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MPs Order Govt To Scrap Off All Taxes On CCTV Cameras
Legislators have adopted a motion urging government to review taxes on procurement of closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras and automotive tracking devices. The MPs, while debating the motion during plenary sitting on Wednesday, 5 December 2019, agreed that the prices on the market for CCTV cameras were too expensive for ordinary citizens to afford. Hon.…
Tensions Escalate As Rwanda Snubs EAC Inter parliamentary Games Organized By Uganda
Uganda has been left sole organiser of the East African Community games after Parliaments in Rwanda and South Sudan boycotted the games, choosing not to send delegates and to further rub salt into the wound, the two nations didn’t explain why they boycotted the games. The 10th edition of the annual East African Community Inter-Parliamentary…
IGP Ochola,Gen.Sabiti Are Incompetent To Investigate All Pending Murder Cases-MP Kivumbi
The Shadow Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon Muwanga Kivumbi has accused his opposite in government, Hon. Obiga Mario Kania of reluctance and inefficiency by the Uganda Police to investigate high profile criminal cases. Kivumbi, who is also the Butambala MP, highlighted several murder cases where suspects have not been committed to court for trial for…
M7 Commissions 9 Factories At Namunkekera Industrial Park
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday commissioned 9 factories operating in the Namunkekera Industrial park, in Kapeeka, Nakaseke district. The factories, which produce various assorted products and have created lots of employment opportunities for people in Kapeka, Nakaseke district, Luweero Triangle. President Museveni poses with some of the investors and security minister Elly Tumwine (2ndR)…
McKinstry Outs Cranes Squad For CECAFA Cup
Uganda Cranes Head Coach Johnathan McKinstry has named his final 20-man squad that will play for in the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup starting from Saturday 7th – 19th December 2019. The selected players are all locally based and play their trade in the StarTimes Uganda Premier League. Vipers SC defender Halid Lwaliwa is given the responsibility to…
Burundi Accuses Rwanda of Armed Attack, Threatens Retaliation
Burundi accused Rwanda of sending troops earlier this month to attack one of its military positions and pledged to “use legitimate defense” if its northern neighbor continues the hostility. Eight Burundian soldiers were killed when gunmen attacked their camp close to the Rwandan border on Nov. 16. The invaders retreated back into Rwanda after the…
Police Hunts Mysterious Nakasongola Murderer After Hacking Four People
The Security Agencies in Nakasongola have increasingly intensified their search efforts to find an attacker, wanted in an apparent killing spree of four people, in Wabigalo Village, Wabigalo Parish, and Wabinyonyi Sub-County in Nakasongora District. The victims include two male juveniles, one female adult and an elderly man, whose heads were all chopped off, during…
UPDF,Somalia Govt Sign New Peace Deal
The Minister of Defence And Veteran Affairs Hon Adolf Mwesige And Hon Hassan Ali Mohamed the Defence Minister of Federal Government of Somalia have today 6th December 2019 held a meeting aimed at improving the bilateral relations in Defence matters between both countries. The two ministers who met at the Ministry of Defence headquarters -…
Why M7 Appointed DPP Chibita To Supreme Court?
President Museveni has appointed Dr Flavian Zeija as the new Principal Judge replacing Justice Yorokamu Bamwine who is retiring. Justice Zeija has been serving as the Mbarara Senior Resident Judge. Justice Zeija was first appointed judge of the High Court in 2016. Justice Bamwine will leave judicial service on December 25 upon clocking the retirement…
Ugandan Security Forces Gun Down Top Musician In Nakasongola
Security personnel shot and killed a local musician in a case of mistaken identity in Nakasongola town council. Uganda Radio Network [URN] reported that the incident happened on Thursday at 11pm while security operatives hunted a machete-wielding man who hacked four people dead. Calvin Mutegesi also known as Sida Man and a resident of Kansirye…