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Good Samaritan: OPUL Equips Kalangala Health Centers With Shs250M Medical Items
Oil Palm Uganda Limited (OPUL) has responded to a clarion dire need from islanders by donating medical items worth over UgX250m. This is part of OPUL’s Corporate Social Responsibility. Damanik Saridin,the General Manager for OPUL based in Kalangala District led a team of his management staff to donate medical supplies and theater equipments to Kalangala…
Sri Lankan President, PM Agree To Quit After Protesters Storm President’s Residence
Sri Lanka’s president and prime minister agreed to resign Saturday after the country’s most chaotic day in months of political turmoil, with protesters storming both officials’ homes and setting fire to one of the buildings in a rage over the nation’s severe economic crisis. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he will leave office once a new…
Nine Dead, Five Injured In Luwero Road Accident
Eight women and one man have died while five other people sustained serious injuries in a fatal road crash at Sinalya village in Bombo town council, about 38 kilometers into Luweero district along the Kampala-Gulu highway. The crash occurred after two vehicles collided at around 3pm on Saturday afternoon. It involved a commuter taxi, a…
Over 400 Families Face Forceful Eviction In Hoima
More than 400 residents in Hoima are on the verge of being forcefully evicted from their ancestral land. The affected residents are from the village of Ngobye in Buraru parish, Buraru sub county. They are feuding with Neko Isingoma, a prominent businessman in Hoima town over a piece of land measuring approximately 100 acres in…
Deputy Speaker Tayebwa Warns Accounting Officers Against Bribing MPs To Increase Project Funds
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has cautioned Accounting Officers of government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) against acts of securing higher budgets than what the Finance Ministry allocates for projects by promising to give out kickbacks to legislators sitting on relevant committees. Tayebwa made remarks on Friday July, 8, 2022 at Hotel Africana…
‘Let’s Work With Only Serious People’- PS Ggoobi Sacks Over 110 ‘Sleepy’ Accounting Officers
The Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Ramadhan Ggoobi has kicked out of offices 110 Local Government Accounting Officers for ‘disobeying his commands.’ Ggoobi announced the above action in his letter dated 7th July 2022 stating that following approval of the Budget for FY2022/23 by Parliament, the Ministry uploaded the Approved…
ERA Receives Courtesy Visit From UETCL Board, Pledges Continued Support For Social, Economic Transformation
The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has pledged continued support to the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) . This happened on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 when the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) hosted the newly inaugurated board of UETCL on a courtesy visit at ERA House, Plot 5C-1 Third Street Lugogo, Kampala. The Minister of Energy…
Joint Anti-corruption Operation Cracks Massive Corruption Syndicate In Kaliro District
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit working in liaison with the Uganda Police detectives and the ISO Anti-Corruption unit has arrested a number of District officers after an intelligence operation that discovered racket run by the District Chief Finance Officer – Mr. Mutume Godfrey and the Principal Human Resources Officer – Ms. Rebecca Kwagala who are…
PICTORIAL: New Uganda Ambassador To Sudan Presents Credentials To President Al – Burhan, Starts Tour Of Duty At Khartoum Mission
“Uganda is following the events in Sudan with keen interest, especially the process of the tripartite framework. Uganda will support whatever the people of Sudan want during the tripartite process of negotiations,” Ambassador Dr. Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu told Gen. Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of the Republic of Sudan. The…
Out To Lunch: Decent Housing Necessary For Better Health Outcomes
Photo caption:Hoima couple’s current homeBy Denis Jjuuko In April this year, doctors at the National Specialist Referral Hospital in Mulago were ready to discharged twin girls that had been successfully separated having been born conjoined. But they recalled similar other twins, born conjoined, from Kole District in northern Uganda they had worked on earlier. Upon…