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Finally Gone! US Ambassador Malac’s Reign In Uganda Comes To An End
By Aaron Asiimwe Kampala: The United States Envoy to Uganda Mrs Deborah Ruth Malac term came to an end and we can truly confirm that unless further instructions from Washington DC, the US Ambassador is soon waving goodbye from the pearl of Africa. We learnt about Malac’s last days in Uganda when she visited the…
Steady Progress! Min. Tumwebaze Inspects A Shs5B Work Progress At ICT Innovation Hub
By Aaron Asiimwe Kampala: The minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and National Guidance Frank Kagyigyi Tumwebaze on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, conducted an inspection survey to the national ICT Innovation Hub in Nakawa Division, a Kampala suburb. The hub – according to the ICT and National Guidance Minister, Frank Tumwebaze, will serve as…
Statehouse,UPDF Seek 40Bn To Repair Cargo planes-Min.Mwesige
Ministry of defense through UPDF seriously hunting for funds to finance the nearly 20-year-old Uganda Air Cargo Corporation (UACC), whose services benefit mainly State House and Uganda People’s Defence Forces. UACC, Parliament was told, has been surviving on revenue generated from charter services for both passengers and cargo it renders, right from purchase of the…
Passengers Suffocate As UNRA Closes Damaged Katunguru Cross Over Bridge
By Aaron Asiimwe Kasese: Following a heavy downpour that damaged the Katunguru Bridge which connects Kasese and Rubirizi Districts, the Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra) has closed Katunguru Bridge to avoid accidents and loss of lives. In a statement issued yesterday, Unra said traffic, especially of buses and trucks, would be diverted to allow repairs…
‘EAC Not Ready For Uganda-Rwanda Wrangles’- Min. Kivejinja
By Staff Writer Kampala: Uganda’s Second Deputy Prime Minister, and also the East African Community Affairs Minister Al-Haj Kirunda Kiveijinja has on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, revealed that the East African Community (EAC) will not intervene in the dispute between Uganda and Rwanda. Kiveijinja said they received assurance from the Ugandan and Rwandan presidents indicating…
Dead Kenya Airways Employee Whose Casket Fell Off From A Plane In London Identified
A family in Kakamega town in Western Kenya is in shock following revelations by a British TV that its firstborn could be the person whose body fell from a plane in London in June. Sky TV Tuesday published a report that strongly indicated that Paul Manyasi, a worker at a cleaning services firm, may have…
UPDF Inaugurates A Force To Protect Rwenzori Region
Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces has inaugurated a mountain Division to reinforce security in the Rwenzori region. According to the statement released by the force reveals that a fully fledged Division will have its headquarters at Muhooti Barracks, Kabarole District. The Chief of Defence Forces General David Muhoozi in his remarks said that there was an…
Am Not On the List Of USA’s Most Wanted Ugandan Officials -Ofwono Opondo
The Uganda Government Spokes Person Ofwono Opondo has distanced self and denied allegations circulating on social media that he was denied a US travel Visa. Opondo through a tweet on Tuesday November 12, lashed social media critics saying he’s comfortable in Uganda and there’s no need and urgency as to why he should travel to…
MAK Students Drag VC Prof. Nawangwe,Varsity To Court Over Excessive Powers
Tension has emerged at Makerere University as a group Six students took up steps and dragged the University to the Civil Division of the High Court in Kampala seeking for orders that would see the University’s Vice Chancellor’s powers trimmed over alleged abuse of office. In a petition filed on Tuesday November 12 morning, six…
29Bn KCCA Salary Scam Deepens As Court Orders Legal Action Against Management
Panic has engulfed the acting Executive Director for Kampala Capital City Authority Eng.Andrew Kitaka and his entire senior management are spending sleepless nights after court ordered that the former staff who were fired illegally recently from their jobs at the Authority be granted order to file suit on behalf of other 470 aggrieved ex workers.…