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Former Police Chief Gen. Kale Kayihura Runs 16 Kms To Honour Uganda’s Olympics Team In Tokyo
Former Inspector General of Police, Gen Kale Kayihura has this Sunday morning taken part in a 16-km run in celebration of the Ugandan athletes who won medals in the Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. “This morning, Sunday 8th August. 2021, my staff and I ran a 16-km road run in our beautiful, undulating Katebe, Kashagama to…
Sheema, A District With Bigwigs But No Safe Water: Residents Cry Foul Over Inadquate Clean Water Sources
Residents of Bwayegamba Parish in Kigarama Sub County, Sheema North Constituency, Sheema District are crying foul over the inadequate sources of clean water in their area. From a distance, this dirty water covered with algae makes you think it is fetched for animals. But on inquiring from the children, and residents it is actually for…
Busted: Former MPs On Spot For Asking Bribes From Owners Of Departed Asians Properties
Former Members of Parliament on committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) are being accused by city landlords of witch-hunt in the ongoing row involving properties of Departed Asians. According to Eagle Online news website, the new MPs are finding it hard in implementing some of the resolutions passed by the former legislators…
Controversial Russian Vehicle Tracking Deal: How & Why President Museveni Directed Minister Jim Muhwezi To Sign Off The Agreement Within Two Weeks
On Tuesday July 27, the new Minister for security, Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi made a humbling return to the headlines of Ugandan news media when he made a statement to parliament regarding the controversial vehicle tracking deal between Uganda and a “bankrupt” Russian company. Muhwezi was just one month into office but as he made…
Sad! UPDF’s Bush War Maj Gen Rwabantu Alias ‘Gonya’ Dies
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) reserve force deputy commander Maj Gen Stephen Tumusiime Rwabantu alias Gonya has died. Rwabantu RO/081 joined the bush war in 1981 together with Brig Taban Kyabihendwa after the two defected from UNLA barracks in Bugolobi. This group was smuggled by Brig. Kyaligonza and they included the late Col. Lumumba…
African Banker Awards 2021: Equity Named Best Regional Bank in East Africa
Equity demonstrated a strong and consistent financial performance in the 2020 financial year The Group continues to pioneer technological innovations that have led to more convenient banking and transaction cost reduction for customers The Group distinguished itself for its role in safeguarding and cushioning the lives and livelihoods of its host communities Nairobi, 02nd August…
Big Hearted: Mogul ‘Rajiv Ruparelia’ Donates Over 2000 Mattresses To Premier Rosebud Staff As Covid-19 Relief
Premier Roses Ltd the country’s largest exporter of roses, commanding around 40% of Uganda’s export market has once again expressed its support to the vulnerable communities of Uganda by donating over 2000 mattresses to its staff that were hugely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite having gone through terrible days of COVID-19 that affected their…
Payroll Fraud: 1039 Ghost Nurses Found On Payment List of Shs 70b Lunch Allowance
Over 1039 ghost names have been found on the nurses’ payroll. The names were unearthed during payment of lunch allowances for nurses. Uganda has a total of 70,167 nurses and midwives registered by the government’s Nurses and Midwifery Council. This website has learnt that at least 147 ghost health workers received the money under the…
All Arcades Under Crane Management Services Follow SoPs, Allowed To Reopen: Over 70 Remain Closed
Close to 70 arcades have so far adapted to the Standard Operating Procedures set by the government as a precondition for their reopening. The government had maintained lockdown restrictions on arcades, because of the envisaged difficulty to avoid close contact between people in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. While locking the country, President Yoweri…
26 Drunkards Arrested as Police Raids Labamba Bar
Police in Kampala have arrested 26 revellers and workers who were allegedly found last night partying and drinking at Labamba Bar Annex in Rubaga Division, Kampala City. The raid followed reports that the bar had remained open and continued operating despite the Ministry of Health restrictions announced by President Museveni to contain the spread of…