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She Cranes Makes It To Last 4 In CECAFA Women Tournament
Uganda and Kenya on Tuesday booked their place in the semifinals of the ongoing CECAFA Senior Women’s Challenge Cup in group B matches, held at the Azam Complex in Chamazi, Dar -es-Salaam, where Uganda and Kenya posted victories over Ethiopia and Djibouti respectively. Uganda’s Crested Cranes registered a 1-0 victory and got revenge over Ethiopia,…
M7 Hosts Kadaga At His Kisozi Farm, Gives American Investors Land For Solar Plant
President Yoweri Museveni has today hosted the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga and several American investors at his livestock farm in Kisozi, Gomba district. President Museveni(c) poses with Kadaga (3rd R) and the Investors Together with Kadaga, Museveni toured the farm that is stocked with Ankole long horned cattle as they discussed matters of National…
Bryan White Arrested For Defaulting 1Bn Loans, Rent
joint military and police force have on Friday November 22 raided Bryan White’s home in Buziga in Makindye and impounded two vehicles. The third car according to reports was tracked and intercepted by the military along Entebbe Road. The military later handed Bryan White to CID detectives who have since grilled him on the alleged…
Embattled Min.Muloni Apologizes To Kadaga Over 24 Bn Isimba Dam Cash Plunder
The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Hon Irene Muloni was forced to issue an apology to Parliament after Members of Parliament accused her for contempt of Parliament. This followed her address to the press on Tuesday, 20 November 2019, where she denied that shs24 billion meant for the construction of a bridge across the…
200m For FGM Is Too Little To Fight Barbaric African Vice-Kadaga Cries To Govt
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has appealed to Government to consider funding the fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as is done with the routine national immunization campaigns. Kadaga said that the annual budget of shs200 million set 15 years ago for the FGM campaigns is not enough, saying there is still need for…
Gen. Muhoozi Commences Country Wide Fresh Registration of Reserve Forces
The UPDF Chief of Defence Forces Gen David Muhoozi has launched a countrywide documentation of reservists in a bid to build the UPDF Reserve Forces into a fully-fledged Service of the Defence Forces. This will enhance Reservists capability in the maintenance of peace and stability in the country. Speaking at Silver Springs Hotel during the…
Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu Implicated In Corruption Scandal
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday became the country’s first prime minister to be indicted in office, on corruption charges, but defiantly condemned the “coup” against him and vowed to hold onto power. The shock announcement compounded the political chaos gripping Israel, which has been without a government for months and faces the prospect of its…
Empower Regional Offices To Net Big Corrupt Officials-Kadaga Tells IGG
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has called upon anti-corruption authorities uto strengthen regional collaboration and combat corruption. Kadaga made this call while officiating at a dinner where the heads of the anti-corruption authorities from East, Western Africa and West Balkans were meeting for their Annual General meeting on 21 November 2019 at Speke Resort…
Pope Francis Begs Worshipers To Pray and Forgive Prostitutes
Pope Francis led an impassioned mass for tens of thousands of emotional worshippers at a packed Bangkok stadium Thursday, urging respect for prostitutes and trafficking victims in a part of the world where sex work is rampant. The remarks came at the end of a whirlwind day of meetings for Pope Francis, who is on…
Police Teargas Bobi Wine Fans At UHRC Boss Kaggwa’s Send Off
Police Thursday used to teargas to stop a procession of People Power supporters at the funeral of Uganda Human Rights Commission chairperson, Med Kaggwa in Mpigi district. It all started when People Power supporters started following the Kyaddondo East Member of Parliament, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine, after Kaggwa’s burial at his ancestral…