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Covid-19: Emergency Relief Fund For Lawyers Attracts 65 Donors, Rescues 98 Lawyers In Need
As the nation prepares for the 14th COVID-19 Presidential Address, Chairperson Adv Assumpta Kemigisha Ssebunya and Treasurer Adv Sylvia Namawejje Ebitu are pleased to announce on behalf of the Goodwill Committee that the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund for Lawyers has so far been “a resounding success, having attracted 65 donors, rescued 98 lawyers in need,…
Mixed Reactions As Covid-19 Taskforce Petitions Companies To Donate By Deducting Money From Workers’ Salary
Managers of the Covid-19 Response Fund have written to chief executives of companies in Uganda urging them to request their employees to donate at least Shs10,000 to the fund. “We are writing to make an appeal to chief executives of private sector organizations to join our efforts in mobilizing to raise funds for the much-needed…
Just In! Stella Nyanzi Arrested
Dr. Stella Nyanzi was arrested Monday morning as she went to attend Buganda Road Court for a hearing where Andrew Mukasa alias Bajjo, Abbey Musinguzi aka Abtex, Abdul Kikomeko and Aloysius Matovu are accused of disobeying presidential orders. Bajjo, who had been released on bail, was also rearrested as he pleaded with police officers to…
Dfcu Bank In Another Scandal As Staff Is Netted Withdrawing Money From Clients Accounts
Police have arrested Elizabeth Kyosimire, a worker at dfcu Bank, following reports that she had been involved in fraudulent transfer of funds from accounts of customers. Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire confirmed the arrest and said the suspect was arrested on May 13 on charges of embezzlement of funds totalling to Shs28 million…
Exposed! Lawyers Mpanga, Makubuya Pay Gashumba Millions To Tarnish Katikiro Mayiga’s Name
Socialite Frank Gashumba opened an abusive war on Buganda Kingdom’s Katikiro Charles Peter Mayiga, following his televised Interview among which he spoke about his critics, one a drunkard and the other a conman, who didn’t deserve anyone’s attention. “Some of these people are usually arrested for being con artists. They have no known jobs apart…
Grief As Missing Vision Group Accountant Is Found Dead
The body of Christine Kabasweka Akiiki, an accountant of Vision Group who had gone missing was recovered on Saturday. Workmates of Akiiki say they last saw her on Wednesday and she hadn’t returned to office since. Multiple calls to her phone went unanswered. Her death was discovered when a relative went to her house located…
Breaking! Tanzania Blocks Entry Of Kenyan Truck Drivers
Tension is rising at the Taveta-Holili border after Tanzania blocked Kenyan drivers from crossing into the neighboring country amid Covid-19 measures row. A Report by Citizen TV in Kenya on Sunday morning, showed that Tanzania blocked entry of Kenyan Cargo trucks at Taveta – Holili border causing heavy traffic as truck drivers remained stranded without…
Uganda Registers 24 Fresh Covid-19 Cases From Truck Drivers
Ministry Of Health has on May 16, 2020 announced 24 new COVID-19 cases confirmed from 2,044 samples of truck drivers. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases to 227 in Uganda. The new cases were from Elegu border where 3 Ugandans and 2 Kenyans tested positive. At Mutukula border, 6 Tanzanians and 1 Ugandan…
Rebel MPs Kicked Out As NRM Splashes Shs 40m On Displined Legislators
Weeks after President Yoweri Museveni castigated Parliament for allocating itself Shs 10 billion to support individual MPs’ initiatives against COVID-19, his ruling NRM party is spending more than Shs 12.6 billion on the 317 MPs that supported the lifting of the constitutional presidential age limit. According to insiders, the ongoing payments are in phase one…
Just In! Uganda Bans Truck Drivers Without Negative Covid-19 Certificate
The Government of Uganda will not allow any truck driver without a ‘negative Coronavirus certificate’ to enter the country. While Ugandan medical services have been treating COVID-19 cases after being detected, the new instructions provide that such patients must be ordered to return to their respective countries. Regional leaders recently mooted the idea of a …