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Court Chases Min.Elioda,5 Vocal MPs From Parliament
The Constitutional Court in Kampala has ordered six MPs to vacate Parliament on grounds that they were elected in constituencies that were non-existent. The affected MPs are; Mr Patrick Ochan (Apac, UPC party), Dr Elioda Tumwesigye (Sheema, NRM party), Mr Tarsis Rwaburindore (Ibanda, NRM party), Mr Hashim Sulaiman (Nebbi, NRM party), Mr Asuman Basalirwa (Bugiri,…
IGP Ochola Fires Police Court Boss As 100 Officers Are Reshuffled In Feastive Season
The director for Human Resource Management in Police, Col Jesse Kamunanwire, has dropped Senior Commissioner of Police (SCP) Dennis Odongpiny as Police Court Chairman. In a message released Thursday, Col Kamunanwire has replaced Odongpiny with SCP Charles Birungi. However, Odongpiny’s next destination has not been mentioned in the reshuffle. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Barbra…
Am Not A Threat To Trump’s Admistration-Nkurunzinza
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has told US President Donald Trump the he is no threat to him. Nkurunziza was on Thursday addressing a press conference at his new Gitega palace in Burundi’s Political Capital. Reacting to the Message Donald Trump sent to the US Congress, President Nkurunziza was adamant that Burundi couldn’t constitute any threat…
Bobi Wine In Bloomberg ’15 People To Rock 2020′
Bloomberg has listed Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine among its 15 people to watch in 2020 across the globe. Bloomberg is a global leading agency in business and financial data, news and insight. Each year, they list the 50 most influential figures world over, and name a few other people to watch…
We Have Confiscated More 2000 Weapons From Rwanda Sponsored Rebel-Nkurunzinza
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has said they have so far captured thousands of weapons from the neighbouring Rwanda. Nkurunziza was on Thursday addressing a press conference at his new Gitega palace in Burundi’s Political Capital. He said over 2,000 arms from Rwanda have been captured since 2014 along with attackers who have confessed. Towards mid-December,…
Senior UPDF Officer’s Son Commits Suicide In River Nile Over Love
A son to a UPDF Major committed suicide by drowning in River Nile on Christmas Day. Frank Baale, 25, who was an employee of Top Betting Company, was found floating on River Nile at near Nalubale Bridge on Wednesday. He is the son of Maj Alex Bwanika, who was attached to the UPDF Electrical and…
Bummy Kusasira,Full Figure Pelt Bottles,Stones On Stage For Supporting NRM
Angry revellers on Thursday [Boxing Day] lost their tempers and stoned Presidential Advisor on Kampala affairs Catherine Kusasira and Jenifer Nakanguubi aka Full-Figure. The ugly scene happened at Nabugabo Sand Beach during a Boxing Day concert in Masaka district. The moment Kusasira stepped on stage, the revellers did not even wait for to start singing.…
M7 Is Drying Our National Treasury With His Endless Political Tours-Mp Kivumbi
Butambala Member of Parliament Muwanga Kivumbi has accused President Museveni of using state resources for strategic politicking disguised as wealth creation tours. The Shadow Minister of Internal Affairs was Thursday appearing on NBS television “morning breeze” programme. “By now, President Museveni should have given us accountability from his tours,” Kivumbi noted. According to Kivumbu, a…
Kibale Man Murders Girlfriend For Giving Him AIDS
Police in Kibaale district western Uganda is investigating circumstances under which a man strangled his girlfriend for infecting him with HIV/AIDS. The man only identified as Paul, 27, murdered Sifa Naziwa, 29, on Christmas Eve in Kigoro-Bujogoro village in Kabasekende Sub County in Kibaale District. Julius Hakiza, the Albertine Regional Police spokesperson, told Daily Monitor…
Kagame Arrests Bishop’s Daughter jackie Umuhoza Over Treason
(CNN)Jackie Umuhoza was coming out of a beauty salon in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, in late November when she was grabbed by five men and bundled into a van, her family says. Frantic friends and family raised the alarm on social media and discovered that Rwanda’s security forces had detained her on charges of…