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Uncertainty: M7 Orders Cabinet To Implement Shelved Bamugemereire Land Report
There is alot of fear and anxiety in public after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni said that the government will implement the Bamugemereire land commission Report once it is well studied and approved by the next Cabinet. Recently,Gen Museveni who was speaking to NRM MPs- Elect in Kyankwanzi shortly after Justice Bamugemereire’s presentation into land matters,…
UNBS Officers Raid City SuperMarket For Selling Rotten Products
Operatives from the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) conducted a CHRISTMAS OPERATION, during which they busted Bonjour Supermarket at Total fuel station, opposite Corner House in Ntinda, which was found storing rotten meat in the same deep freezer with ice cream. The raid, which was conducted following complaints from concerned shoppers, ended with both…
UNBS Employees Cautioned Against Corruption, Unauthorized Releases
The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has cautioned clearing agents and consolidators against unauthorised releases and corruption tendencies, which frustrate UNBS efforts of curbing substandard imports on the market. The remarks were made by the UNBS Imports Inspection Manager, Mr Martin Imalingat, during a sensitization meeting with clearing agents and consolidators held at the Entebbe International Airport. “A good number of clearing…
UNBS ED Ebiru Sacked For Bribing Board Shs 100M To Retain Job
The Executive Director of Uganda National Bureau of Standards David Livingstone Ebiru has been dismissed for bribing the UNBS Board to retain his job. Ebiru’s woes started when he appeared before Parliament’s Committee on Public Accounts – Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) in which he admitted paying a shs100 million bribe in a…
UNBS Does Not Have Capacity To Protect Ugandans Against Fake Products On Market: MPs
The Tourism, Trade and Industries Committee of parliament has slammed the Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS for failing to protect consumers against the proliferation of fake goods on the market. UNBS is mandated to enforce standards in the protection of public health, safety and the environment against dangerous, counterfeit and substandard products. The Bureau also…
UNBS Destroys Substandard Products Worth UGX 3.5Bn
The Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS has destroyed substandard goods worth 3.5 billion Shillings impounded from traders and manufacturers. The goods were impounded from shops and factories in Kampala city during import inspection, among other places. Some of the destroyed items include cement, mattresses, detergents, soaps, cosmetics, toilet paper, foodstuffs, energy drinks, and electrical appliances…
UNBS Boss Dr. Ben Manyindo Quits Agency After 22 Years Of Service
The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has confirmed that its long serving Executive Director, Eng. Dr. Ben Manyindo has retired from the standards agency with effect from 1st November, 2020. “Accordingly, Mr. David Livingstone Ebiru, the Deputy Executive Director in charge of Management and Financial Services at the Bureau has been appointed as the…
Unbelievable! Greater Bushenyi Police Spokesperson Allegedly Impregnates Suspect, Neglects Child
SP Martial Tumusiime, the Greater Bushenyi Police spokesperson is being hunted on allegations of impregnating a suspect and neglecting a child. Jane Asiimwe Muhindo, the Bushenyi District Resident Commissioner says that SP Tumusiime impregnated Phoebe Katusiime, 31, a resident of Katanda Village, Katanda Sub County in Rubirizi District. Preliminary investigations indicate that Katusiime met Tumusiime…
Unbelievable: Indian Man, ‘Rajiv’ Gives Cold Bath to Venomous King Cobra To Beat The Heat – Video
Not only humans, even reptiles are bearing the brunt of the extremely hot climate in parts of India. A video of a man showering a cobra, a highly poisonous snake, has gone viral. It is believed dangerous to play with snakes. https://twitter.com/rkbnow/status/1264656770888282119?s=19 Though the location is not mentioned in the video, it appears to be…
Unbearable Extortion: Police Commanders In Trouble For Releasing Impounded Motorcycles
Motorcycles impounded during the swearing of President Yoweri Museveni have landed police commanders in trouble after the police leadership ordered a probe into how they were released without the cyclists paying the penalty of 40,000 shillings. We’ve learnt that the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Edward Osiru Ochom, who is also director of police operations has…