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Museveni Promotes Deputy CMI Boss Rugumayo To Brigadier
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who is also commander in chief of armed forces has promoted UPDF 72 officers from junior to different senior ranks. According to UPDF spokesperson Brig. Felix Kulaigye revealed in a tweet that General Museveni with immediate effect promoted colonel Abdul Rugumayo to Brigadier. Rugumayo is currently the deputy commander of Chieftaincy…
Metropolitan Republic Appoints Derek Mwesigye As New Creative Director
MetropolitanRepublic Uganda (MRU), part of the MetropolitanRepublic Group, a full service communications company has named Derek Mwesigye new as its new creative director. Derek joined MRU in 2016 and has since enjoyed a meteoric rise to the top. Today, he leads the team behind celebrated campaigns like Stanbic’s One Step Closer and Bell’s Mpola Enjoyments.…
Sankara Murder: Ex-Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
Burkina Faso’s former President Blaise Compaoré has received a life sentence in absentia for his role in the assassination of his charismatic predecessor, Thomas Sankara. Sankara, 37, was gunned down along with 12 others during the 1987 coup d’état that brought Compaoré to power. The pair had been close friends and had jointly seized power…
Oulanyah’s Death:Govt Tasked To Work On 1.3Trillion Stalled Lubowa Specialized Hospital
The Speaker of parliament, Anita Among has directed the Ministers for Health and finance to up the construction of Lubowa specialized hospital and procurement of a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner and report to house in two months. A positron emission tomography (PET) scan is an imaging test that can help reveal the metabolic or…
EAC National Early Warning Center Launched In Kampala
The East African Community (EAC)National Early Warning center in Uganda has been established at the Internal Security Organization (ISO) in Kampala. The Permanent Secretary Ministry of East Africa Community Affairs Ms. Edith Mwanje in her speech read by Assistant Commissioner Economic Affairs Annet Kenganzi at the launch today said the establishment and operationalization of the…
Resourceful! Inside Ruparelia Group’s 6 New Multi-billion Projects
The management of Ruparelia Group of Companies under the chairmanship of Dr Sudhir Ruparelia is currently undertaking a cluster of 6 projects at a cost of hundreds of billions of Uganda shillings. Ruparelia group is owned by Sudhir, Uganda’s richest businessman with his son Rajiv Ruparelia as the managing director. The 6 projects include; extension…
Attorney General Trims Departed Asians Property Custodian Board’s Powers
Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has guided that the Departed Asians’ Property Custodians Board (DAPCB) has no power to deal with any property for which the Finance Minister has issued a certificate of repossession. In a March 11 letter to the Finance Minister Matia Kasaija in the wake of the debate that has been on-going regarding…
NTV News Anchor Shares About Crazy Moments During Lectures At Victoria University
Renown media personality Faridah Nakazibwe who doubled as Victoria University ambassador has started attending classes at one of the leading institutions of higher learning in Uganda. “Our Brand Ambassador Faridah Nakazibwe, NTV news anchor attending lectures at our prestigious University. Come join us for the September intake. You can visit us at www.vu.ac.ug. or contact…
Two Months Later, What Next For Sudhir & Staggering BoU
The decision by the Supreme Court of Uganda that Crane Bank Ltd reverts to owners Sudhir Ruparelia and co-shareholders raised public excitement, for various reasons, including an assumed return of the bank into the banking industry. There were concerns about the financial implications of the decision on the national Treasury and on Ugandans generally, while…
What AG Legal Opinion Means For COSASE Report On Departed Asian Assets
Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka yesterday revealed that the recommendations contained in the Parliament’s Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase) report, regarding management of the properties of the departed Asians, cannot be implemented under the current law. “It was very clear, the recommendations by Cosase that they were asking us to do; were not tenable…