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Tireless UPDF Starts Road Works To Ease Offensive Against ADF
The UPDF Engineering Unit has started opening impassable roads in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The road from Mukakati, where the UPDF has set up an operating base has been in an appalling state. Two weeks ago, the UPDF, in a joint operation with DRC forces, launched a series of strikes…
34 ADF Rebels Captured As UPDF Troops Enter Terrorist Territories In Congo
The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) and Congolese Forces forces have confirmed this through a statement. The capture of 34 Allied for Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in joint military operations against the IS-liked terrorist movement in Eastern DRC happened at the close of the week when the forces advanced on the camps occupied by the…
Chief Justice Warns Judicial Officers Against Exorbitant Court Awards
The Chief Justice of Uganda Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has warned judicial officers to desist from issuing exorbitant awards to litigants. Dollo made remarks while presiding over the Judiciary’s end-of-year party held at the Judiciary Headquarters in Kampala, where over ten Judicial Officers at different levels were recognized with gifts and accolades having reached their respective mandatory…
FULL LIST: URA Honours Ruparelia Group, 50 Other Top Compliant Tax Payers
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has recognized Ruparelia Group – owned by businessman Sudhir Ruparelia as one of Uganda’s top tax payers in the 2021 Tax-payers Awards. The top tax payers were recognized on Friday during the annual Taxpayers Awards Ceremony at URA head offices in Nakawa, Kampala. The ceremony which a culmination of a…
NSSF Will Need Sh1 Trillion For Mid-Term Access
Richard Byarugaba, the Managing Director of National Social Security Fund (NSSF) says the fund will have to set aside Sh1 trillion if the President assents to the NSSF (Amendment) Bill, 2021. Parliament passed the Bill last month. Among the key provisions in the bill is it allows individuals who are aged 45 years and have…
Covid-19: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Tests Positive, Isolates Himself
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and was receiving treatment for mild symptoms, the presidency said in a statement. Ramaphosa, who is fully vaccinated, began feeling unwell after leaving a state memorial service for former president FW de Klerk in Cape Town earlier in the day but was in good…
4 NUP Supporters Arrested In Kayunga For Misuse Of Ambulance
Police in Kayunga has intercepted Ambulance reg No UBA 564P and arrested four supporters of National Unity Platform’NUP’ who were aboard. According Ssezibwa region police spokesperson ASP Butoto Hellen revealed that incident happened after police received information that the said vehicle,was moving at break neck speed from Kampala to Kayunga with no patients. Efforts to…
M7 Reshuffles Ambassadors, Richard Kabonero,Kinobe Dropped
President Yoweri Museveni has appointed and reshuffled ambassadors and sent their names to Parliament for consideration and approval. The list that released on Sunday evening features several former politicians mainly from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party. “By virtue of the powers vested in the President of the Republic of Uganda, by Article 122…
Buyinza Adam Luzindana: Here Is Why NRM Kayunga Popularity Is Declining..
While I may not be a leader in Kayunga and not a stake holder in Kayunga politics, I remain a concerned citizen-Wanaichi with my observations outlined below: 1. The divisions and cliques in Kayunga district perpetuated by senior political leaders in Kayunga will never allow NRM to redeem itself. The militarisation of the politics of…
BoU Courts MPs To Pass Customer Protection, Competition Law
The Bank of Uganda (BoU) is counting on MPs to support legal frameworks that ensure and reinforce its independence and accountability. Speaking at a BoU engagement with legislators , the Executive Director of Bank Supervision, Dr Tumubweine Twinemanzi, said there was an urgent need for a customer protection and competition law. He noted that the…