Kenya are on the spot following an investigation which reveals that the companies may have taken advantage of the loopholes in tobacco control governance systems and control the illicit trade of Tobacco products to dump illicit cigarettes into the country. A spot check market survey has since established…
Why IGG Should Investigate More At NDA
The Inspectorate of Government on March 21, 2023 received a petition from a whistleblower, Steven Ssemakula on the anomalies in the recruitment of a senior director at the National Drugs Authority. It has now emerged that for over a period of one year, there has not been definitive results released from the herbal testing unit…