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Former Deputy Governor ‘Kasekende’ Finally Bids Painful Farewell To BoU
Kampala: The Former Bank of Uganda deputy Governor Dr. Louis Kasekende has finally tailed down and bid farewell to the central bank staff after his contract expiry. In his letter, Dr Kasekende expressed his gratitude to staff and to the appointing authority for according him the enabling environment to serve the central bank for all…
Why MP Ogwang Celebrated ICT Ministerial Post On A Dilapidated RoofTop
He was an example of Jesus’s personal, earthly mission to bring salvation to the lost, since tax collectors were despised as traitors, and as being corrupt. “Today, my youthful voters who were exceedingly excited lifted me on the roof of one of our staunch NRM supporter’s house.” He added: “He had painted it yellow &…
Pictorial As Specioza Kazibwe’s Son Is Laid To Rest In Wakiso
Former Vice President, Dr Specioza Wandira Kazibwe, on Saturday laid to rest her son John William Bomboka Kazibwe at her Kayebe home in Gayaza, Wakiso District. The burial was conducted by Curious Funeral Services which said on its Facebook page that the family was in mourning and in grief. It was a sad for Specioza…
Police Foil FDC Meeting In Meeting
Police commanded by ASP Ssekalema Shaban, the OC Station has blocked and dispersed an FDC Leaders meeting that was organised at Gwaniika Village, Nabingola Sub County, Kasambya constituency at Home Land Organic Gardens. Deputy President Owek Joyce Nabbosa Ssebugwawo had led a delegation of leaders from Buganda Region including Vice Chairman Kibuka Mukalazi, Mrs. Ssebuwufu…
MP Owino shoots DJ With A Pistol In Club B,Arrested
Embakasi East MP Babu Owino will be charged with attempted murder, the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti has said. This comes after the legislator allegedly shot and injured a DJ at a popular night club in Kilimani, Nairobi, in the early hours of Friday morning. “We will charge him with attempted murder. It…
96 Middle East Bound Ugandan Girls Arrested In Kenya
A total of 96 Ugandan girls have been intercepted in Kenya en route to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The girls aged between 14 and 18 years were intercepted at Jomo Kenyatta international airport in Nairobi, Kenya where they were due to board a flight to the Emirates. The girls believed…
Four Bodies Retrieved From Jinja Collapsed Shopping Mall
Four more bodies have been recovered from the rubbles of the two-storied building that collapsed in Jinja town in eastern Uganda on Wednesday. The dead have been identified as Dennis Muhoofa aged 28, Saad Basalirwa, 18, and Joseph Isabirye while the identity of the fourth victim is yet to be established. The building located on…
Gunfire Rocks Khartoum As Armed Factions Break Away From Sudanese Military Forces
Clashes between Sudanese security forces in the capital this week have raised questions about loyalty and stability in the military and the country’s transitional unity government, with some Sudanese seeing the violence as a serious threat to the nation’s security and its move toward democracy. The ongoing violence in Khartoum, coming on the heels of…
AG Demands Shs 24Bn ‘Facilitation’ For $10bn DRC Plunder Case Negotiations
The attorney general William Byaruhanga is seeking Shs 24bn to facilitate negotiations between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the settlement of a $10 billion plunder case. In 2005, the United Nation’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Uganda violated the sovereignty of the DRC and is responsible for human rights abuses…
Mukono Hospital Stops Treating Police Tortured Victims
Mukono general hospital has halted treating suspects brought in by Mukono police division over lack of facilitation. The division usually takes the suspects to the hospital for examination treatment and other related medical care services. However, the medical officers claim that the suspects spend long hours at the hospital on ’empty stomachs’ since they are…