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M7 Offers To Mediate In Somalia & Somaliland Unification Agreement
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday received a Special Envoy from the Republic of Somaliland, Dr. Jama Musse Jama at State House-Entebbe. During the engagement, President Museveni agreed to be the unification facilitator between Somaliland and Somalia. Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland, is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as…
State Department Officials Astounded By Bobiwine’s Failure To Elaborate, Articulate Issues Of National Importance
The National Unity Platform (NUP) party President Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi alias Bobiwine, while discussing matters of national importance at the US State Department in Washington, DC, showed a lack of grasp on the issues he presented, leaving his hosts in shock. In a statement released by Dr. Daniel Kawuma on September 21, 2023, the US…
Exposed: How Police Driver Abdallah Sowedi Shockingly Masterminded &Betrayed Gen.Kayihura
March 4, 2023 marked 5 years since Retired General Kale Kayihura, a once powerful Police chief was removed from office he had carried for 13 years. The high-ranking UPDF officer was sacked by his Commander-in-Chief on social media platform Twitter, marking his downfall from the echelons of power. A man who formerly sneezed and the…
Court Awards UGX50M To Mother Whose Son Was Killed In 2020 Riots
The High Court has awarded Hajara Nakitto sh50 million for the loss of her 15-year-old son during the November 2020 city riots. In a ruling delivered on Friday, Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana declared the death as unlawful and an arbitrary deprivation of the right to life, holding the government accountable for its actions. The…
Police Plan Raid On Money Lenders Who Confiscate National IDs
The National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) and Police have started operations against money lenders confiscating National Identify Cards. Osborn Mushabe, the NIRA spokesperson said many money lenders have continued to defy warnings and have continued taking National IDs as security for loans. Mushabe said a decision to raid money lending shops has been taken after…
Big Boost! NSSF Declares 10% Interest Rate For Savers For the FY 2022/2023
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) hosted its 11th Annual Members’ Meeting, an event that showcased the Fund’s outstanding performance, the challenges it overcame, and its vision for the future. The meeting brought together key figures in Uganda’s financial and social development sectors and provided an opportunity to reflect on the achievements of the past…
URSB Targets 870,500 New Business Registrations By 2026/27
Uganda Registration Services Bureau – URSB, the national business registry, has this morning launched its mass business registration campaign aimed at promoting formalization among entrepreneurs and small business owners. In a news release dated Sept.26, the bureau said this initiative seeks to simplify the registration process, raise awareness about the benefits of formalization, and drive…
Museveni Disappointed By Delayed Construction of Gulu University Teaching Hospital
President Museveni has questioned officials at the Health Ministry over delays in finalizing the signing of a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an Austrian firm for the construction of a specialized Teaching Hospital at Gulu University. Early last year, a team from VAMED Engineering Gmbh from Austria during a meeting with President Museveni proposed to…
3 Suspected ADF Rebels Nabbed Over Police Station Attacks
The Police Crime Intelligence (CI) task teams carried out operations in Mbale City and Bukedea district from September 17, 2023, to September 19, 2023, where they arrested three ADF suspects highly linked to the attacks on police stations in December 2022. According to a statement made by SCP Enanga Fred, the police spokesperson, on September…
M7 Calls For Emergency NRM Caucus Meeting At Statehouse Entebbe
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who also doubles as chairman of National Resistance Movement (NRM) has summoned the NRM parliamentary caucus on Thursday 28th September 2023 at State House Entebbe. In the letter signed by the Government Chief Whip Hamson Obua, all NRM MPs who will attend have to undergo a COVID-19 test at the parliament…