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Teenager Drowns in River Nyamwamba
A teenager has drowned in River Nyamwamba in Kasese district. The Capital Times has learnt that Elias Masereka, a 17-year-old student at Kilembe secondary school drowned on Sunday while trying to repair a makeshift bridge weakened by flooding on Saturday evening and his fellows narrowly survived. Nelson Tumishiime, the Rwenzori East Police Spokesperson said that…
Unearthing Rot In BoU: How BoU Continues to Waste Taxpayers Money on Fighting Sudhir
City businessman Sudhir Ruparelia, who is the proprietor of Ruparelia Group of Companies, is having the last laugh after five Supreme Court judges dismissed its application challenging a High Court ruling in favour of Sudhir Ruparelia. The defeat at the Supreme Court comes as the latest blow in a myriad of cases that the central…
Emyooga Funds Spent On Unregistered SACCOs in Kyotera
Members of Parliament from Kyotera district have queried the criteria used to spend more than one billion Shillings under Emyooga, a presidential initiative aimed at wealth and job creation. The scheme was launched in 2019 to enhance the entrepreneurial capacity of selected enterprises and groups through sensitization, skilling and tooling as well as access to…
One Perish, 16 Severely Injured In Buvuma Nasty Road Accident
One person has died on the spot and 16 others are nursing severe wounds from an accident in Bubanzi village, Buvuma town council. The deceased has been identified as Julius Kwanya, an employee of Buvuma Oil Palm Uganda. Kwanya and the injured who are also employees of Buvuma Oil Palm Uganda were on Saturday night…
MPs Want Health Minister Officials Audited Over Ghost Covid-19 Funds
The Auditor General should institute a forensic audit into all Covid-19 expenditures to ascertain value for money, the Parliamentary Task Force on the national Covid-19 response has recommended. In its report presented to Parliament, the task force stated that government provided Shs4 trillion to finance Covid-19 expenditure since its onset in March 2020. The report…
Last Days: IGP Ochola Vows Crackdown Errant Police Officers Cited In Torture Acts
On Saturday evening of August 16th, during televised Presidential address on security matters,President Yoweri Museveni, warned security forces against torturing suspects or beating demonstrators. He directed all security organs heads to curb the rampant vice. In the latest order,the inspector of police Martin Okoth Ochola has vowed to deal with all police officers who would…
Col Nakalema Arrests City Bailiff Kirunda Over Murder Of Nateete Business man
Statehouse anti corruption unit headed by Col Edith Nakalema has arrested city bailiff Moses Kirunda on allegations of conniving with a senior Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier Major Nelson Kyatuka to murder businessman, Magidu Mugwanya, at Nateete in Kampala, on July 14 2020. Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire confirmed Kirunda’s arrest and…
Museveni Appoints Ex Chief Justice Katureebe New UMI Chancellor
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed former Chief Justice of Uganda, Mr Bart Magunda Katureebe the new Chancellor of Uganda Management Institute – UMI. He replaces former education minister, Namirembe Bitamazire. In an appointment letter dated June 6, 2021, seen by this website, President Museveni appointed Katureebe as the new UMI chancellor for a period…
La Cabana Restaurant Unveils a Special ‘Taste of India’ Offer
La Cabana Restaurant, Kampala’s premium restaurant known for its Brazilian Churrasco experience has launched a special ‘Taste of India’ offer for all party animals in Kampala. Once you set foot into the expansive restaurant, the aura of finesse meat exuding from customer plates welcomes you. You don’t miss customers lip rollicking with sizeable masses of…
La Cabana Restaurant & The Brazilian Meat Experience
Over the years Chinese and other Far East cuisines have dominated many menus of restaurants in Kampala. These were mainly accessed at high-end restaurants in posh suburbs of the city and Uganda’s capital. But the coming of La Cabana Restaurant located at Speke Apartments, Wampeweo Avenue has brought a new way of ‘eating meat’. La…