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Speke Resort Munyonyo & Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort Host AU Ministerial Meeting On Reform UNSC
Speke Resort Munyonyo & Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort Limited are this week hosting the Ministerial meeting of the African Union Committee on the reform of the UN Security Council. The Capital Times have learnt that the AU Committee ministerial meeting is happening this week from Wednesday, 19 January to Friday, 21 January 2022. The hotel through…
MPs Approve 6.4Bn Budget For Capital Market Authority
Members of Parliament on the finance committee have approved the Shs6.4 billion budget for the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) for the Financial Year 2022/2023. Led by the Minister of State Finance (Planning), Hon Amos Lugoloobi, the CMA leadership appeared before the committee on Wednesday, 19 January 2022 to present the authority’s budget priorities for the…
Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia Relishes Local Ugandan Dishes
City mogul Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia of the Ruparelia group, has lived most of his life in Uganda. You can actually trace his roots from Kasese in Western Uganda to Katwe, a Kampala suburb doing all nature of jobs, including being a special him driver on London streets… Poor man has seen it all… As a…
Brig Felix Busizoori Takes Over As Acting SFC Commander
Brigadier General Felix Busizoori has taken over the Command of the elite Special Force Command. He replaces Brig Gen. Peter Candia who has been sent on course as the National Defence College by the Commander in Chief, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Brig Busizoori was handed over the office on Wednesday by Brig Candia during a…
Panic As Bobi Wine, 2000 Others Residents Face Eviction From Magere After Court Order
More than 2,000 residents in Magere, Wakiso District are on the verge of being evicted from their homes after losing their bid to block the hearing of a case filed by Ms. Justine Nakamatte accusing them of illegal stay on the 640 acre land. The land in question comprises Block 190 and Block 191, which…
M7 Defends Uganda’s Human Rights Record, “We Are Seasoned People,”
President Yoweri Museveni has strongly defended Uganda’s human rights record and said for the last 60 years, their struggle has been about promoting and defending Human Rights. “There is a lot of misinformation, our whole struggle for last 60 years has been about human rights. But you get misinformation from some of the groups who…
FIA: Uganda Risk Being Blacklisted Over Money Laundering
The Executive Director of the Finance Intelligence Authority, Sydney Asubo revealed that Uganda risks being blacklisted by the Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) if the government does not tackle money laundering by May 2022. Asubo who was appearing before the Committee on Finance said that the FATF maintains a watch list of countries that have significant…
Minister Kasaija Cited In Fradulent Transfer Of Environmental Funds
Members of Parliament on the Natural Resources Committee have criticised the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Hon Matia Kasaija, for diverting the Environmental Fund from National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) to the Consolidated Fund, saying this has crippled NEMA’s operations. MPs said the fund was lawfully established to assist NEMA restore the environment…
Min.Tumwebaze Roots For Hass Ovacado To Replace Sugarcane Growing In Busoga
The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Hon Frank Tumwebaze, has proposed the introduction of Hass avocado in Busoga to complement sugarcane growing. Hass avocado, a commercially popular and nutritious fruit is part of the 19 crops that the ministry is promoting under the Agricultural Value Chain Development Strategy. The other crops include…
BREAKING! Bank Of Uganda Governor Mutebile Dies At 72
Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile; a Ugandan economist, Central Bank Governor has passed on. We’ve learnt that Mutebile died in the wee hours on Sunday at Nairobi Hospital where he was battling life for a long time. Mutebile was until his death a Ugandan economist and banker. He has been the governor of the Bank of Uganda,…