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Shame As Nine Eastern CAOs Fail To Account For Youth Funds
Members of Parliament’s Local Government Accounts Committee have asked Chief Administrative Officers to penalize staff who have failed to properly supervise the Youth Livelihood Programme in Eastern Uganda. The Committee was in Soroti last week where local government accounting officers from the districts of Kapelebyong, Katakwi, Moroto, Amuria, Serere, Sironko, Kween and Bukwo converged to…
M7 Meets Sudan Military Council ,Agrees To Deploy UPDF In Khartoum To Quell Riots
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met with members of the Sudan Transitional Military Council led by His Excellency, Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan at the Mbale State Lodge. The team briefed him of the situation in Sudan and discussed the possible collaboration towards restoration of peace and prosperity in the country. The type of conflict and…
CHAN 2020 Qualifiers: Uganda Cranes To Face Somalia
Cranes team Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has confirmed that Uganda Cranes will now play Somalia in the Championship of African Nations (CHAN) 2020 qualifiers. Originally, Uganda had been scheduled to play South Sudan. But, upon new changes (due to the withdraw of Ethiopia as hosts), Uganda Cranes will now face Somalia. The first …
Provide More Funding For Refugees -LOP Ochan Tells Govt
The Leader of Opposition (LOP) in Parliament, Hon. Aol Betty Ocan, has asked government to provide more funding to cater for the needs of refugees hosted in Uganda together with Nationals in the host communities. Ocan, who together with selected Opposition MPs toured refugee settlements and hosting communities, said that increased government funding coupled with…
Liberation is about every Rwandan living a dignified life – Kagame
President Kagame yesterday officially opened the Rwf8.2 billion Karama Integrated Model Village for families that were relocated from high risk zones around the City of Kigali. “The phase of the liberation struggle we are in now is about achieving transformation and being the Rwandans and Africans we should be,” the President told thousands of residents…
Coach Desabre, Captain Onyango Reveal A Plan To Outsmart Senegal
Onyango and Desabre at the press conference Prior to the AFCON round of 16 game when Uganda plays West Africans Senegal, the Cranes head coach Sebastien Desabre and team captain Denis Onyango addressed the media during the official pre-match press conference held at the Cairo International Stadium on Thursday. Both Desabre and Onyango expressed confidence…
Cranes Strike Called Off As FUFA Agrees To Pay Extra Incentive Of $6000
Further to our earlier statement about the Uganda Cranes for the AFCON 2019 remunerations structure, FUFA hereby reaffirms that the Allowances for the Uganda Cranes since 13th May 2019 to 30th June 2019 inclusive of the winning bonuses for the DR Congo and Zimbabwe matches have been duly paid and received by the beneficiaries. This…
Former MP Kantinti Sent To Luzira Over 260M Loan
Katinti in the middle with Dr.Besigye Former Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Apollo Kantinti has been sent to Luzira Prison for failing to clear his Bank loan. Kantinti is to spend six months in Luzira or until he clears all the Sh260 million loan. The former legislator failed to clear the loan he took from…
KCCA Director Grilled Over Fake Academic Documents
Hon.Mubarak Munyagwa Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises ‘ COSASE’ has directed police to investigate the academic documents of KCCA Physical Planning Director Mr.Moses Atwine for being under qualified to be a KCCA Director. Chairman,Hon. Munyagwa was particularly angered when Mr.Atwine arrogantly said he was appointed by the President and that the president knew…
Sierra Leone Leader Maada Bids Farewell To M7 after A Three Day State Visit
Presidents M7 and Maada at State house Entebbe President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met and bid farewell to President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio who is on a 3-day visit to Uganda at the invitation of the hosting president. This visit further strengthened the warm and cordial relations existing between…