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Just In: M7 Appoints Maj Gen Nabasa Military Police Commander
Commander in chief of armed forces, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed former Special Forces chief Maj Gen Don Nabasa as the new Military Police commander. The mini reshuffle on Monday evening has let Nabasa replace Brig Keith Katungi who has now been sent to Somalia as the Contingent Commander. Major General Nabasa served as…
MPs Question Uganda Tourism Board’s UGX360million Expenditure On Dubai Expo
The committee on trade, tourism and industry has tasked the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) to account for the 360 million shillings spent during the Dubai 2020 Expo. UTB led by its executive director Lilly Ajarova today appeared before the committee which is probing into concerns arising from Uganda’s participation in the Dubai Expo in the…
Mandatory Testing At Entebbe Airport Set To Start
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has launched the commencement of $30 per person mandatory testing by government for COVID-19 for all incoming passengers at Entebbe International Airport. Since May, private laboratories have been testing un-vaccinated passengers from ten high risk countries such as Kenya, South Africa, South Sudan and the United Arab Emirates among others. However,…
EAC Job Mess: Kadaga Protests Secretariat’s Recruitment Procedure
Rebecca Kadaga, Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs has protested the way the recruitment of staff has been going on at the East African Community Secretariat. Following the 42nd Extraordinary Meeting of the East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers held in May 2021 where several vacant positions in the…
Why Tycoon Sudhir Advises Younger Ugandans To Go Into Real Estate Business
Billionaire and Chairman Ruparelia Group of Companies, Sudhir Ruparelia has advised Ugandans to put their money in the real estate business because it’s one of the few businesses that can endure storms of Uganda’s economy. Speaking during the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)’s 3rd edition of e-Bomba Ya Business Summit 2021 at URA’s headquarters, the real…
Ace Rajiv Ruparelia Celebrates First Victory With Sumptuous BBQ Party At Kabira
After winning his first victory in the National Rally Championship in his motorsports career, Ace Rajiv Ruparelia had reason to celebrate. Cruising in a VW Polo, Rajiv and his co-driver Enoch Olinga of the Ruparelia Rally Team put the pedal to the metal to keep within the top times of the event and make up…
Murder: Court Slashes Businessman Ssebuwufu’s Jail Term To 20 Years
A panel of three Court of Appeal Justices has reduced the 40-year jail term handed to city businessman Muhammad Ssebuwufu, and accordingly substituted it with an 18 year sentence for having murdered businesswoman Betty Donah Katusabe. In the same way, the panel comprising of Justice Fredrick Egonda-Ntende, Catherine Bamugemereire and Christopher Izama Madrama, has quashed…
Terrorism: The Person Who Died In Swift Bus Was A Terrorist – M7
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has revealed that the person who died in the Ishaka – bound bus yesterday, was a terrorist (mutujju) by the names of Muzafala, but also calling himself Isaac Matovu. He was part of the Pader group that had been sent by ADF to blow up the mourners during the funeral of…
War On Terror: Ugandan Opposition Will Never Undermine Security Capacity To Maintain Nation’s Peace & Stability
The nation has been undergoing a state of anger and confusion for the past three days over the recent bomb explosions that have claimed the lives of at least 2 Ugandans. One bomb went off on Saturday 23rd in Komamboga and another on Monday 25th on a bus. One of the bombs that went off…
Ugandan Gov’t Already Minting Billions From Marijuana After ‘Secretly’ Permitting Some Companies To Carry Business
According to our sources, Uganda last week exported about 400 kilograms of medical marijuana to Germany which is actually reported to be the fourth delivery since the government `secretly’ permitted a few companies to carry the business in the among hundreds that yearn for this lucrative opportunity. Medical marijuana uses the marijuana plant or chemicals…