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Delayed Bunyoro Tobacco Growers’ Compensation Irks MPs
Uganda Government has pledged to compensate more than 1,000 tobacco farmers in Bunyoro sub-region who had been denied payment since 2017 by private companies is expected to start in two weeks. The Minister of State for Industry, David Bahati, blamed the delay in payments to the verification process aimed at ascertaining the affected farmers. He…
Have Your Lifetime Opportunity To Settle in Canada With Premier Recruitment’s Express Entry Application
Premier Recruitment Limited, one of Uganda’s reputable labour export agencies has announced a lifetime opportunity for eligible Ugandans willing to settle and work in Canada. Through its campaign dubbed “A lifetime Opportunity to Settle in Canada,” the company invites all Ugandans interested in securing a better future to apply through its Express Entry Process for…
How Peace Rugambwa Fleeced From Over 400,000 Locals in Western Uganda’s ‘Boona Bagaigahare Nyekundeire’ Anti-poverty Group Fraud
A storm is brewing in Rukungiri District, western Uganda, after an NRM mobiliser diddled over 480,000 residents promising them financial support from President Museveni. The locals in the districts of Rukungiri, Ntungamo, Kanungu, Kisoro, Rubanda, Kabale, and Rukiga were mobilised into groups by a non-government organisation (NGO), “Boona Bagaigahare Nyekundeire”, headed by a one Peace…
Go Wed Your Loyal Partner Now! Speke Resort Munyonyo Slashes Rates Through ‘Wedding Stylish Small’ Offer
Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort a favourite hotspot for conferences, meetings and wedding venues in Uganda, has unveiled a wedding offer dubbed ‘Wedding Stylish Small’, meant to have your wife wedded this weekend since everything is now affordable. We can authoritatively confirm that at only UGX450000, a couple is given a single room while at 350000 you…
Fallen Bush War Hero Maj Gen Rwabantu Eulogized As Fearless Fighter
The Chief of Defence Forces Gen Wilson Mbadi has described the late Maj Gen Stephen Rwabantu as a senior and professional cadre who during the different battle exploits was known to be a fearless fighter especially under the 3 battalion where he earned the nickname “Rwa-Gonya!” This was contained in his message that was delivered…
Museveni Directs UNRA to Award Road Construction Projects to Four Chinese Firms Without Undergoing Competitive Bidding
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed Uganda National Road Authority (UNRA) Executive Director Allen Kagina to hand road construction projects to various Chinese firms without undergoing competitive bidding. As per the law, any company that wants to render services to the public under government docket must undergo bidding and the winner is given a contract.…
Controversial Lawyer Mabirizi Drags Museveni To Court Over Abandoning ‘Tibuhaburwa’ Name, Continuously Making Illegal Directives
Controversial city lawyer Male Mabirizi Kiwanuka has dragged President Yoweri Museveni to court for abandoning his new name, Tibuhaburwa that he formally adopted in 2020. On October 6, 2020 during the presidential campaigns, Museveni swore a declaration to rectify his names and have them written in proper order in accordance with the law on the…
Unknown Gunmen Kidnap FDC Electoral Commission Secretary From Home
The Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has said its Electoral Commission Secretary has been arrested. Mr. Augustine Ojobile, also the FDC acting Deputy Chief Administrative officer was picked from his home in Kasubi on Tuesday. “The regime has started arresting our staff members, this morning plain-clothed gunmen arrested Mr. Augustine Ojobile our Electoral commission…
Cheptegei, Chemutai, Kiplimo in Heroic Homecoming
Ugandan Olympic medallists Joshua Chetegei, Peruth Chemutai and Jacob Kiplimo have returned home from Japan. At Entebbe airport on Tuesday, they waved to the massive crowds that lined on the roadsides to welcome them back home. The family members of Ugandan Olympic medallists were also waiting at Entebbe International Airport upon their return from Tokyo,…
Judiciary Gets Shs1.2bn to Handle Only 155 Petitions Arising From 2021 General Elections
The Judiciary has revealed that, it has received Shs1.2 billion to handle 155 petitions arising from January 14, 2021, general elections. The revelation was made by the Jameson Karemani, the spokesperson to Judiciary. The hearings for the Parliamentary Elections will kick-off on August 16 petitions in the different high Court circuits across the country. “We…