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FARUK KIRUNDA: Leaders Without Cadreship To Blame For Kasese Massacre
The June 16 attack on Lhubiriha Secondary School in Mpondwe, Kasese, at the border with DRC, was a tragedy waiting to happen. This is despite the great assurances that Ugandans generally enjoy in terms of peace, tranquillity and security. In the military, they say that when there is peace, that’s when you train harder so…
Govt Moves To Revive Cooperative Bank
Plans are underway to revive the Cooperative Bank, this is according to the State Minister for Cooperatives Fred Gume Ngoobi. Speaking at the launch of national celebrations to mark the International Cooperative Week at Lake Victoria Primary School- Entebbe, Ngoobi said a Cabinet paper to that effect has already been drawn and tabled. The Cooperative…
‘Don’t Relax, You Are Entitled To Benefit From All Available Gov’t Programs’- ONC Boss Uzeiye Tips Kampala Ghetto Youths on Their Graduation
The Head of Office of the National Chairman NRM-Kyambogo SPA/PA Hajjat Hadijah Namyalo Uzeiye has presided over the graduation ceremony of Ghetto Youths trained by the Government of Uganda through the Makerere University Research and Innovation Fund under a project named “KAMPALA GHETTO YOUTH TRAINING FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL PROMOTION (KGYTEP). We’ve learnt that the training was…
How It Happened As Uganda, South Sudan Seal Electricity Export Deal
Uganda and South Sudan have signed a Power Sales Agreement (PSA) for trade in electricity between the two countries. Trading of electricity across the border is expected to benefit the towns of Oraba and Elegu in Uganda, and Kaya and Nimule in South Sudan. The signing of the sales agreements comes at a time when…
Senior Cops Parade Bonkmates As Police Decorates Newly Promoted Officers
The Uganda Police Force (UPF) has pipped its newly promoted gazetted officers at the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) to Senior Commissioner of Police (SCP) in the event held at Nagulu Police Headquarters. Presiding over the event, Martin Okoth Ochola, the Inspector General of Police congratulated the officers, the families and friends of…
OP-ED: The Pain Of Being a Banker & What Should Be Done To Better Their Working Environment
By BEINOMUGISHA GODFREY Kampala: For many who have friends, brothers and sisters who are bankers, may understand the life full of pressure and commitment, they leave. As one is at high school campus admires a banker, after graduation luckily enough you are called for an interview and posted to one branch in soroti, or any…
Motorists Slapped With UGX2 Million Fine For Overspeeding In New Traffic and Road Safety Amendment Act
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signed into law the Traffic and Road Safety Amendment Bill 2023 increasing the fine from Shs200,000 to Shs2m for motorists driving beyond the prescribed speed limit. According to the government, the move is intended to restore sanity and reduce on-road carnage on Uganda’s roads. The revelation was made yesterday during…
Dr. Eunice Tightens Ground As Over 100 NRM Members Cross To UPC, Welcomed By Hon Akena
The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) Party president,Jimmy Akena and other leaders from UPC secretariat have camped in Oyam North in order to campaign for their candidate, Dr. Eunice Otuko Apio. On Friday 30th June 2023, UPC flag bearer Dr. Eunice Otuko Apio’s campaign trial led by the Party President Hon. Jimmy Akena traversed the Sub…
Min.Hajjat Kabanda Urges NGOs To Support PDM,Govt Initiatives
In a bid to accelerate the development of Uganda and transform Kampala into a Smart City, Minister for Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs, Hajat Minsa Kabanda, has called upon non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to actively support the Parish Development Model (PDM) and other government programs. The minister emphasized the crucial role that NGOs play in…
Dr Eunice Otuko Is The Best Candidate-NRM Chairman Endorses Her In Oyam North By Election
The UPC Candidate for Oyam North by-election Dr. Eunice Otuko Apio continues to receive massive support in the Constituency from the camps of her opponents, especially NRM. On Saturday 1st July 2023, the LC 2 Chairman of Atekober Parish in Acaba Sub County Mr. Atim Nyonyi on NRM ticket who has been on the campaign…