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Business Boom In Namugongo Ahead Of Martyrs Day
Business has picked up this morning at Namugongo Martyrs shrine according to traders. The most sought-after items include jerry cans, scarfs, rosaries, and other religious items. By 9:00am in the morning, a number of pilgrims were seen buying jerrycans costing between 1,000 and 3,000 Shillings for carrying water from the Martyrs lake at the shrine.…
Court Of Appeal Dustbins Galisonga’s Application Challenging MP Katuntu’s Victory
The Court of Appeal in Kampala has dismissed an application filed Julius Galisonga against Bugweri County MP Abdu Katuntu. Galisonga’s appeal was dismissed on Thursday by a panel of three Court of Appeal justices comprised of Cheborion Barishaki, Hellen Obura, and Christopher Izama Madrama, on grounds that he had failed to prove the alleged non compliance…
Deputy Speaker Tayebwa Calls On Gov’t To Support Local Vaccine Manufacturers
By Alex Esagala Kampala: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament RT. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa has asked the Government to implement public private partnerships with local investors who are venturing in vaccine manufacturing to ensure availability of stock at any given time. Tayebwa who toured the Vaccine Access Initiative (VAI) plant and stores run by local investors…
Rt. Hon. Tayebwa Calls For Increased Funding Towards Sexual Reproductive Health
The deputy speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has called for increased investment in sexual reproductive health to prevent child marriages and teenage pregnancies among girls. According to Tayebwa, focus should be put on prevention of teenage pregnancies among girls, as opposed to handling pregnancies. “More investments should be made in prevention than handling a pregnancy.…
Kawempe Hospital Management In Hot Soup Over Unlawful Diversion Of Funds
Members of Parliament on the Public Accounts Committee-PAC have faulted Kawempe National Referral Hospital management for unlawfully reallocating 36.870 million Shillings. The anomaly was confirmed by Dr. Nehemiah Katusiime Arwanire, the Executive Director of the hospital while appearing on Wednesday before the MPs who are scrutinizing queries raised in the Auditor General’s report for the…
ROAD ACCIDENTS: More Ugandans Are Yet To Die
It is now close to a month since over 21 people died in a bus accident that took place a few kilometers on Fort Portal Mubende Road. While there have been variations on the possible cause of this 4th May 2022 accident, it is undisputed that in just that week alone over 118 people died in accidents…
Pilgrims At Namugongo Feel Pinch Of Rising Commodity Prices
Pilgrims are feeling the pinch of the rising commodity prices, with many missing several meals. Fred Muhereza arrived on Tuesday from Isingiro district. He sought to buy drinking water and food when he arrived because he was hungry, but was turned away by the hiked prices. Muhereza says that during the previous celebrations, they used…
Kigo Land Saga: Lands Ministry Calls For Joint Boundary Opening Survey To Draw Line Between Public & Mailo Land
The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has called for a joint boundary opening survey between Kiham Limited and Buganda Land Board to draw line between public and mailo land. This was resolved in a meeting held at the Ministry of Lands on June, 2nd 2022 which resolved that a final symposium be convened…
Panic As Covid-19 Cases Surge Again In Uganda
The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed that Uganda is currently experiencing another horrible surge in the daily cases of COVID-19 infections. “We have started experiencing an increase in the daily number of COVID-19 cases compared to the stable trends we observed since January 2022,” says Aceng. She says the increase is…
COVID-19 Vaccination of Minors Without Parental Consent Not Right – Kabuleta Exposes Health Ministry
The National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) leader Joseph Kizza Kabuleta has warned Ugandans about Ministry of Health’s plot to vaccinate all school going children without their consent. The journalist turned politician made remarks while addressing the media at the political movement’s headquarters in Kampala on Tuesday, June 07, 2022 where he said they got information…