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EU Injects Shs 8.35Bn Rescue Package In Fight Against Covid-19
The European Union (EU) delegation in Uganda has announced a grant of 8.35 billion Shillings (Euros 2 million) towards the country’s COVID-19 pandemic response. Ambassador Attilio Pacifici, the Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Uganda made the revelation to media on the sidelines of the Human Rights Defenders Award event held at…
Gen.Tumukunde Lawyers Sue Govt Seeking His Unconditional Release
Lawyers representing Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde are demanding for his unconditional release.In their application filed before the Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s court on Tuesday, the lawyers led by Anthony Wameli and Godfrey Turyamusiima allege that Tumukunde and 14 others have been held beyond the mandatory 48 hours without any charges against them since their arrest on…
High Court Awards Inmates Shs 95m For Being Denied Access To Lawyers During Lockdown
The High Court in Kampala has awarded 95 million Shillings to 19 former inmates who were arrested for flouting regulations on COVID-19 for being denied access to their lawyers. The said group was picked from one house in Kyengera Town Council, in Wakiso District, and held at Nkonkonjeru Police Post at the end of March…
Four Feared Dead In Lira Truck Accident
Business along Obote Avenue and Lira Main Market came to stand still when a FUSO truck registration number UAQ 572W lost control and rammed into a group of people. The truck which was loaded with cement had a brake failure and knocked a tipper registration number UBG-149D, which was ahead of it before swerving off…
Bad Black Finally Settled To Zero Balance
Kampala Socialite Shanita Namuyimbwa, alias Bad Black, has finally received her payment for the Covid-19 advert. Bad Black had spent two weeks on social media blasting the Ministry Of Health on how they used and dumped her without clearing payment for an advert sensitizing ladies especially prostitutes to desist from interacting with truck drivers, in…
Full List: 45 Top Police Chiefs Moved
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Martin Okoth Ochola has transferred forty-five police officers, including high-ranking commanders like Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Christopher Barugahare, a former Regional Police Commander (RPC) for West Nile region, who is now a deputy commandant of the Professional Standard Unit (PSU). He will be replaced by SSP Richard Okullu,…
Buchaman’s Health Deteriorates, Rushed To Nakasero Hospital For Specialized Treatment
The Presidential advisor on Ghetto affairs Singer Mark Bugembe alias Buchaman’s condition has deteriorated according to reports. Thecapitaltimes have since established that the presidential advisor was moved from Malcolm Medical Centre in Kibuye to Nakasero Hospital for special treatment following his brutal arrest by a few days ago.. We’ve further established from a source that…
Positive Response: Chief Justice Katureebe Retires After Expiry Of His Contract
Hon. Justice Bart Katureebe on Friday June 19, 2020 retired from the position of Chief Justice following the expiry of his contract. Justice Katureebe had served in the position since 2015 when he was appointed by President Yoweri Museveni and despite having he capability and credibility to push on, he decided to seek another term…
Sad: Odrek Rwabwongo’s Brother Rev.Nahamya Passes On
Son in law to President Yoweri Museveni ,city business man Odrek Rwabwogo has lost a brother one Rev. Timothy Namanya Rwabwogo, who passed away at the age of 58. Rev. Namanya took his last breathe at Case Hospital, Kampala on Saturday, June 20 where he succumbed to lung cancer. Jolly Rev.Namanya was the third born…
2021 Elections: Museveni Appoints Fresh Energetic Cadres Into Top CEC Leadership
The Chairman of the ruling party National Resistance Movement (NRM), who is also the President of Uganda Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has made changes in the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC), by appointing new cadres to key positions. The new appointments came a day after the CEC, (the top leadership organ of the party), had…