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High Court Dismisses Application Against Attorney General, NAGRIC ED
The High Court Civil Division has dismissed an application filed by Dr. Wilberforce Wandera Kifudde, the former Technical Manager Production of National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Data Bank (NAGRC & DB) against the Executive Director and Attorney General. Through his lawyers, Crispus Ayena Adongo and Gordon Kifudde, Wandera sued the NAGRIC ED, Dr. Charles…
Three Senior Police Officers Arrested Over Demolition Of St.Peter’s Church Ndeeba
Police in Kampala Metropolitan area is investigating circumstances under which St. Peter’s Church of Uganda, Ndeeba, was demolished this morning disregarding government directives that stopped all evictions during this COVID19 period. Katwe Police Station got information of the demolition at 0100 hours and a team was dispatched to the scene. Police were not informed about…
DPP Confirms Prosecution Of BoU’s Sekabira, Bagyenda & Kasekende
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has confirmed charges against the former Deputy Governor Louis Kasekende, former Director of Commercial Banks Supervision Justine Bagyenda and the central bank’s Director for Financial Markets Development Coordination (FMDC) Benedict Sekabira. This has been confirmed after landing on an August 4 Letter from the DPP Jane Francis Abodo titled: Prosecution…
Breaking! The Anglican St Peter’s Church Ndeeba Has Been Demolished
Christians with strongest emotional ties to St Peters Church Ndeeba were saddened to see the piece of history demolished in wee hours of Monday in presence of heavy police deployment. St Peters has been one of the oldest churches in Uganda, however it was maliciously and callously brought down deep in the night by some…
Umeme Seeks Review Of Free Electricity Connection Policy
Uganda’s Power Distributor, Umeme Limited has proposed a revision of the Electricity Connections Policy (ECP) to allow capable customers shoulder the full payment for connection since government ran short of funds for the policy. Speaking during a briefing organised by the power distributor, Mr Selestino Babungi, the Umeme managing director, said the energy sector is…
Kabira Country Club Continues To Shine With Tranquillity, True African Style
In the midst of global uncertainty due to COVID19 pandemic, Kabira Country Club has used the force lull in the hospitality industry to be innovative and creative in the products they offer to their clients. Located in posh Bukoto area, Kabira Country Club suites are the addition to the wide range of accommodation services. And…
Burundi President Rejects Overture From Rwandan Counterpart
By AFP Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye has rejected an olive branch from his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame, describing his neighbour’s offer to settle their differences and reset diplomatic ties as “hypocritical”. Ndayishimiye, who was elected in May, did not mention Kagame by name in a speech delivered near the Rwandan border on Thursday, and published…
How Covid-19 Has Affected Uganda’s Labour Externalization Sector
By Ronnie Mukundane Labour externalization was, until the spread of Covid-19 across the globe, one of the fastest growing sectors and was providing employment opportunities to thousands of Ugandans across the Middle East and other parts of the world. To date, there are more than 165,000 Ugandans who are gainfully employed in the Middle East…
Covid-19: Bushenyi District NRM Chairman Jaffar Basajjabalaba Tests Positive
The Bushenyi district NRM chairman Jaffar Bassajabalaba has tested postive to COVID19. According to NBS through their twitter updates, Jaffar Bassajabalaba is also a member of the Bushenyi COVID19 task force. “Bushenyi district chairman and member of Bushenyi COVID-19 task force Jaffari Bassajabalaba has tested positive of COVID-19.” https://twitter.com/CanaryMugume/status/1292336238276612096?s=19 Hajji Jaffar Bassajabalaba is a brother…
Karim Hirji, Stepchildren Fight Over Late Wife’s Property
Did businessman Karim Hirji’s late wife, a propertied woman in her own right, leave all her properties in Uganda and London to the three children she bore with the businessman and none to the three she had in her first marriage? This is the question over which the deceased’s first children are making a lot…