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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 …
Uganda Registers Biggest Single Day Jump As 43 Truck Drivers Test Positive For Covid-19
Ministry Of Health has on 15 May, 2020 confirmed 43 new COVID-19 cases in Uganda from 1,838 samples of truck drivers. According to the health Ministry, the total number of COVID-19 cases is now 203. The confirmed cases came through Elegu border post: 15 Ugandans, 9 Kenyans, and 4 Eritreans Mutukula border post: 5 Tanzanians,…
Gov’t Clears Tycoon Ben Kavuya To Fly Wife, Daughter Back Home
The Gov’t of Uganda in cooperation with the Foreign Affairs Ministry and Health Ministry have authorised city tycoon Ben Kavuya’s family members to fly back to Uganda aboard Ethiopian Airways. Tycoon Kavuya’s wife had travelled to USA earlier this year to give birth but unfortunately, President Museveni announced a total country lockdown plus banning of…
Kadaga Raises Eyebrows On Imported Covid-19 Cases By Truck Drivers
The Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga has tasked government to come up with tougher measures to curb the spread of corona virus by truck drivers crossing into the country. Through her official social media handles, Hon. Kadaga wrote.. “It’s disturbing to note that a bulk of the new #COVID19 cases are from truck…
Covid-19: Police Impound 60 Motorcycles For Defying Lockdown Rules
Police in Soroti have impounded over 60 Motorcycles in a three day operation within the town and it’s outskirts. According to ASP David Ongom the Regional Spokesperson East Kyoga, the operation was targeting motorcyclists who fail to follow the curfew guidelines of 1700hrs, carrying passengers, and riding Motorcycles in a dangerous mechanical conditions (DMCs). “The…