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State Media Managers Face Jail For Gagging Ugandan Opposition Candidates
State owned media managers face a year in jail or a fine of up to Shs10 million for denying presidential candidates coverage. Section 7 of the Presidential Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019, passed by Parliament on Thursday, 27 February 2020 prescribes the punishment. “An officer responsible for a state owned media house who contravenes subsection(1) commits…
Cabinet In Hot Soup As Corruption In Marijuana Licencing Draws Attention To Ugandans
About 90 companies, including foreign ones, have applied to the Government of Uganda for licences to allow them grow marijuana on a commercial scale. According to Sources, a number of high-profile meetings have been going on recently, involving multiple government agencies led by the health ministry, to discuss the licences however, many of the meetings…
Breaking! Nigeria Confirms First Coronavirus Case In Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria on Friday morning announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. “The case is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos, Nigeria on the 25th of February 2020,” Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said in a statement on Twitter. https://twitter.com/Fmohnigeria/status/1233180000872026114?s=19 “The patient is clinically stable, with no serious…
Rwanda Police Shoots Suspect, Another Arrested Over Assaulting MTN Agent
Rwanda National Police (RNP) together with Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB), has arrested one of the deadly crooks who was captured on a CCTV camera assaulting and robbing Tuyisenge Jeannette an MTN agent in Remera – Gasabo district in the capital Kigali. Upon arrest, the suspect Emmanuel Irakoze was paraded before the press on Thursday, February…
Top Ugandan Gov’t Officials Clash Over Billions In ‘Locusts Bonanza Deal’
Four Top Ugandan government officials have clashed over Billions of shillings in the ongoing ‘Fight Against Locusts Bonanza’. According to an insider, three top officials are in a silent wrangle with the Minister for animal industry Bright Rwamirama alleging that he swindled Billions while securing an aircraft to fight locusts in North Eastern Ugandan. Uganda response…
Socialite ‘Bad Black’ Allegedly Quits People Power, Pens Cursing Letter To Bobi Wine
Following the current political situation in Uganda, Socialite Shanitah Namuyimbwa alias Bad Black has took on her social media platforms and penned a quitting letter to the Kyadondo East Legislator Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu who doubles as the leader of the pressure group ‘People Power’. Bad Black through her Facebook account, Chanitah Ptt, argues that Bobi…
Harvard Student Sues President M7 For Blocking Him On Twitter, Demands Shs6b As Damages
A Harvard University student is seeking Shs6 billion as damages for allegedly being blocked by President Museveni on his Twitter handle. Mr Museveni was sued alongside government spokesperson, Mr Ofwono Opondo and the police’s Chief Political Commissar, AIGP Asan Kasingye whom he also accuses of blocking him from accessing their Twitter accounts. High Court presided…
Use Of Pesticides On Locusts Worries MPs
The use of pesticides in bid to fight the growing swarm of locusts in the eastern part of the country has been questioned by parliamentarians. This followed presentation of an update on efforts to combat the desert locusts. The update was presented by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Hon Aggrey Bagiire on Wednesday, 26…
Gov’t, Kadaga Injects Shs13m In UPPA Sacco
The Uganda Parliamentary Press Association (UPPA) has started its savings and credit Sacco with focus on improving journalists’ welfare. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga who presided at the launch of the Sacco warned journalists against unprofessional conduct saying their trade thrives on good will and public confidence. “We expect you to be objective and impartial in your…
Why Over 1,400 Candidates Were Ordered To Repeat Senior Six
Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has ordered over 1,433 candidates to repeat senior six after they failed to obtain any principle pass in the 2019 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examination (UACE), according to the results released on Thursday February 27 2019. While releasing the exam results at the Office of the President in Kampala, the…