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Pressure Mounts On Mutebile As MP Mawanda Secures Last Cutter To Trim BoU Powers
Pressure arose within top Bank of Uganda officials after learning that the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga has given Igara East MP, Michael Mawanda only one extra month to table before Parliament the Constitution Amendment Bill seeking to introduce sweeping changes in the governance of Bank of Uganda. The Speaker told the legislator,…
Just In! UCC Boss Mutabazi Vacates Office
The 10 year tenure of Mr. Godfrey Mutabazi as the Executive Director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has on Friday February 7,2019 come to an end. The no-nonsense Mutabazi who joined UCC in 2010 has been replaced by Engineer Irene Kaggwa Ssewankambo according to a communication that has been made by the new Minister…
Rwanda Legals Affairs Minister Resigns After Assaulting Female Security Guard
Rwanda’s minister in charge of legal affairs Evode Uwizeyimana has resigned after pushing a female security guard to the ground. Mr Uwizeyimana apologised on Twitter, saying he deeply regretted what had happened. “It should not have happened to me as a leader and public official. I already apologised to the ISCO [Intersec Security Company] staff…
Kadaga Sends Back Chris Obore Into A Forced Leave
The clerk to parliament Jane Kibirige has extended indefinitely the forced leave of parliament’s director of communications and public affairs Chris Obore. Obore’s trouble with parliament started in March 2019 when Kibirige notified him that the Inspectorate of Government (IG) had conducted investigations noting that his 2015 recruitment at parliament was irregular. According to the IG,…
South Africa Airways To Cancel Flights To Entebbe
The joint Business Rescue Practitioners (BRPs) of South African Airways (SAA) has announced further initiatives to support the airline’s transformation into a sustainable and profitable business. The BRPs, Les Matuson and Siviwe Dongwana, have worked closely with key stakeholders including industry specialists, government, creditors and executive management to develop a comprehensive restructuring programme which will…
Disgruntled Mps Nantaba,Kutusabe Want FBI To Probe Senior Police Chiefs Over Crime
Members of Parliament have cast a ‘vote’ of no confidence in the ability of Uganda Police Force to investigate crimes where it’s officials are involved, and proposed creation of a separate arm to investigate the cases. Members were reacting to the progress report on the case where Bukonzo County West MP, Hon Godfrey Katusabe Atkins…
M7 Rushes To Addis Ababa To Attend“Silencing The Guns”Summit
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has flown to Ethiopia to attend the 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council officially opened at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa. The meeting is being held under the AU Theme of the Year 2020, “ The 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council…
Kasekende, City Lawyers in Hot Soup As State House Anti-Corruption Unit Resume Fresh Investigations On The BoU-Crane Bank In Receivership Payment Deal
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit led by Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema has resumed fresh investigations on how Bank Of Uganda under the reign of a former Deputy Governor Dr. Louis Kasekende allegedly swindled over Shs478 billion and among others, how old currency supposed to be destroyed was smuggled out by BoU officials who again returned…
Grief As Ugandan Farmers Are Hit By Worst Locust Swarms
Ugandan Government, farmers and pastoralists are in panic mode after Swarms of deadly desert locusts Sunday entered the country through Amudat District, Karamoja region. According to reports, government officials are in a crisis meeting to prepare how to prevent the locusts that have ravaged several parts of Kenya, from spreading to other parts of Uganda.…
We Need Corporates’ Support In Building More Ghetto Green Toilets – Rajiv
The Managing Director of Ruparelia group who is also one of the trustees of the foundation, Mr Rajiv Ruparelia, has promised to continue giving a helping hand to the ghetto community and urged corporate companies to come on board with a supporting hand. Mr Rajiv made remarks on Friday February, 8, 2019 while appearing on…