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African Leaders Must Scrap Off Visas Across The Continent-Kadaga
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called on African countries to abolish the issuance of visas to enable free movement of people across the continent. The free movement of persons, according to Kadaga, will facilitate Africans to ply their trade across the continent which is a prospective market. Reacting to the resolutions reached at…
Rwandan General Secretly Chairs East Africa Armed Forces In Kampala
Representatives from the Military, Police, Prisons, civilian components and other stakeholders from all the six East Africa Community (EAC) partner states are meeting at Silver Springs Hotel in Kampala to discuss modalities of conducting the 12th Edition Command Post Exercise (CPX) codenamed Ushirikiano Imara 2019 in Uganda. The main planning conference (MPC) is chaired by…
Vice President, Prime Minister Positions Should Be Repealed -MP Niwagaba
Ndorwa East MP, Hon Wilfred Niwagaba has sought the leave of Parliament to table a Constitution Amendment Bill which seeks to scrap the position of Vice President and Prime Minister, among a cocktail of other proposals. The objects of the Constitution Amendment Bill 2019, outlines its ambitious intentions. Key in the proposed amendments is the…
Ugandan MPs Decry Of Restricted Movements To Partner States
The possession of passports and visas should not be a preserve of a few if Africa is to make advances for a peaceful, prosperous and integrated continent, experts have told Members of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) sitting in Midrand, South Africa. With major restrictions on freedom of movement of persons firmly entrenched in national laws…
Footballer Serunkuma Signs For KCCA
Simon Peter Serunkuma has signed for KCCA FC on a two-year deal from August 2019 to August 2021 on an undisclosed fee. Serunkuma’s joins the 13 times Uganda premier League Champions from Tooro United FC where he played for a year. He has previously played for Victors FC, SC Villa, Express, Bunamwaya and Vipers.…
Igrid, 6 FDC Activists Remanded To Luzira
Forum for Democratic Change mobilisation secretary Ingrid Turinawe has been remanded to Luzira prison following her arrest on Sunday. Ingrid was arrested at Central Police Station where she had taken food to FDC suspects accused of throwing a water bottle at magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu. The Iron Lady said the six suspects were starved since Saturday…
Billions Lost At KCCA As Musisi Is Recalled From USA As Another Director Of Human Resources Tenders In His Resignation.
The scandal at Kampala Capital City Authority deepens. The latest is of another Director of Human Resources who has tendered in his resignation. Mr.Richard Lule joins a long chain of other directors who have left the organisation the most recent being Mr.kabugo of Treasury and Revenue services. The Capital Times has also learnt that Mr.Kabugo …
Ex-Minister Sendaula Implores Govt For Coffee Regulatory Authority
Former Finance Minister Gerald Sendaula, has appealed to Parliament to push for creation of a coffee regulatory authority as it considers the National Coffee Bill, 2018. Ssendaula who is the chairperson of the National Union of Coffee Agribusiness and Farm Enterprises said that the current body governing the coffee industry cannot ably carry out regulation…
Messi Suspended Three Months Over Corruption Rants
Argentina’s Lionel Messi was banned for three months from international matches and fined $50,000 on Friday after accusing South America’s governing body for football of “corruption” during the Copa America. Messi criticised the officiating and members of CONMEBOL last month following Argentina’s semifinal loss to Brazil and after the third-place match against Chile but later apologized. CONMEBOL…
Busted!URA Raids Nasser Road, Nets 3 In Forgery Of Govt Stamps
Three suspects, among them two women, were detained in connection with forging URA documents and those of several other government institutions, bank stamps and international agencies. The trio, namely Ali Kimera Ssajjabi, Amina Nambalye and Hadijah Nakitende are said to be based along Nasser Road, Kampala. For days, we trailed the suspects until they were…