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Just In: Notorious Kampala Kifeesi Gang Leader Sobi Killed In Gomba Land Wrangle
Paddy Sserunjonji aka Sobi one of the notorious gangsters,who self-confessed as a leader of Kifeesi, a criminal gang, which terrorized Kampala has been hacked to death in Kigesi,Maddu,Gomba district in a land wrangles. More details are coming up…………..
WHO Includes False Teeth on List of Neglected Tropical Diseases
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday announced the inclusion of noma disease in its official list of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The decision was recommended by the 17th meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases. The decision has been welcomed because it is likely to expand health services to…
URA Sensitizes Traders on Changes in Valuation Database
Uganda Revenue Authority embarked on the process of amending its valuation database to ensure uniformity in the customs values of imported goods. To ensure smoothness in this process, the tax body reached out to different stakeholders to get their input. It was against this background that URA met with representatives from the textile industry. The purpose…
Operation Harmony: UPDF Assures Defiant Balaalo To Face Bloody Eviction In Northern Uganda
The Deputy Defence Spokesperson and Co-ordinator Communications for operation “Operation Harmony” an operation coined to evict illegal pastoralists from northern Uganda Under presidential executive order number 3, Colonel Deo Akiiki has urged all nomadic pastoralists commonly known as “Balaalo” to comply with the provisions and rules of Executive Order No. 3 as instructed by the…
Sheikh Abdallah Ssemambo Replaces Mubajje As Old Kampala Interim Supreme Mufti
Sheikh Abdallah Ssemambo has been sworn in as Uganda’s interim Mufti on Sunday, December 17, 2023, replacing suspended Sheikh Shaban Mubajje. Ssemambo has been serving as the first deputy Mufti of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council since January 17, 2021. On December 16, 2023, many Muslim leaders who are members of the Uganda Muslim Supreme…
Ismaili Community Joins PAP, Donates Relief Items Worth Millions To Kyaka Refugees
By Andrew Irumba Kampala: The Ismaili Civic Community in Uganda, an extension of the global Ismaili Civic Engagement of the Aghakan, has Saturday joined the Pan-African Pyramid (PAP) in a collection of relief aide to Kyaka II Refugees Settlement found in Kyegegwa District, Western Uganda. Demonstrating its commitment to corporate social responsibility, the Ismaili Community…
HOIMA: SDA Church Elders, Mafias Implicated In Land Fraud
The Seventh Day Adventist church members in Hoima district are boiling up with anger after a section of church elders connived with some renowned land grabbers to front church in order to grab land from its lawful owner. The accused section of Hoima SDA Church Elders is reportedly led by a one Bomson Mayanja who…
Rwanda Tops 2023 Africa Visa Openness Index
Rwanda has become the latest African country to offer visa-free access to all African citizens according to the latest edition of the Africa Visa Openness Index jointly published on Dec.12 by the African Union and the African Development Bank Group. A visa is an endorsement–through a certificate or stamp in a travel document–showing that a…
URA Targets ‘Ba-Summer’, Set for Christmas Operation on Foreign Registered Cars
The Uganda Revenue Authority-URA is increasing its vigilance against foreign registered motor vehicles and those bearing Temporary Road Licenses that have expired. The tax body expects a sharp rise in such motor vehicles on the road as many foreign-based Ugandans return home for the end-of-year season, while some foreigners visit the country with their cars.…
Uganda Fully Reopens Key Bridge Renovated by Chinese Contractor
Uganda has reopened a key bridge on an international highway connecting it to four other countries. The Katonga bridge, destroyed by flash floods in May, was restored and upgraded by Chinese Communications Construction Company (CCCC). The bridge is on the highway connecting Uganda with Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Allan…