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IGG Commends ISO Leadership, Other Anti-Graft Agencies for Partnership In Fight Against Corruption
The Inspector General of Government (IGG) has lauded the Internal Security organization leadership for being among the leading partners in the fight against corruption in Uganda. This was revealed by the Deputy IGG, Dr. Patricia Achan Okiria while delivering a lecture to ISO trainees at Entebbe on the 22nd September 2022. Dr. Achan who was…
Gen. Isoke Lauds President Museveni For Intensifying Fight Against Corruption Through Inter-Agency Cooperation With State House & ISO Anti-Corruption Units
The Head, State House – Anti-Corruption Unit (SH-ACU) Brig. Gen. Henry Isoke has on Wednesday September 21, 2022 visited the Internal Security Organisation (ISO) training unit in Entebbe where he presented a lecture on the fight against corruption to the new recruits of the highly secretive but very effective intelligence gathering organisation in the country.…
Confession: How I Got Millions of Counterfeit Money and Exchanged It In Banks Without Being Detected
My name is Agatha; I am making this confession because I left this risky work that I was doing. A few months ago, a friend of mine got me a job in Malaba, a few weeks into my job, two men approached me with this lucrative offer. They asked me how much I earned from my…
NSSF Unveils Its Mixed-use Affordable Temangalo Housing Project
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has unveiled its mixed-use affordable housing project located at Temangalo, in Wakiso district, 17Kms from Kampala city centre. When completed, it will comprise 3,500 houses of various types, retail and commercial spaces, community amenities including education, health and social facilities, a large neighbourhood green park, associated infrastructure including roads,…
OP-ED: Let Us Have Coffee Over Affordable Housing
By Denis Jjuuko Kampala: There are skits on social media of a landlady called Nakayiza. She can visit her tenants at any time and if she finds them eating chicken or meat, she wonders how they can be enjoying expensive foods while still renting. She castigates them for being such poor planners who enjoy life’s…
Dishonourable: Lydia Wanyoto Sued By 8-Year-Old Stepdaughter Over Father’s Grave
Florence Wanyenze Mutende, 8, a daughter to late James Shinyabulo Mutende has dragged Lydia Wanyoto to Court alleging that for 7 years she has not been allowed to allow the graveyard of her father. Mr Mutende died on October 3, 2015 and was buried in Mafudhu, Sironko District. In a civil suit number 395 of…
Some Relief For Consumers As Fuel Prices Slightly Drop
Businessmen and experts have expressed optimism that the continued drop in fuel prices in Uganda will help to lower the cost of doing business. In the past two months, there has been a drop in the fuel pump prices from an average of 6,800 Shillings a litre of petrol to about Shs5,800, and diesel from…
Gen Saleh Scoffs At Rumours About His Death, Grateful To Daughter For Helping Him Resurrect
Rtd Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho, aka Salim Saleh is alive and kicking, contrary to persistent reports by some bloggers claiming he is dead. The speculations went even into high gears when yesterday, Saturday September 17th 2022, a string of posh cars and deployment of heavy security were noticed at his Buziga Home of his wife Jovia Saleh.…
COSASE Chairman Ssenyonyi On Spot For ‘Witch-hunting’ Uganda Airlines Boss Bamuturaki
The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) Joel Ssenyonyi has come under fire from some sections of the public for reportedly witch-hunting Jennifer Bamuturaki, the Executive Director of Uganda Airlines. The concerned Ugandans contend that the way Ssenyonyi is conducting the ongoing inquest into the Auditor General’s report portrays…
Op-ed: Mental Health Awareness Should Go Beyond Twitter Spaces
By Leonard Kamugisha Akida Kampala: Less than a decade ago, social media has picked interest in various topics on politics, socio-economic spheres. On Twitter, the most trending topic have been on Mental Health Awareness (Mental Wellness, as different experts would prefer calling it) and a number of Twitter spaces have been scheduled for keynote speakers…