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Panic As Ugandan Student Commits Suicide In China Over Coronavirus
The mother of a 22-year-old Ugandan student who died in China on Thursday has said she had been communicating with him daily and would have told her if he was troubled. Shafiq Mbogo, a fourth year private student pursuing bachelor’s degree in International Business and Trade at Shenyang University in Shenyang City, the capital of…
UPDF Hands Over Deadly Weapons Recovered From Alshabaab To Somalia Govt
The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira has handed over recovered weapons to the Somali National Security Adviser Abdisaid Muse Ali in a function at the sector one headquarters in Mogadishu, Somalia. The weapons were recovered from Alshabab terrorists over time by the Ugandan troops…
Coronavirus Update: Kenya Airways Suspends Staff Over Deadly Disease
Kenya Airways (KQ) has suspended an employee, identified as Gire Ali, who filmed and shared a video clip showing a Southern China Airlines plane with 239 passengers on board landing at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The carrier accuses Mr Ali of poor handling and management of passengers arriving from virus-hit China. Speaking to…
Kadaga Grills Dr.Mugisha Over Rampant Corruption In NWSC
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has appealed to the water professionals and utility bodies to improve water sanitation in urban and rural areas. The Speaker made this call while officiating at the closure of the 20th Africa Water Association (AFWA) International Congress and Exhibition on Thursday, 27 February 2020 at the Kampala Serena Conference…
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…