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Ug Polls: Police To Confiscate Illegally Pinned Political Posters
Police have vowed to continue pulling down campaign posters placed in undesignated places especially in the city centre. Addressingjournalists in Kampala, Fred Enanga the police spokesperson said they are to liaise with the Kampala Capital City Authority on the correct way to erect campaign posters and where they should be placed. This is after a…
Labour Externalisation Sector Worried Due To Continued Business Prohibition
On 1st October 2020, Uganda reopened Entebbe International Airport and other entry points after President Yoweri Museveni eased on COVID-19 restrictions. The news about reopening of borders threw players from various sectors of the economy in a frenzy of excitement as it brought a new ray of hope to many, hoping that it was time…
Red Devils Resurrect: Man Utd Nails Newcastle 4-1
Manchester United have literally resurrected after they headed up north to take on Newcastle United, during a match that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side turned things around after their recent poor form in the Premier League. A flurry of three late goals sealed victory for a dominant Manchester United side at St James’ Park. Bruno Fernandes,…
Top Christian Clerics Urge Lebanese Leaders To Agree On Government
By Agencies The leaders of Lebanon’s Maronite and Orthodox Christian churches urged Lebanese leaders on Sunday to stop delaying talks on forming a government in scathing sermons in which they blamed them for the country’s financial crisis and political deadlock. Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, leader of the Maronite church, was speaking a day after demonstrators…
Simbamanyo Estates Withdraws Case Stopping The Sale, Takeover Of Its Multi-Billion Property In Loan Dispute
City architect Peter Kamya, who is the proprietor of Simbamanyo Estates, has chickened out on his fight to rescue the building called Simbamanyo House, which houses the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. The building was a few days ago bought by tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia’s Meera Investments Limited, at USD5m, about Shs18.5Bn, after it…
Luzindana Adam Appointed New East Africa’s Resident Director Of Commonwealth Vocation University
The Selection Committee of the Commonwealth University Vocational University (CVU) situated in the Kingdom of Tonga has appointed Luzindana Adam Buyinza as its Resident Director in Charge of Uganda where he will coordinate the university activities in countries making the East Africa Community (EAC). The Commonwealth Vocational University (CVU) is a 21st Century new age…
How Award-winning Governor Mutebile Is Running An Incompetent Central Bank
By Musaazi Namiti Kampala: The governor of the Bank of Uganda (BoU), Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, has a dazzling array of awards to his name, and enumerating them requires a fair bit of time. I will take a quick look at the awards and then pose the million-dollar question: How can an award-winning governor be the same…
UG Decides 2021: ‘Defeats Weren’t Satisfactory’ Min. Elioda, Prof Mushemeza Return As Independent Candidates
By Nayebare Syrus The Sheema Municipality Member of Parliament and Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Elioda Tumwesigye who lost in the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party primaries have described the process as a sham and vowed to return as an independent candidate. The dissatisfied Minister was recently defeated by former Uganda Revenue Authority customs…
2021 Elections: Kateshumbwa Breaks Ice After Nomination, Calls Supporters To Double Efforts
By Nayebale Syrus Sheema Municipality National Resistance Movement (NRM) Frag bearer Dickson Kateshumbwa has called upon his supporters double efforts in hunting Elections upto the last voting day. Kateshumbwa made a call on Thursday October 15, 2020 at Sheema District Electoral Commission headquarters after being nominated as a contestant in the 2021 Parliamentary race. Kateshumbwa…
Covid-19: University Students’ Leaders Ask Govt To Pay Private Teachers
Student leaders from public and private universities have called on government to pay salaries for teachers in private schools for at least a year after re-opening academic institutions for only finalists due to Covid-19 pandemic. The guild student leaders from Makerere University, Kyambogo University and Uganda Christian University who presented a joint petition to Speaker…