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Gunfire Rocks Khartoum As Armed Factions Break Away From Sudanese Military Forces
Clashes between Sudanese security forces in the capital this week have raised questions about loyalty and stability in the military and the country’s transitional unity government, with some Sudanese seeing the violence as a serious threat to the nation’s security and its move toward democracy. The ongoing violence in Khartoum, coming on the heels of…
AG Demands Shs 24Bn ‘Facilitation’ For $10bn DRC Plunder Case Negotiations
The attorney general William Byaruhanga is seeking Shs 24bn to facilitate negotiations between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the settlement of a $10 billion plunder case. In 2005, the United Nation’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Uganda violated the sovereignty of the DRC and is responsible for human rights abuses…
Mukono Hospital Stops Treating Police Tortured Victims
Mukono general hospital has halted treating suspects brought in by Mukono police division over lack of facilitation. The division usually takes the suspects to the hospital for examination treatment and other related medical care services. However, the medical officers claim that the suspects spend long hours at the hospital on ’empty stomachs’ since they are…
Breaking!Former V.P Specioza Kazibwe’s Son Bomboka Drowns In A Swimming
Former Vice President of Uganda, Dr Specioza Wandira Kazibwe is in deep pain after losing her last born one John William Bomboka Kazibwe who drowned and died in a swimming pool in Nairobi, Kenya. Bomboka’s body landed Entebbe airport from Nairobi aboard Kenya airways KQ 416 at 7.50pm on friday. The young shining star had…
Excitement, Jubilation As Kampala Parents Students Pass With Flying Colours
Kampala Parents School has yet again marched to a top notch performance in the just-released 2019 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), with excited candidates, staff and parents storming the head teacher’s office to check results. The Naguru-based school owned by tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia registered 171 First Grades where 15 candidates had aggregates 4, 16 with aggregate…
Tension, Heartbeats As UNEB Releases 2019 UPE Exams,Boys Beat Girls
The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released the 2019 Uganda Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results. The colorful event, graced by Minister Of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni, Officials from the Education Ministry and UNEB took place today January, 17, 2020 at Dr. Sudhir’s Kampala Parents School one of the models in the country.…
Get Out! Lawyers Kirunda,Kasirye Trashed Out Of State House As Plot To Fix Kasekende’s Contract Fail
Lawyers, Robert Kirunda the founding partner at Kirunda & Wasike Advocates and Andrew Kasirye of Kasirye, Byaruhanga & Co Advocates were recently trashed out of statehouse as they were silently fixing a plot for Dr. Louis Kasekende to meet President Yoweri Museveni. Kasekende’s contract as Deputy Governor at Bank of Uganda (BoU) expired on January…
Minister Janet M7 Responds On UNEB Decision To Release 2019 UPE Results At Kampala Parents’ School
The Minister For Education and Sports who doubles as the First lady Hon. Janet Kataha Museveni has responded to a query by legislators on why Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Chose to release the Uganda Primary Leaving Examinations (UPE) exams from Kampala Parents’ School. UNEB is set to release results of the 2019 PLE on…
Gov’t Suspends Middle East Consultants
Kampala: The government of Uganda has suspended labour export company ‘Middle East Consultants’ license for allegedly flouting labour laws, extortion, forgery, and violating human rights. State House head of Anti-Corruption Unit Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema and the Director for Labour at the Gender, Labour and Social Development Ministry Hon. Martin Wandera, announced the suspension on…
Supplementary Budgets Of 2019 Were Unlawfully Passed – Auditor General
By Our Reporter Kampala: The December 2019 Audit Report for all government institutions has shown that all the supplementary budgets were passed unlawfully. The report, which was presented to the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga on Wednesday by Auditor General John Muwanga had two categories, one was about the performance of Auditor General’s office. Another…