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DR Congo, South Sudan Chicken Out Of Cecafa Cup
South Sudan and guest team DR Congo are the latest sides to pull out of the regional Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup just three days ahead of the kick-off in Uganda. It follows Tuesday’s decision by the Ethiopia Football Federation not to send it’s team to East Africa’s regional championship. Nicholas Musonye, the Secretary General of…
President Museveni Criticized For Leading March Against Corruption
President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday December 4, 2019 led hundreds of people in a march against corruption, calling corrupt people parasites who steal public wealth. Museveni said to end corruption, leaders must develop the economy. “Commercial agriculture, industry services and ICT, because that’s how we can create jobs and wealth and income so that our…
EC’s Voter Verification Exercise Is A Scam – MPs Call For An Exercise Review
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah has urged the Electoral Commission to review the on-going voter verification exercise to ensure all eligible people vote in the 2021 general elections. Oulanyah made the appeal on Wednesday December 4, 2029 after the Arua District Woman Member of Parliament Maurine Osoru raised a matter of…
Grief As Security Guard Shoots Dead Kampala International University 3rd Year Student
Police in Jinja are investigating circumstances under which a security guard attached to Star React Security Guard Limited shot dead a third year student of Kampala University, Jinja branch. The deceased was identified as Isaac Katagwa who has been pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in hotel management, tourism and leisure. According to preliminary reports, Katagwa was…
RDC, Police Bosses Lock Horns Over Marijuana Case
Luweero Resident District Commissioner, Phoebe Namulindwa has disagreed with Police Commanders over handling marijuana exhibits. It follows the arrest of Christopher Nyombi and Tonny Segawa, both residents of Mawale village in Makulubita Sub County last week and subsequent detention at Luweeri Police Station. The duo were charged with staging unlawful assembly and assaulting police officers…
Breaking! Gen. Lokech Takes Over South Sudan Army Operations
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the Commander in Chief of armed Forces on a special mission has deployed his blue eyed boy Maj. General Paul Lokech as the coordinator of all South Sudanese Military groups. The development comes days after he was recently replaced from the position of Chief of staff Air force barely after serving…
Am Now A Fieldmarshal – City Tycoon Kirumira Brags After UPDF’ Beatings
City tycoon who doubles as the chairman of Bagagga Kwagalana group, Godfrey Kirumira, has bragged and called himseld a fieldmercial after battling out Uganda Peoples Defence forces (UPDF) soldiers attached to the deputy coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC), Lt. Gen. Charles Angina. Kirumira was involved in a land ownership brawl earlier in November at…
Two Arrested Over Theft, Lynching Herdsman
Uganda Police with sister security operatives have arrested and detained two men on suspicion of killing a herdsman and stealing 24 head of cattle. Police identified the suspects as Kamu Nanjo and Isaac Odema both detained at Kajjansi Police Station as investigations continue. According to preliminary reports, Kajjansi police first registered a case of cattle…
Four Residents Die In Sironko Land Slides
Reports from Bugisu region indicate that four people have died while scores are missing in Zesui and Masaba sub counties in Sironko district following multiple landslides on 03 December 2019. During a plenary sitting chaired by Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, on 04 December 2019, Hon. Ismael Orot (NRM, Kanyum County) asked Parliament to observe a…
Govt Saccos Ought To Stop Dishing Out Sex,Wedding,Baby Shower Loans- Oulanyah
The Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah has advised government that unless Saccos shift from simply extending credit and savings to financing production, realizations of the desired wealth creation among rural and poor communities will be miraculous. Mr.Oulanyah said that Saccos have not been keen on assessing the potential of creditors to transform loans into income, thus…