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Go To Tagore For Classy Fully-Furnished Apartments
Constructing a home, let alone finding an already built home, can be a daunting task. It is trouble chasing masons and engineers at the construction site to do the right job and designs yet not many good looking finished houses are available on the market. Meera investments, a subsidiary of Ruparelia Group, is bridging this…
Robbing From Voters: Tanga Odoi Nullifies Nyabushozi County Results Over Irregularities
The National Resistance Movement party Electoral Commission Chairperson, Dr. Tanga Odoi has nullified Nyabushozi County primary election results and warned party candidates and members in Kiruhura District against violence exhibited in the past days. Following a meeting held with the NRM leaders together with NRM electoral officials, the chairperson of the NRM Electoral Commission Dr.…
Big Story: Gov’t Okays Schools To Open In Fortnight!
The Government of Uganda have resolved that schools should reopen on September 20, 2020 amidst Continued reports of Covid-19 community cases. Sources in the education ministry yesterday confirmed to this website that the ministry had at last agreed with the COVID-19 National Task Force to have schools re-opened and that this decision, if there are…
Ray Of Hope As Ruparelia Foundation Donates 10 Computers To African Institute For Investigative Journalism
The Ruparelia Foundation through Kampala Parents’ School has on Tuesday September 1, 2020 donated 10 computers to African Institute for Investigative Journalism to facilitate home-based learning as schools remain closed due to coronavirus. The donation was handed over to Mr. Solomon Sserwanja the Institute’s Executive Director by Mr. Rajiv Ruparelia one of the directors of…
URA Appoints Abel Kagumire New Commissioner Customs
Uganda Revenue Authority ‘URA’ has officially appointed Mr.Abel Kagumire as the new commissioner of Customs, replacing Mr Dicksons Kateshumbwa who resigned recently. With his rich experience, Mr.Kagumire, previously served as Assistant Commissioner Customs Audit and Manager Customs at URA.He has served in the tax body for more than over 17 years with unparalleled clean record.…
Splash Directors On Spot For Working Illegally In Uganda, Mistreatment Of Staff
Don’t treat it as breaking news if you woke up one morning to the bad news that Britania Allied Industries (U) Ltd, known by its house hold item, Splash is no more. This is because its top Libyan Directors, who are the biggest shareholders in the company, are not only flouting the Country’s policies that…
Teachers, Group Employees In Primary and Secondary Schools Jubilate As Treasury Orders For Return Of Capitation Grants
A directive by the Secretary to the Treasury Keith Muhakanizi to all headteachers across Uganda to return capitation grant in line with the public finance Act 2015, has caused excitement and worry among stakeholders. Headteachers who may not have properly used the money well are worried while teachers, Askari’s and cleaners who did not get…
Panic At Kawempe Police Station As Suspect Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Kawempe Police Station in Kampala has temporarily been closed by authorities after one of the suspects in the cells tested positive for Coronavirus. According to the Kampala Metropolitan Police Station, Patrick Onyango the incident happened on Wednesday when one of the suspects, a male teen of 15 years who had been arrested on allegations of…
Uganda Listed Among First Countries To Benefit From Vaginal Ring For HIV Prevention
Uganda has been listed among the first seven countries that will benefit from the roll out of the vaginal ring used in prevention against HIV, the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) has revealed. IPM’s external relations director Dr. Leonard Solai told journalists that other countries to benefit are Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi and South Africa.…
Police Raid Kanungu CBO Offices
There was chaos at the offices of the Integrated Rural Community Empowerment (IRUC), a local Community Based Organization-CBO in Kanungu district on Wednesday during an impromptu police raid for unknown reasons. Arans Tabaruka, a retired television journalist and founder of the CBO, said heavily armed police officers raided his offices shortly after he stepped out…