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Borrower Gives Up On Fight For Simbamanyo House, Withdraws Case From Court
City architect Peter Kamya, who is the proprietor of Simbamanyo Estates, has chickened out on his fight to rescue the building called Simbamanyo House, which houses the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. The building was a few days ago bought by tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia’s Meera Investments Limited, at USD5m, about Shs18.5Bn, after it…
Red Devils Resurrect: Man Utd Nails Newcastle 4-1
Manchester United have literally resurrected after they headed up north to take on Newcastle United, during a match that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side turned things around after their recent poor form in the Premier League. A flurry of three late goals sealed victory for a dominant Manchester United side at St James’ Park. Bruno Fernandes,…
Ug Polls: Police To Confiscate Illegally Pinned Political Posters
Police have vowed to continue pulling down campaign posters placed in undesignated places especially in the city centre. Addressingjournalists in Kampala, Fred Enanga the police spokesperson said they are to liaise with the Kampala Capital City Authority on the correct way to erect campaign posters and where they should be placed. This is after a…
Why External Labour Recruiting Companies Suspended Operations
Several Labour Exporting companies have announced that they decided to suspend operations following the shortcomings of some individuals within the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, who are frustrating the business. Many operators of the External Recruitment raised several grievances, which they said are impeding the smooth flow of their business, reason, why they…
Just In: Jacob Kiplimo Wins Gold At World Half Marathon Championship Gdynia 2020
Ugandan Athlete Jacob Kiplimo has won the World Half marathon title in a championship record on Saturday October 17th 2020 in Poland. Mr Kiplimo won the race after 58:49 minutes in this Covid-19 pandemic while the recent World record breaker, Joshua Cheptegei came in the fourth position. Top athlete Kibiwott Kandie from Kenya finished in…
Crisis: Ugandans Cry Foul As External Recruitment Companies Resolve To Close Business
External Labour Recruitment Companies, under their association of Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA) have resolved to officially close business in the country, citing continued closure of their business by government. The government in June this year announced that it will not engage in job recruitments training and suspended all externalisation of labour due…
Police Fire Brigade Officers Pass Out In Specialized Equipment Operations
Police officers have completed a 4 months specialized training in firefighting and prevention. The function was presided over by the Chief of Joint Staff, AIGP Jack Bakasumba, who congratulated the officers for the reasonable efforts in the course. He noted that the course comes at the right time, putting the officers in a right position…
Pressure:Bashasha Orders Bushenyi Woman MP Contestant Tworekirwe To Drop Husband’s Name
Embattled National Resistence Movement ‘NRM’s Director in charge manifesto Implementation Willis Bashasha, the former Bushenyi district chairperson is on hot soup for allegedly authoring the letter ordering Bushenyi Woman MP Contestant Eunice Kansiime Tworekirwe to relinquish the name ‘Kansiime’ which belongs to his brother (her husband) because the family was “not interested in politics. This…
Simbamanyo Estates Withdraws Case Stopping The Sale, Takeover Of Its Multi-Billion Property In Loan Dispute
City architect Peter Kamya, who is the proprietor of Simbamanyo Estates, has chickened out on his fight to rescue the building called Simbamanyo House, which houses the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. The building was a few days ago bought by tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia’s Meera Investments Limited, at USD5m, about Shs18.5Bn, after it…
‘You Want To Be Successful? Invest Instead Of Spending’- Tycoon Rajiv Ruparelia Tips Artists At Performing Arts Conference 2020
City businessman Rajiv Ruparelia, who is the managing director of the Ruparelia Group of Companies, on Thursday October 15, 2020, addressed the virtual Performing Arts Conference, which was held at Victoria University. Rajiv addressed the conference, which was organised by Reach A Hand, a local non-governmental organisation (NGO), together with other panelists who included Dr.…