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Burundi Court Orders Swearing In Of President Elect Ndayishimiye
Burundi’s constitutional court on Friday ruled that the country’s newly elected leader Evariste Ndayishimiye be sworn in as soon as possible following the sudden death of President Pierre Nkurunziza earlier this week. “No interim necessary, the president-elect …. must be sworn in as soon as possible,” presidential advisor Willy Nyamitwe wrote on Twitter of the…
Counsel Galisonga’s Analysis On Dr. Sudhir’s Sacked Sanyu FM Presenters
As a child, whenever my dad used to give me less pocket money or cancelled some items off shopping list, I viewed him as unreasonable. Sometimes he’d pull out a huge bundle of cash and just pull out a little, much less than I wanted and gave me. To me then, he was a stingy…
Covid-19: Panic As UPDF Soldier Tests Positive At Nakasongola Barracks
A Uganda People’s Defense Forces ‘UPDF’ soldier has tested positive for COVID-19. It is reported the soldier attached at Nakasongola army barracks had returned to the Barracks from pass leave and subjected to a COVID test, at Bombo military barracks. Lieutenant Ibrahim Ssekito, the Nakasongola army barracks spokesperson revealed that the soldier had gone for…
Makerere Dismissal Saga: Court Awards Stella Nyanzi Shs120M
High Court Justice Lydia Mugambe has issued an order of mandamus against Makerere university obliging the management of the institution to implement the decision of the university tribunal in relation to the former researcher Dr Stella Nyanzi . Dr Stella Nyanzi sued Makerere University seeking compensation . She also prayed to court to order Makerere…
Museveni: Some Parasitic MoH Officials Are Dispatching Fake Covid-19 Positive Tests
The President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni has blasted the Ministry Of Health after revealing that among the 679 cases of Covid19 in Uganda, there are some who were given fake positive results “due to carelessness” of some technicians The president announced the shocking news during a Thursday June, 11, 2020 national budget reading. He however,…
Min. Ruth Acheng Calls For Extension Of Lockdown
The Minister for health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has warned that with the impending complacency manifested by the Ugandan plight in urban centres, another resurgence of the virus is predictable. Acheng made a revelation during a ‘Free face masks’ flag off event, where she accused Ugandans of flouting the standard operating procedures of social distancing…
New Entrant: Sanyu Fm Signs Comedian Patrick Salvado
Ugandan awards winner Comedian Patrick Idringi popularly known as Salvado alias ‘Man From Ombokolo’ has been snapped by Sanyu FM and is set to host the station’s Breakfast Show every weekday from 6 to 10 am. The latest we have obtained is that the funnyman will be replacing James Onen aka Fatboy. This website has…
Suspected ‘URA Official’ Arrested Over Shs 80M Fraud
Police at Old Kampala have arrested one suspect for impersonating as a Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) official and defrauding over UGX 80 million. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson SP Patrick Onyango said the arrest follows a case that was reported at Old Kampala police station on September 12, 2019 by one Kyanda Godfrey aged 42, a…
Gen. Kayanja Sweats Plasma As Court Orders Him To Compensate Businessman Shs 255M Over Bogus Land Transaction
Former Operations Wembley boss Major General Elly Kayanja is cursing like hell after High Court Civil Division ordered him to pay businessman, Gerald Batte Shillings 255 million arising from a bogus land deal. The orders were issued by Justice Lydia Mugambe on Wednesday June, 10, 2020 in her judgment on an application filed by Batte against…
Shame As Top Police Boss Is Convicted Of Car Theft, Ordered To Pay Over Shs282M
Untold shame has engulfed the Uganda Police a senior officer was convicted by the High Court for car theft, and ordered to pay over Shs 282 Million in damages to the owner of the stolen vehicle. The senior cop who brought shame unto the Police Force has been identified as Anatoli Muleterwa, who is the…