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Sheena Ruparelia Tips Women On Developing Societies
Ms Sheena Ruparelia one of the directors of Ruparelia Group has tipped women on how to compete with their male counterparts and bring transformative change within their societies and the country in general. Sheena Ruparelia was speaking during an online talk show held at Victoria University Kampala alongside Uganda Law Society President-elect Phiona Nabasa Wall,…
KISU, Delhi International Schools Start Staff Covif-19 Testing Ahead of Re-opening
Kampala International School Uganda (KISU) and Delhi Public School International (DPSI) staff has undergone Covid-19 testing ahead of schools reopening. The testing exercise took place at DPSI in Naguru on Thursday. The schools owned by businessman Sudhir Ruparelia, a few days ago issued Standard Operating Procedures that will be followed once government decides to lift…
Job Slot: Over 50 Skilled Jobs Up for Grabs At Meera Investments Amid Covid-19 Crisis
As several Ugandans continue to wallow in poverty, partly due to unemployment and retrenchment during this Covid-19 lockdown, Meera investments has announced more than 50 vacancies for job seekers. The vacancies are both managerial and technical. They include Project manager (20) slots, Clerks of works (20) slots, structural engineer (5) slots, quanitative surveyor (3) slots…
Just In: Parliament Bus Carrying 25 Covid-19 Patients Catches Fire
A parliamentary Bus registration UG 0391H which was carrying about 25 Covid-19 patients from Gulu to Kampala has caught fire. It is said that the bus caught fire at Koro along the Gulu-Kampala highway. Aswa region police spokesperson Patrick Okema revealed that fire brigade was dispatched at the scene and managed to put out fire.…
Seeta Cab Driver Stabbed To Death,Body Stuffed In Car Boot
Police has started investigating murder case where three suspects hired a special hire driver one Batte Christopher, 58, a resident of Nyenje and stabbed him to death. According to the Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Luke Oweyesigyire, suspects hired a cab driver to take them to Bajjo village. While on the way, suspects decided to…
Breaking! Kibalama Takes Back His NUP Party After Failed Shs18.5 Billion Deal With Bobi Wine (Watch Video)
Moses Nkonge Kibalama, the man who sold National Unity Platform (NUP) party to Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has made a u-turn to take back his party saying that the latter failed to stand by his word. In a video making rounds on social media, Kibalama is heard saying that the USD5 million (Shs18.5 billion)…
Court Okays CID To Grill Gen.Tumukunde Over Meeting Army Veterans
High Court in Kampala dismissed an application for a temporary injunction in which presidential aspirant, Lt.Gen. Henry Tumukunde sought to have criminal summons against him by the Criminal Investigations Division halted. The former security sued CID director, AIGP Grace Akullo and the Attorney General seeking orders that the arrest threats issued to him through summons…
Police, People Power Activists Lock Horns In Kamwokya
There are running battles between Police and People Power activists in Kamwokya city suburbs in Kampala protesting the continued provocation by music promoter, Charles Orema alias Sipapa. Police moved in to disperse the activists when they blocked Old Kira road right from the house belonging to Fred Ssentamu Nyanzi alias Chairman Nyanzi and the offices…
Joint Committee Rejects NSSF Direct Lending To Gov’t
A joint team comprising members from the finance and gender committees in parliament has rejected proposed direct lending by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to the government. The committee members say that this is intended to avoid abuse of member’s funds and conflict of interest. This is according to the main committee report on…
Seven Recaptured, Three Killed Out Of 217 Prisoners Who Escaped From Moroto Prison
Last evening news broke that prisoners from Moroto Central Prison had escaped and disappeared through Mountain Moroto. The incident happened at 4.30pm. Several reports made rounds about the escape. Frank Baine, the spokesperson of the Uganda Prisons has given account of the escape. According to Baine, prisoners escaped at a time when they were having…