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Jose Chameleone Terribly Sick, Battling With Kidney Infection
Ugandan Afrobeat singer and Kampala City Mayor hopeful Joseph Mayanja popularly known as Dr. Jose Chameleone is critically sick and battling a kidney infection, this website has learnt. According to reports, the ‘Baliwa’ singer has been bedridden at Nsambya hospital for last five days nursing a strange illness that is still unknown to the public…
Court Martial Overturns Bodaboda 2010 Boss Kitatta’s 8 Year Jail Sentence, Sets Him Free!
The founder of Bodaboda 2010 Association Abdallah Kitatta has been released from Luzira prison after the Court Martial yesterday reduced his 8 year sentence, following his appeal. The six-member court chaired by a civilian advocate, Elly Turyamubona sitting in Makindye, delivered its verdict on Friday August 7, 2020. The court also deducted the time the…
Uganda Registers Sixth Covid-19 Death As Cases Shoot To 1,254
Uganda has registered another Covid-19 death, bringing the total to six. According to the Ministry of Health, the deceased is a 70-year old Ugandan male, resident of Natete, Kampala. “On 24th July 2020, he presented at Lubaga Hospital with signs and symptoms consistent with covid-19 which include:mild fever, cough and difficulty in breathing. Further investigations…
New Hope As Russia Creates World’s 1st Covid-19 Vaccine
Moscow’s Gamelei Center will register the world’s first coronavirus vaccine on August 12, Russia’s deputy health minister has revealed. Oleg Gridnev says medical workers and the elderly will be given priority for immunization. The senior minister at the department, Mikhail Murashko, announced last week that a nationwide mass vaccination program is planned to begin in…
Shock As Two Umeme Employees Are Electrocuted To Death On Electric Pole
Traders and residents of Wantoni trading Centre in Mukono town were engulfed with Shock on Friday August 7, 2020 after men said to be working with Power Distributor Umeme Limited got electrocuted to death on top of an electric pole. Eye witnesses revealed that the deceased, identified as Moses Kasiita and Jacob Mutalaga had climbed…
Bullets, Teargas In Mbale As Police Blocks NUP’s Bobi Wine From Appearing On A Radio Talkshow
Police in Mbale City on Saturday morning fired teargas and live bullets to disperse the supporters of National Unity Platform (NUP) party led by the Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine. Mr Kyagulanyi was scheduled to appear on one of the local radio stations for a talk show from 9am…
Grief As Two Perish In Masaka-Kyotera Road Accident
Two people died and three others sustained critically injuries following a nasty road accident at Nabajjuzi swamp along Masaka-Kyotera Highway on Friday. The accident involved tipper truck Reg. No. UAR 487M which collided head on with lorry Reg. No. KCH 262Z. Police identified one of the deceased as Sowedi Kalanzi, a mechanic at Naludugavu Garage…
Covid-19: Bushenyi District NRM Chairman Jaffar Basajjabalaba Tests Positive
The Bushenyi district NRM chairman Jaffar Bassajabalaba has tested postive to COVID19. According to NBS through their twitter updates, Jaffar Bassajabalaba is also a member of the Bushenyi COVID19 task force. “Bushenyi district chairman and member of Bushenyi COVID-19 task force Jaffari Bassajabalaba has tested positive of COVID-19.” https://twitter.com/CanaryMugume/status/1292336238276612096?s=19 Hajji Jaffar Bassajabalaba is a brother…
Burundi President Rejects Overture From Rwandan Counterpart
By AFP Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye has rejected an olive branch from his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame, describing his neighbour’s offer to settle their differences and reset diplomatic ties as “hypocritical”. Ndayishimiye, who was elected in May, did not mention Kagame by name in a speech delivered near the Rwandan border on Thursday, and published…
Umeme Seeks Review Of Free Electricity Connection Policy
Uganda’s Power Distributor, Umeme Limited has proposed a revision of the Electricity Connections Policy (ECP) to allow capable customers shoulder the full payment for connection since government ran short of funds for the policy. Speaking during a briefing organised by the power distributor, Mr Selestino Babungi, the Umeme managing director, said the energy sector is…