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Health Ministry To Release Covid-19 Funds Accountability Today
Uganda’s health ministry will on Sunday afternoon give accountability for the funds used to deter the coronavirus pandemic. This announcement was made by the health ministry Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine, on Saturday evening saying the event that will be broadcast live on TV, will start at 3pm. “Tomorrow we will be giving accountability for…
Nansana: 30 Arrested For Defying Covid-19 Directives
Police have on Sunday June 21 arrested over 30 people around Nansana over defying the Covid-19 presidential directives. The arrest followed an operation in and around Makutano Hotel where police found the sauna functional, the bar open and business as usual. According to Patrick Onyango, 30 people were arrested and detained at Nansana Police Station.…
AU Suspends South Sudan Over $9m Membership Debt
The African Union (AU) has suspended South Sudan from the continental body over failure to honour its financial obligations over the past three years. A letter from the country’s mission in Ethiopia to the Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed the development saying the amount in question came up to over 9 million dollars. The Xinhua News…
Full Speech: What You Missed In President Museveni’s 18th Address On Covid-19 Fight Strategy
Countrymen and countrywomen. Greetings from the Government and the political leadership of the country. Congratulations on our battle against the corona-virus, against the floods, against the rising waters of the Lakes and the Rivers, against the land-slides, against the floating islands and against the locusts. The locusts have been defeated by the UPDF and the…
Just In: Journalist Ronald Nahabwe Arrested Over REA Stories, Whisked To Unknown Detention Centre
News that has just reached us indicates that Ronald Gold Nahabwe, a reporter with The Capital Times news website, has Monday morning been arrested by the team of detectives led by the Grace Akullo, the Director of the Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Directorate (CIID), in Kibuli. According to our sources, Nahabwe, a renowned investigative reporter,…
KCCA Councilors Endorse Tycoon Basajjabalaba’s Reappointment On District Land Board
Several Councilors at the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCAA) on Monday June 22, 2022, warmly accepted Hon. Nasser Basajjabalaba’s reappointment on the Kampala District Land Board, which will see him serve for another five years. The move came after Councilors unanimously approved Hon. Basajjabalaba as a member of the District land board for another term…
Gen. Muhoozi Gains More Popularity Ahead Of Bobi Wine Despite Not Showing Interest In Politics
The First Son Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also the Presidential Adviser on Special Operations, is fast gaining popularity among Ugandans ahead of People Power leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bob Wine, as Uganda braces for future political leaders. Although he has not yet shown any interest in running for political office, analysts contend that…
In Uganda: Coronavirus Cases Rise To 797 As 23 Test Positive
The Ministry of Health has confirmed Twenty three new COVID-19 cases. This brings the number of cases confirmed in Uganda to 797 as of June 23rd, 2020. According to the health ministry, the new cases were from 2,219 samples tested, 5 of them were from 1,308 samples tested at points of entry while 18 were…
Ugandan Banks Blacklist Britania Allied Industries Boss Elmajee Over Lack Of Work Permit
We recently revealed on this website how Ahmed Elmajee, the Managing Director of Britania Allied Industries, and his colleague Ali Yousef Ebraik Ohaida, the Group General Manager, are illegally operating in Uganda because they have not yet secured work permits that allow them operate in the country. Following our first story, we can reliably confirm…
Shocking Secrets Behind Journalist Nahabwe’s Illegal Detention, Torture Emerge
It is now exactly 4 days since Ronald Nahabwe, a journalist with The Capital Times, an online news publication, was arrested and detained at the Special Investigations Division (SIU), Kireka, where is he has been in detention for days without the police pressing any charges against him. We have established that Nahabwe was arrested on…