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Covid-19: Emergency Relief Fund For Lawyers Rescues Ailing Advocate Moses Kuguminkiriza With 1.56M,Launches Sleek Application Form
The chairperson Advocate Assumpta Kemigisha Ssebunya and Treasurer Adv Sylvia Namawejje Ebitu have released the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund for Lawyers and exceptionally contributed Shs 1.56 million in partial fulfillment of a request for Shs 2.8 million submitted on behalf of Advocate Moses Kuguminkiriza who is currently hospitalised at Mengo Hospital. This milestone is largely…
M7 Applauds UPDF,NEC Engineers For Speedy Work On Clearing Nalubaale Dam Floating Island
President Yoweri Museveni inspected the Nalubaale and Bujagali power plants in the Eastern district of Jinja that were last week choked by the floating islands of water hyacinth and papyrus at the Nile bridge that blocked the turbines resulting to a national power blackout. He applauded the great work of engineers from National enterprise corporation…
Covid-19: Govt Shuns Bobowine’s Offer To Repatriate Ugandans Suffering In China
The government of Uganda has rejected Kyandondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine to plans of flying back Ugandans stuck in China. In a letter dated April 15 and addressed to Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, Bobi Wine, said he has partnered with an American media owner and businessman Neil Nelson to evacuate 285 Ugandans…
Mp Zaake Arrested For Distributing Covid-19 Relief Food
Police alongside military have arrested Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake for allegedly distributing food to his constituents. Zaake said on his Facebook page Sunday that the military had broken into his home and was looking for him. “…they are breaking every door of my house searching to arrest me for the crime of sharing food…
Covid-19: Ugandan Lawyers Participate In Emergency Relief Fund To Assist Colleagues Struggling In Lockdown
A group of lawyers led by counsel Isaac Ssemakade last week launched an emergency relief fund to help fellow lawyers who suffering due to Covid19 partial lockdown. Advocate Ssemakade revealed that since lawyers were not listed as essential workers in the country, many are going through untold suffering and are starving because government did not…
Massive Outcry After Police Seizes Sacks Of Marijuana During COVID-19 Lockdown
There is massive outcry among several members of the public after the Uganda police announced on Saturday that it had seized several sacks of marijuana which were being driven to Kampala on a truck during this ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. It all started when Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango announced on Twitter that police had seized…
Covid-19 Crisis: Relief As BoU Suspends Loan Repayments For 12 Months
As a way of mitigating the disastrous effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown on the economy and several business ventures, the Bank of Uganda has directed all commercial banks and supervised financial institutions to suspend repayment of loans for 12 months. The Central Bank announced credit relief measures to help mitigate the adverse effects of…
Parliament To Investigate MPs Engaging In Dubious Deals
Word coming in from our Spies in the corridors of power indicate that the Parliament of Uganda is infested with several Members of Parliament who are indulging themselves in dubious deals from which they pocket hundreds of millions of shillings. According to our Spies, there are MPs who are using their positions to seal all…
Big Heart: Defence Min. Adolf Mwesige Donates Brand New Car To Bunyangabu District Task Force In Fight Against Covid-19
The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs Hon. Adolf Mwesige who is also the Bunyangabu MP has positively responded to the president’s call and donated a car to the District Covid-19 Taskforce to help in responding to distress calls of sick people and expectant mothers in the district. President Museveni while addressing the nation on…
ICT Ministry Calls Innovators To Apply For Support With Solutions To Fight Coronavirus
The Ministry of ICT and National Guidance through its project dubbed National ICT Initiatives Support Programme (NIISP) is calling innovators to submit proposals if they have digital solutions that can help support the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. According to Vincent Waiswa Bagiire, the permanent secretary at the ministry, NIISP is looking for digital solutions…