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Wrong Move For EOC Boss Muwebwa Ntambi To Fool & Make Court Look Stupid
Troubled Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) chairperson Sylvia Ntambi Muwebwa last week dodged appearing before Chief Magistrate Pamela Lamunu Ocaya of the Anti-corruption Court saying she was ill and was due for operation at Medik Hospital in Kawempe. It later emerged that Muwebwa was not admitted at Medik Hospital as her lawyer MacDusman Kabega told the…
Uganda Tired Of Waiting As Rwanda Embraces Medical Marijuana Growing
Ugandan investors intending to participate in the commercial growing of medical marijuana or cannabis are not happy that the government has remained silent regarding opening up the business for agricultural licensing. Their displeasure was reawakened when President Paul Kagame’s government allowed investors to start setting up cannabis plantations in Rwanda, with intent to use the…
Motorists Vow To Stage Protest Against Extortion During Covid-19 Pandemic
Several motorists in Fort Portal city, Kabarole District, have vowed to stage a peaceful demonstration on October, 15, 2020, to express their discontent about local authorities who are extorting millions of shillings from them under the guise of managing traffic in the city. Led by Thomas Kakuru and David Musinguzi, the motorists have since written…
Victoria University Webinar On Survival Of Family Businesses In Africa: Mogul Maggie Kigozi Tips Ugandans To Have a Proper Succession Plan For Their Businesses
Many times, businesses owned by families or transitioning into family businesses fail and die but with proper planning, this can be averted, Gideon Kirumira, the chairman of Trigger Enterprises Ltd said during a Webinar broadcast organized by Victoria University. “If you are a leader who founded the family business and took it to a certain…
Col. Basaliza Quits Western Elderly MP Race For Bishop Masereka
Retired Col. Steven Basaliza aka Omudumizi, who is also the former Member of Parliament for Burahya county, in Kabarole District, has honorably stepped aside from the Western region Member of Parliament seat, in favour of Bishop Zebedee Masereka. Bishop Masereka, who will contest for the said position in the 2021 general election, was endorsed during…
Big Story: High Court Stays Execution Of Recent Commercial Court Ruling Of Ham-DTB Case
The Kampala High Court has temporarily blocked the execution of the recent ruling against Diamond Trust Bank by the court’s commercial division. The Commercial court Judge, Henry Peter Adonyo had ruled last week that DTB Kenya (DTBK) acted illegally in lending money to Ham Enterprises owned by businessman Hamis Kiggundu, through Diamond Trust Bank Uganda.…
Labour Externalisation Sector Worried Due To Continued Business Prohibition
On 1st October 2020, Uganda reopened Entebbe International Airport and other entry points after President Yoweri Museveni eased on COVID-19 restrictions. The news about reopening of borders threw players from various sectors of the economy in a frenzy of excitement as it brought a new ray of hope to many, hoping that it was time…
The Officer Captured On Video Flogging An Old Woman Died Three Weeks Ago – Uganda Police Confirms
Police have confirmed that one of their own who was captured on video flogging an elderly woman is an Assistant Inspector of Police (AIP) Sam Okiror and has since passed on. Okiror was attached to Mbale Central Police Station as the Field Force Commander. A video has gone viral showing a police officer purported to…
Panic As Two Senior Health Officials Test Positive For Covid-19
Tension is high at Masindi Hospital as two Senior Health workers at the facility have tested Positive for COVID-19 alongside four other community members. The results of the two were released to the district Health officials by the Health ministry on Sunday evening. Dr Rogers Musinguzi, the Head of Covid-19 Case management team in Masindi…
Jilted Husband Vows To Shoot Housing Finance Bank Boss For Bonking His Wife To Cabbages
Ivan Kituka, the Senior Manager Branch Performance and Customer Experience at Housing Finance Bank, (HFB) is living in danger after a very jilted and cuckolded husband who only identifies himself as Sozi, has threated to shoot him in the head and chest for bonking his wife. In a letter written by the said Sozi, titled…