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Eight Ugandans Miss Repatriation Flight After Testing Positive For Covid-19
Eight Ugandans missed a special repatriation flight from Saudi Arabia this week after testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). On Tuesday, 113 Ugandans who were stranded in Saudi Arabia due to the COVID-19 lockdown arrived at Entebbe International Airport aboard a flight sponsored by the International Organization for Migration- IOM. They were among the 136 females…
Breaking! Justice Lydia Mugambe Appointed New IGG
President Museveni has appointed Justice Lydia Mugambe Ssali as the new Inspector General Of Government (IGG). Mugambe takes office formerly occupied by Justice Irene Mulyagonja who was appointed a judge of the Court of Appeal in October 2019. Prior to the appointment to the office of the IG, Justice Mugambe has been at the Civil…
Gov’t Revokes Troubled Bryan White Foundation License!
The National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations [NGO Bureau] has cancelled the operating license of Bryan White Foundation, an organization belonging to Kampala socialite Bryan Kirumira. This was revealed by Patrick Onen Ezaga, the senior communication officer of the NGO Bureau at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala today. One said, the decision was taken after…
Sensational Kiplimo Sets New 3000m Diamond League, Ugandan Record
Ugandan teenage athletics sensation Jacob Kiplimo proved unstoppable once again as he smashed the Wanda Diamond League 3000m meet record in Rome on Thursday night, also setting a new Ugandan record with that performance. Kiplimo clocked 7:26.64 over the seven-and-a-half-lap distance to not only smash Australia’s Ryan Gregson’s meet record of 7:42.19 by 1.55 seconds,…
Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia Drags Lawyer Karamagi To Court Over Alleged Defamation
Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia has dragged city lawyer Andrew Karamagi to court for alleged defamation. Dr. Sudhir through his lawyers of Galisonga and Company Advocates filed the suit before the Civil Division of High Court in Uganda’s capital, Kampala. According to the businessman, Karamagi posted on his Facebook page statements that were allegedly false and defamatory.…
Why Is Bank Of Uganda Silent About DTB’s Shs120b Scandal?
“We are all aware that there is an ongoing case in the Courts of Law, but the existence of such a big case in Courts of law is an ongoing public concern that the regulator should be concerned about.” Over the years it’s been a well-known fact that a sound and workable financial system is…
Just In: Parliament Bus Carrying 25 Covid-19 Patients Catches Fire
A parliamentary Bus registration UG 0391H which was carrying about 25 Covid-19 patients from Gulu to Kampala has caught fire. It is said that the bus caught fire at Koro along the Gulu-Kampala highway. Aswa region police spokesperson Patrick Okema revealed that fire brigade was dispatched at the scene and managed to put out fire.…
Seeta Cab Driver Stabbed To Death,Body Stuffed In Car Boot
Police has started investigating murder case where three suspects hired a special hire driver one Batte Christopher, 58, a resident of Nyenje and stabbed him to death. According to the Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Luke Oweyesigyire, suspects hired a cab driver to take them to Bajjo village. While on the way, suspects decided to…
Breaking! Kibalama Takes Back His NUP Party After Failed Shs18.5 Billion Deal With Bobi Wine (Watch Video)
Moses Nkonge Kibalama, the man who sold National Unity Platform (NUP) party to Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has made a u-turn to take back his party saying that the latter failed to stand by his word. In a video making rounds on social media, Kibalama is heard saying that the USD5 million (Shs18.5 billion)…
Court Okays CID To Grill Gen.Tumukunde Over Meeting Army Veterans
High Court in Kampala dismissed an application for a temporary injunction in which presidential aspirant, Lt.Gen. Henry Tumukunde sought to have criminal summons against him by the Criminal Investigations Division halted. The former security sued CID director, AIGP Grace Akullo and the Attorney General seeking orders that the arrest threats issued to him through summons…