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‘My Beloved Son Was Poisoned’- Oulanyah’s Father
The father of the deceased Speaker Jacob Oulanyah, Nathan Okori has said his son did not die of natural causes and that he was poisoned. He has however quickly asked that his death is not politicised. Okori was quoted telling a handful of mourners at their ancestral home in Omoro District saying Oulanyah’s death is…
‘Museveni Should Have Stepped Down Before Race’- Bobi Wine Amends Petition
Former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has amended a petition challenging the outcome of the just-concluded presidential race which was filed in the Supreme Court by his team. The results released by the Electoral Commission gave Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni, a candidate of the National Resistance Movement-NRM party, a 58 percent majority victory, against Kyagulanyi’s…
‘Most Of The People Masquerading as Baganda Are Banyarwanda’- Museveni
President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has said that majority of the people in the Central Region are Banyarwanda masquerading as Baganda out of ignorance. Museveni made revelation during Labour Day celebrations at State House Entebbe on Saturday May 1. The elect president added that Banyarwanda who had come into the country to do casual labour…
‘Missing Bride Gave Her Changing Dresses To Bodadoda Man Before Vanishing’- Police
Police say the missing bride, Bushira Najjuuko, 24, gave a bodaboda rider her changing dresses to take home after saloon makeup before she vanished. Najjuuko, a businesswoman at Zainab Aziza building in Nakasero, Kampala, has been missing since Friday, March 10, 2023, two days to her wedding day. She had been living with her parents…
‘Let’s Work With Only Serious People’- PS Ggoobi Sacks Over 110 ‘Sleepy’ Accounting Officers
The Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Ramadhan Ggoobi has kicked out of offices 110 Local Government Accounting Officers for ‘disobeying his commands.’ Ggoobi announced the above action in his letter dated 7th July 2022 stating that following approval of the Budget for FY2022/23 by Parliament, the Ministry uploaded the Approved…
‘Keep On Ignoring Advice, You Will Go Like Obote’- Nadduli Thunders Museveni
The former minister without portfolio Abdul Nadduli has warned President Yoweri Museveni that if he continues to ignore their advice, he will follow the same route his predecessors Iddi Amin Dada and Apollo Milton Obote took. Nadduli passed his caution message to Museveni during an interview with a local media station on Thursday. He said,…
‘Kasese Isn’t Dumping Ground’- Disgruntled Premier Nabbanja Rejects Poor Quality Relief Items Sent To Flood Victims
Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has pledged to support those affected by the floods in Kasese, by providing them with land in Muhokya sub county, so they can move out of harm’s way. The Premier has also rejected part of the non-food relief items that were sent to flood victims in Kasese District. In Company of…
‘Job Well Done’ – Museveni Gov’t Increases Dr. Mwebesa’s Salary To Shs 23m After Mercilessly Firing Striking Medical Interns
President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s Government has agreed to increase the salary of Dr Henry Mwebesa, the director general of health services days after he fired all striking medical interns. On December 10, Dr Mwebesa ordered all striking medical interns to vacate hospital premises to pave way for a fresh batch. But the interns have…
‘It’s Overdue’- Museveni Demands School Reopening Date By Next Week
President Yoweri Museveni has directed the prime minister to lead the team from the ministry of education, health and the national taskforce to come up with dates and revised safe proposals for the reopening of learning institutions. The directive follows a meeting that happened on Tuesday this week between President Museveni, ministries of education and…
‘It’s Getting Out Of Hand’-Govt Closes Masaka Regional Referral Hospital For Inpatients Over Surging Covid-19 Cases
Government has with immediate effect closed down Masaka Regional Referral Hospital for inpatients over surging cases of Covid-19 disease. Uganda has 55511 confirmed cases of Covid-19, including 403 deaths. So for over 600,000 doses of covid-19 have been administered to various categories of Ugandans including teachers, security personnel, Journalists and people with underlying health conditions.…