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Broke BoU To Borrow USD500M For Recapitalization
The President of Uganda Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has endorsed a request by the Ministry of Finance to borrow up to USD500M to recapitalize Bank of Uganda (BoU) and Uganda Development Bank (UDB), following the effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Uganda’s economy. The money, according to credible sources, will come from the International Monetary Fund…
Opinion: The Rise, Crush & Fall Of Hon Kadaga
By Mbabazi Hanning Gonzaga In the land of bonanzas, the Pearl of Africa where wonders never cease, a poor powerless woman crosses the red line by attempting to confront the Sabalwanyi of Uganda, Gen Yoweri Museveni. The poor woman who knows no boundaries until she is embarrassed is non other than Hon Rabecca Kadaga. When…
Just In! Uganda’s Covid-19 Cases Rise To 139 As 13 More Truck Drivers Test Positive
Ministry Of Health has on May, 13, 2020 confirmed 13 new Covid-19 positive case in Uganda out of 1,741 samples from truck drivers. According to the ministry of health, new cases are Seven Ugandan truck drivers, Five Kenyans and One Eritrean who arrived from Tanzania, South Sudan and Kenya via Mutukula, Elegu and Malaba This…
Omoro Man Who Flogged Grandmother Jailed 7 Years
Brian Okello , the man who was caught on camera battering his grandmother in Ongako Sub County, Omoro district has been sentenced to seven (7) years in prison. The accused person was captured on video canning his grandmother, Lucy Anek 83, the video which caused social media uproar leading to Okello’s arrest and subsequent trial.…
Covid-19: Police Officers ‘Go Bonkers’ As Govt Pays 3 Billion Lockdown Money
The ministry of finance has released Shs 3 billions to cater for the allowances of more 2000 police officers across the Country who have been participating in the implementation of President Museveni directives on the fight against Covid-19 pandemic. The message which was published by police administration instructs all DPCs to distribute all the money …
You’re Crossing The Limits – Museveni Warns Kadaga
President Yoweri Museveni is uncomfortable with the way MPs decided to apportion to themselves part of the supplementary budget meant for the covid19 fight. Museveni in an April 28 letter to the Speaker of Parliament expressed that MPs were trying to challenge his power. “I am writing to you in the matter of the Shs20…
Covid-19: Mps Make U-Turn, Applaud M7’s Leadership In Coronavirus Fight
Members of Parliament have made a U-turn and applauded President Yoweri Museveni for exemplary leadership just days after the same house passed a displeasure motion condemning his attack on parliament. Last week, the MPs passed a motion condemning the president for castigating parliament’s decision to allocate its self Shs 10 billion in a supplementary budget…
Court Martial: 8 UPDF,LDU Officers Charged With Manslaughter,Careless Shooting Offences
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces ‘UPDF’ Court martial of the 1st infantry Division, has charged 8 UPDF and LDU personnel of different criminal offences. The seven member court, under the chairmanship of Col. Sam Mugyenyi, heard cases that ranged from man slaughter, careless shooting while in operation, failure to protect war materials all deemed capital…
Golden Mind! In Sheema, Hon. Jacklet Calls For ‘Family Oriented District Food Security Stand’ Amidst Covid-19 Lockdown
Sheema District Woman Member Of Parliament, Jacklet Atuhaire Rwabukukuru has urged Ugandans especially those in rural areas to put more effort into agriculture during this Coronavirus lockdown. The message was delivered in an open letter to all Ugandans more, to her good people of Sheema. It’s from this letter that the Lawmaker warned that the…
Just In: Covid-19 Cases In Uganda Rise To 126 As Four More Truck Drivers Test Positive
Ministry Of Health has today May, 12, 2020 confirmed four new Covid-19 positive case in Uganda out of 1478 samples from truck drivers. According to the ministry of health, new cases are two Ugandan truck drivers, One Kenyan who arrived via Elegu and One Tanzanian who arrived via Mutukula border. This brings the total number…