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Controversy As Finance Ministry Allocates More 319Bn On Stalled Lubowa Specialised Hospital
Members of Parliament have demanded for a status report of the International Specialised Hospital in Lubowa. The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has directed the Prime Minister to give government’s position on the status of construction of the International Specialised Hospital in Lubowa, Wakiso district along the Kampala-Entebbe Road. “A team went to the construction…
M7 Meets High Command Over Karamoja Cattle Rustling,Operation Shujja
President Museveni who is also the Commander in Chief (CIC) of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF)has met with the country’s Security High Command. The security’s top brass discussed the country’s successful handling of several pandemics including COVID 19, Locusts, Operation Shujaa and the security situation in the Karamoja region. He commended the UPDF for…
MPs Task Govt To Increase Budget For EAC Ministry
Parliament’s Committee on East African Community Affairs has tasked the finance ministry to prioritise funding for the Ministry of East African Community Affairs. Committee members say low budget allocation to the ministry has affected its capacity to discharge its key activities on national and regional level. The committee chairperson, Hon. Noeline Basemera, said the budgeting…
Police Speaks Out On Global Bus Masaka Road Accident
Three people were injured in a road accident on Friday morning when a driver of the Global bus failed to control it and rolled several times at Kayabwe along Masaka-Kampala highway. The Mbarara-bound bus Reg. No. UAX 283A was enroute to Mbarara from Kampala. The police’s traffic and road safety PRO ASP Faridah Nampiima said…
Brig Kulayigye,Police Conflict Over Suspected Wakiso Rapist
A war of words has erupted between Uganda People’s Defence Forces spokesperson Brigadier Felix Kulayigye and Uganda Police over a case involving suspected rapist in Wakiso District. In a statement this evening, the police says “Our attention has been drawn to a video clip from NTV circulating on social media emanating from a program that…
Nabbed: UPDF Soldiers Gun Down Notorious Chairman LCIII Conducting Cattle Raids
Uganda People’s Defence Forces ‘UPDF’ soldiers conducting disarmament in Karamoja sub region last night shot dead a local council leader who was found leading cattle raids in the neighboring communities. The deceased Longoli Aped a Vice-chairman LCIII Napumpum sub-county, Kotido District was killed by UPDF last night during patrol while leading a cattle raid into…
Security Warns Rukungiri Residents Against Planned Kahengye Water Project Protests
The Rukungiri Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Nsubuga Bewayo Stephen who heads security in the area has described a section of residents who are planning demostrations over delayed completion of Kahengye Water project as “self and cheap popularity seekers”. RDC Nsubuga made these remarks from his offices on the current status of long awaited Kahengye Water…
Gen Don Nabasa Passes Out 255 Military Trainees
255 Military trainees have been passed out at Masindi Military Police Training School. Comprising of 223 males and 32 females, the trainees have been undergoing a 4-months basic Military Police Course level 3 under intake 14 of 2021/2022. Training commenced on 13th December, 2021 with trainees undergoing different course contents including but not limited to;…
Sad: Footballer Christiano Ronaldo Loses Baby Son
Christiano Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodriguez announced on Monday that their newborn baby son has died. Ronaldo revealed in a social media post last October that the couple were expecting twins. In a post released on the Manchester United forward’s Twitter account, they confirmed the birth of a baby girl. It is with our…