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Train More Pharmacists-Kadaga Implores Govt
Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has called for increased training programmes in pharmacy aimed at developing a good reputation for the profession. With the increase of pharmacists and the rise of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), Kadaga said that it is important to ensure safety of drugs and value for human health. This she said can be…
Kagina Accused of employing Relatives in UNRA Top Jobs
A whistleblower has petitioned parliament’s committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) over alleged anomalies in the recruitment of staff at Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). The whistleblower alleges that the headhunting process is unfair and discriminative. COSASE chairperson Mubarak Munyagwa says that his committee has information that a number of individuals were…
URA Releases And Shames A List Of Tax Defaulters, BigWigs Owe 47Bn
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), has released a list of tax defaulters owing the agency about Shs47 billion in total. According to the latest notice published, URA demands tax arrears from both individuals, companies, schools and civil society organisations. The taxes are in form of PAYE, Income tax, VAT and customs duties. “Uganda Revenue Authority…
Stan Chart Puts Senana Hypermarket On Auction Over Debts
Frida Nabirongo is a woman in distress after Standard Chartered Bank has moved to take over her empire over a mortgage for a building that houses her Senana Hypermarket on Buganda Road. “Take notice that Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited through its appointed agent shall after 5 working days from the date of this notice,…
Why Hickey Bar Boss Was Gunned Down At Quality Super Market?
Police in Kampala Metropolitan area have kicked off investigations into the murder by shooting that occurred at Quality Supermarket, Naalya, in Kira Municipality, Wakiso district. The Kampala Metropolitan deputy Police Spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire has revealed that one Arnold Ainebyona Mugisha, was shot on the mouth by Moses Angoria, a security guard attached to Saracen security company…
Ex-IGP Kisembo To Be Buried On Sunday
The former Inspector General of Police (IGP) John Kisembo, will be laid to rest on Sunday at his ancestral home in Kitema village in Kagadi District. According to medical documents from Mulago hospital,Mr.Kisembo, 64, succumbed to lung cancer, on Thursday. A requiem mass in honour of the deceased was held at Our Lady of…
Cranes To Face BurkinaFaso 2021 Afcon Qualifiers
Uganda Cranes has been drawn in Group B for the qualification stages of the Total Africa Cup of Nations 2021 to be hosted by Cameroon. Familiar foes Burkina Faso and Malawi are Uganda’s opponents, They will also be joined by either South Sudan or Seychelles who have to negotiate their way to the group…
Another Rubaga Bodaboda Killer Arrested
Police’s Flying Squad has arrested the second suspect in the brutal murder of Derrick Mulindwa a bodaboda cyclist who was murdered by two men who had hired him to take them to Kakyeka Mengo in Lubaga Division in Kampala on June 30. The man only known as Young Mulo (not the singer) was arrested from…
Algeria wins Africa Cup of Nations
In the words of a Missouri-born rapper, you only get one shot. In Algeria’s case in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, that was true and it was all the Desert Foxes needed to claim their first AFCON title since 1990 with a 1-0 defeat of Senegal on Friday at Cairo International Stadium in Cairo.…
US Commandos Train UPDF Soldiers Hard Civil Military Operations.
Twenty two UPDF officers from various Army units have completed a one week civil military operations seminar at Uganda Rapid Deployment Capability Centre (URDCC) Jinja. The course was conducted and facilitated by the Joint special operations university- USA. While presiding over as Chief guest, the Deputy Chief of Staff URDCC Col Paul Eswapu congratulated…