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Bitter IGP Ochola Axe Six Police Directors
The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has ordered six senior police directors whose contracts expired at the end of last year to hand over their offices to their deputies not exceeding (today) Friday. This new order has left the most affected officers bitter with the current police leadership calling it inefficient and unappreciative.…
Defend The Image Of Kampala Parents – Mogul Rajiv Sends Last Message To P7 Graduates
Kampala: City business man who doubles as the director of Kampala Parents School, Rajiv Ruparelia has urged P7 graduates to always defend the image of their former school through giving an excellent performance in relation to learning skills and discipline they have obtained at Kampala Parents. The Mogul and Son of Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia of…
Ruthless Brig.Katsigazi Takes Over UPDF Air Defence Operations Ahead Of 2021 Presidential Elections
Brig.Gen. Geoffrey Katsigazi Tumusiime has officially taken over the Office of Deputy Commander Air Forces (D/CAF) from the outgoing Maj Gen Gavas Mugyenyi. The handover and take over ceremony held at the Air Forces Headquarters, Entebbe was officiated by the Deputy Chief Defence Forces (D/CDF), Lt Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi. The D/CDF hailed Maj Gen…
NRM MPs,Opposition Clash Over Electing A Third Speaker
Legislators on the Committee of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs are divided on the proposal within the Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2019 to establish a panel of speakers. The bill moved by Ndorwa MP, Hon Wilfred Niwagaba proposes a panel of three speakers to assist the sitting speakers of Parliament in transaction of Parliament’s business arguing that…
Judges 65 Year Age Limit Should Be Lifted-Justice Dollo
The Deputy Chief of Uganda (DCJ) and Head of both the Court of Appeal and Constitutional Courts, on Friday, suggested to Parliament, that the 65 year age limit imposed by the Constitution on a High Court Judge’s tenure of office be lifted. The DCJ, Hon. Justice Owiny Dollo, was speaking at a handover ceremony on…
34 US Soldiers Diagnosed With Traumatic Brain Injuries After Iranian Missile Strike
Thirty-four US service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries following theIranian Missile attack on US forces in Iraq earlier this month, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said Friday. Seventeen service members who were injured have since returned to duty in Iraq, sixteen of whom were treated locally in the country. Nine service members are…
Bobi Wine Rejects Government’s VIP Security Offer
Kyaddondo East legislator and leader of the People Power movement Robert Kyagulanyi has rejected governments recent offer security. This comes a few days after State Minister for Internal Affairs Obiga Kania told MPs on the committee of Defence and Internal Affairs that government had taken extra steps to protect Robert Kyagulanyi because he is a…
NRM Delegates Boo,Heckle SG Lumumba For Swindling Allowances
National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Secretary General Hon. Justine Kasule Lumumba was entertained to a cold reception from NRM delegates attending the party National Conference at Namboole, forcing President Museveni to intervene and save her from the embarrassment as delegated heckled and chanted in disapproval. Immediately as Lumumba took to the podium to give her…
Burundi’s Ruling Party Picks Gen. Ndayishimiye As President Nkurunziza’s Successor
Burundi’s ruling party said Sunday that party leader General Evariste Ndayishimiye will stand as its candidate in a presidential election in May. Ndayishimiye is an ally of current President Pierre Nkurunziza who will not seek a new mandate after his controversial election to a third term in 2015 plunged the country into crisis. Nkurunziza was…
Gen.Mbadi Roars:We Shall Behead LDUs Hiring Out Uniforms And Guns To Criminals
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has passed out 3,000 Local Defence Unit (LDU) personnel who have been undergoing training at Olilim army training school in Katakwi District. They were passed out on Friday by the Deputy Chief of Defence Forces (D/CDF), Lt Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi. Lt Gen Mbadi cautioned LDUs against hiring out…