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M7 Rushes To Addis Ababa To Attend“Silencing The Guns”Summit
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has flown to Ethiopia to attend the 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council officially opened at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa. The meeting is being held under the AU Theme of the Year 2020, “ The 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council…
Disgruntled Mps Nantaba,Kutusabe Want FBI To Probe Senior Police Chiefs Over Crime
Members of Parliament have cast a ‘vote’ of no confidence in the ability of Uganda Police Force to investigate crimes where it’s officials are involved, and proposed creation of a separate arm to investigate the cases. Members were reacting to the progress report on the case where Bukonzo County West MP, Hon Godfrey Katusabe Atkins…
South Africa Airways To Cancel Flights To Entebbe
The joint Business Rescue Practitioners (BRPs) of South African Airways (SAA) has announced further initiatives to support the airline’s transformation into a sustainable and profitable business. The BRPs, Les Matuson and Siviwe Dongwana, have worked closely with key stakeholders including industry specialists, government, creditors and executive management to develop a comprehensive restructuring programme which will…
Kadaga Sends Back Chris Obore Into A Forced Leave
The clerk to parliament Jane Kibirige has extended indefinitely the forced leave of parliament’s director of communications and public affairs Chris Obore. Obore’s trouble with parliament started in March 2019 when Kibirige notified him that the Inspectorate of Government (IG) had conducted investigations noting that his 2015 recruitment at parliament was irregular. According to the IG,…
Rwanda Legals Affairs Minister Resigns After Assaulting Female Security Guard
Rwanda’s minister in charge of legal affairs Evode Uwizeyimana has resigned after pushing a female security guard to the ground. Mr Uwizeyimana apologised on Twitter, saying he deeply regretted what had happened. “It should not have happened to me as a leader and public official. I already apologised to the ISCO [Intersec Security Company] staff…
Pop,Glamour As Mango Grove CEO Celebrates Birthday In Style
It was pop and Glamour as young energetic, city tycoon and businessman Isaac Nabimanya celebrated his distinguished birthday on Tuesday February 5, 2020. In a surprise birthday party, Mr Isaac was hosted by a few of A-list guests, including sisters, his few friends and other close relatives. The night took a crazy turn when he…
Pressure Mounts On Mutebile As MP Mawanda Secures Last Cutter To Trim BoU Powers
Pressure arose within top Bank of Uganda officials after learning that the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga has given Igara East MP, Michael Mawanda only one extra month to table before Parliament the Constitution Amendment Bill seeking to introduce sweeping changes in the governance of Bank of Uganda. The Speaker told the legislator,…
Eight-Year-Old Rapper Strikes Chord In Uganda With Songs About Poverty
Ugandan rapper “Fresh Kid” has racked up hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube, won a US music award and emerged victorious from a tussle with the government—all before his eighth birthday. The rapper, real name Patrick Ssenyonjo, has become a household name in Uganda, a country mired in poverty and corruption, for singing about…
Jubilation As KCCA Is Ordered To Refund Shs5b To Owino vendors
High Court in Kampala has ordered Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to refund Shs4.8b paid by St Balikuddembe (Owino) Market vendors in 2011 for a non-existing piece of land purportedly at Kisenyi in Mengo. The Court presided over by judge Musa Ssekaana also ordered KCCA to pay the traders more than Shs1.15b in compensation for…
Just In! UCC Boss Mutabazi Vacates Office
The 10 year tenure of Mr. Godfrey Mutabazi as the Executive Director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has on Friday February 7,2019 come to an end. The no-nonsense Mutabazi who joined UCC in 2010 has been replaced by Engineer Irene Kaggwa Ssewankambo according to a communication that has been made by the new Minister…