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Down & Out! Gender PS Directs Ntambi, Other Top EOC Bosses To Handover Office
The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Mr Aggrey Kibenge has directed senior officials of Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) whose contracts have expired to hand over office immediately. The contracts for the EOC commissioners, including the chairperson, Ms Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi, who renounced and abandoned the use of the name…
Atleast UGX311 Billion Covid-19 Funds Mismanaged – Auditor General
The Auditor General has revealed that there was financial indiscipline in the utilisation of shs311 billion disbursed to Ministries, Departments, Agencies (MDAs) and districts for Covid-19 interventions. Section 25(1) of the Public Finance Management Act provides that government may approve a supplementary budget up to 3 per cent of appropriated budget but must seek retrospective…
President Magufuli Is Well But Busy, Govt Officials Assure Worried Public
Tanzanian government officials have dismissed speculation about the health and wellbeing of President John Magufuli two weeks after he was last seen in public. President Magufuli’s last known official engagement came about two weeks ago when he briefly attended a virtual East African Heads of State Summit before leaving Vice President Samia Suluhu to represent…
‘We’ve More Important Things To Attend To’- City Traders Boycott Bobi Wine’s Call For Riot
City traders under their umbrella body Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) have warned leader of the National Unity Platform party Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine not to dare stage riots in the city because they are fed up of robbery and hooligan squads who storm business and loot them to zero. In a statement signed…
Unruly James Hewitt Finally Breaks Silence On Rumours That He’s Prince Harry’s Dad, Leaves Kingdom In Dismay
By Agencies Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as senior members of the royal family earlier this year, and have since moved overseas to settle in the US with their one year old son, Archie Harrison. The Sussexes bought their first home together in the quiet seaside town of Montecito, California after months of…
Hajji Kigongo Intervenes In Kadaga,Nankabirwa Rivalry Over Speakership
The 1st Vice Chairperson of National Resistance Movement ‘NRM’, Alhaji Moses Kigongo has cautioned MPs against dragging the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) into the hotly contested race for next Speaker of Parliament. Kigongo released a statement condemning senior NRM leaders who have started vulgarizing the race by using unparliamentary language. “Yesterday, the 10th of…
Scandal: Covid-19 Funds Swindled As Auditor General Report Pins Top Govt Officials
The Auditor General has revealed that there was financial indiscipline in the utilisation of shs311 billion disbursed to Ministries, Departments, Agencies (MDAs) and districts for Covid-19 interventions. The Auditor General, John Muwanga presented the audit report for financial year 2019/2020 to Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, on Thursday, 11 March 2021. According to the report, Government interventions…
Bebe Cool Disheartened By Gov’t As Son Alpha Misses S.4 Final Exams
Recently, Uganda reached to the finals of U20 Total CAF African Cup of Nations. Top renowned musician Moses Ssali aka Bebe Cool’s son Alpha Thierry Ssali was part of the youngsters players who raised Uganda flag high in the continental competition. The hippos team emerged second after losing to Ghana 2-0. The team had several…
Police Bust Top Kampala Criminal Gangs Linked To Deadly Robberies
Katwe Police last night carried out an intelligence-led operation and busted a criminal gang that has been operating in the areas of Masajja, Makindye-Sabagabo in Wakiso District. ‘Call Call’ conmen, as they are commonly known, defraud people using mobile phones by calling them and claiming that they have won prizes or by sending fake mobile…
MPs Call For Retaliation Against Kenya’s Maize Imports Ban
Members of Parliament have called for reciprocation against Kenya following the ban of Uganda’s maize last week. The Members of Parliament says the Kenyan government has banned other commodities like milk, eggs and sugarcane. Kenya in a statement last week, banned the importation of maize from Uganda citing high levels of aflatoxins which pose a…