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Uganda Hands Over Nine Released Rwandan Nationals To Kigali
Uganda has today handed over the nine freed Rwandan nationals arrested between 2017 and 2018 in Kampala and Mbarara. The nine, who had been charged with illegal possession of firearms in the General court martial include Rene Rutagungira, Bahati Pacifique Mugenga, Emmanuel Rwamucho, Augustine Rutayisire, Charles Byaruhanga, Etienne Nsanzabahizi, and Claude Iyakaleme. They were freed…
NEC Quickens Modern Construction Of Kiira Motors Corporation Factory In Jinja
Great strides have been made on the on-going construction works for Kiira EV at Industrial and Business Park in Jinja by National Enterprise Corporation NEC Construction works and engineering Ltd as one of the subsidiaries of NEC (Commercial arm of ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs/UPDF. Civil works have already started in earnest at the…
Alshabaab Terrorists Kill Four Civilians In Car Bombing Near Somalia Parliament
At least four people were killed, including a senior government official, when a car bomb exploded close to a checkpoint near Somalia’s parliament in the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police said. A plume of thick black smoke was seen over the city and witnesses said a number of vehicles were on fire. Islamist group Al-Shabaab…
Kansanga Shopping Mall Collapses,Kills Six Workers On Site
A building in Kansanga has collapsed killing six people on the spot. The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon along Mitala road when the building supported by concrete poles caved in burying six builders. According to the Deputy Director Fire Safety and Emergency Services, Mr Hassan Kyanda, the dead have been identified as Martin Owori, Robert…
Gen.Muhoozi Urges Military Attaches To Clean Up Uganda Forces Image Dented By Opposition
Uganda’s Defence attaches to various missions abroad have come together today at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters Mbuya for a two day conference. The main objective of the meeting is to share experiences and understand the common values in the Foreign Service. In his welcoming remarks, the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) congratulated and welcomed…
Bobi Wine Will Never Be Our UPDF Commander In Chief – UPDF Commander
A senior UPDF officer who is also one of the National Resistance Army heroes has said Kyadondo East Member of Parliament cum singer, Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine will never be commander in chief of the armed forces in Uganda. Bobi Wine was recently allowed by the Electoral Commission to consult Ugandans on…
Amama Mbabazi, Archbishop Ntagali Intervene In Kikiinzi Diocese Conflicts
Former Prime minister Patrick Amama Mbabazi, Church Of Uganda Archbishops Rt.Rev.Stanley Ntangali and Stephen Kazimba Mugalu, Elders from Kinkiizi Diocese led by Frank Twiine have held constructive meetings of putting an end to the deafening daunts in the dispute between Bishop Dan Zoreka and suspended Kihiihi Archdeacon Justus Tibesigwa. All these disputes have come up…
Liverpool Forward Sadio Mane Named 2019 Caf African Player Of The Year
Liverpool’s Sadio Mane has been named the Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) Player of the Year. The Senegal forward beat Liverpool team-mate and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah and Manchester City’s Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez to the award. Mane, 27, helped the Reds to the 2018-19 Champions League title, scoring 30 goals in all competitions last…
Ukrainian Air Plane Crashes In Iran, Killing All 176 People Aboard
A Ukrainian commercial airliner crashed on January 8 soon after taking off from Iran’s capital, Tehran, killing all 176 people on board, mostly Iranian nationals, but also Western and Ukrainian citizens. Debris and smoldering parts from the Boeing 737-800NG belonging to Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) were strewn across a field southwest of the Iranian capital’s…
Iran Supreme Leader Says Missile Attack Was A ‘Slap On The Face’ For US But It ‘Wasn’t Enough’
Iranian missile attacks on two Iraqi military bases housing American troops early Wednesday morning was a “slap on the face” to the U.S., Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech several hours after the strike. But “such military actions are not enough,” Khamenei said on Twitter shortly thereafter, suggesting further acts of…