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Kadaga Has No Powers To Disband Safe houses-ISO Warns Parliament
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has directed the House Committee on Human Rights to investigate allegations that government is operating safe houses in Kalangala and Kyengera. Kadaga’s directive follows complaints from Hon Latif Ssebaggala (Ind. Kawempe North) who during the Parliament sitting on Thursday, 15 August 2019 said there were reports of Ugandans being…
UPDF Secures 2nd Spot In EAC Games
Uganda Peoples Defence Forces has been ranked second in the cross country at the ongoing EAC Military Games at Kahaw Military barracks in Nairobi. Uganda’s Doreen Chesang came third in a 10KM women race after Magdelena Chrispin of Tanzania and Perine Nenkampi of Kenya. Chesang who won in a period of 33:23.2 and Uganda’s park…
Sudan’s Ex-President Al-Bashir ‘Received $90m From Saudi Arabia’
Omar al-Bashir received millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, a police investigator has told a court in Sudan’s capital at the start of the former president’s corruption trial months after he was toppled by the military in the wake of mass protests against his autocratic rule. Al-Bashir, who is charged with illicit possession of foreign currency and accepting…
UPDF Soldiers Must Consider Doing Business If They Are To Survive Poverty-Gen Muhoozi
The Chief of Defence Forces Gen. David Muhoozi has advised Wazalendo to consider opening up a Business Arm that could own a bank , investment club and other businesses. This was during the closure of the five day Wazalendo SACCO Strategic Plan retreat held at Royal Suites Hotel in Bugolobi- Kampala. Gen Muhoozi thanked the…
Min.Kasaija Sweats Plasma In Parliament Over Mishandled Departed Asians property
The Departed Asians Properties Custodian Board (DAPCB) led by Hon. Matia Kasaija and Hon. Betty Amongi, Thursday appeared before the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises [Cosase] Chaired by Hon. Ibrahim Kasozi to update the committee on the statues of the properties under its custody. Kampala Central Member of Parliament Muhammad Nsereko said…
People Power Movt Will Vanish Before 2021 Elections-Gen. Ali
First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda Gen Moses Ali has described himself as the cock of West Nile and warned People Power Movement that it has no future. “Every home has a cock and that cock is in charge of the home. West Nile has a cock and he is speaking right now,” he sent…
Serial Killer Arinaitwe Life Imprisonment Quashed To 24 years
Convicted Serial Killer Richard Arinaitwe’s Life Imprisonment Sentence has been reduced to 24 years! In February, Arinaitwe petitioned the Court of Appeal to quash his life sentence. He has spent more than 20 years in Luzira prisons for the murder of an American Volunteer Cecilia Goetz, at Hotel Equatorial in Kampala, on July 28th 1998.…
Ponytail Revita Signs For KCCA FC
John Orenia Revita has inked a two-year deal with two times CECAFA Clubs Cup Champions KCCA FC. The former Express FC Captain’s sign on fee is undisclosed but his contract runs from August 2019 to August 2021. The ponytail Uganda Cranes defender arguably one of the best passers of the ball in the local league…
Opposition Cant Win Elections In Uganda Over My Dead Body-Gen Tumwine
The Minister for Security, General Elly Tumwine, who is under scrutiny by the Rules, Privileges and Discipline Committee, has said the lies peddled by opposition MPs Cecilia Ogwal and Godfrey Katushabe show that opposition will never rule Uganda. ”Its because of such lies that opposition in Uganda cant win elections because people understand who they…
Those Who Genetically Mutilate Women Should Not Enjoy Sex-Min.Mutuuzo
Legislators have tasked government to increase efforts to end Female Genital Mutilation, warning that the practice will persist, if not addressed. The MPs called on government to put emphasis on setting up a special fund for women involved in the practice as a way of having them leave it, fast track strategies to address FGM…