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UPC Urges Gov’t To Revamp Rural Electrification To Curb Effects Climate Change
Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has appealed to government and the Ministry of Energy to revamp the rural electrification program to make electricity cheaper and affordable to Ugandans as a source of energy and power. According to Sharon Ayat Arach the UPC Spokesperson, cheaper and affordable power reduces the destruction of both trees and forests for…
Scam:Top Kampala Law Firms Cited In Siphoning shs 20 Bn Meant To Compensate Cooperatives Exposed
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit and Internal Security Organisation(ISO) have commenced arrests of Ministry of Trade Industries and Cooperatives officials who connived with law firms to steal billions of moneys meant to compensate cooperatives for the losses incurred during the liberation war and insurgencies. The move to compensate the cooperatives was decided upon by cabinet…
Five Students Arrested In Makerere University Over Possession Of Narcotic Substances
Police at Wandegeya Station is holding five Makerere university students after being found in possession of Narcotic substances. Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga identified the suspects as George Oroma, 26, doing quantitative economics; Julius Peter Joke, 25, and Emmy Ekyana, 26, a law student ,others are Fred Okot, who is doing business administration at Makerere University…
Assured Protection: Lt.Col Katabazi Woos Ugandans In Diaspora To Invest Back Home
The Deputy Director General of the Internal Security Organization (ISO) Lt. Col. Emmy Katabazi has assured Ugandans in the Diaspora of their investments including land bought back home in Uganda. Katabazi gave the assurance while addressing delegates attending the annual Uganda North American Association (UNAA) convention in Dallas, USA. This followed concerns raised at the…
Six Improvised Explosive Devices Recovered In Two Days In Kampala
The Joint Police Team of CT, K9, CI and Territorial Police, that was deployed at Miracle Centre, intercepted a terrorist who had disguised as a churchgoer, and recovered an IED, at the main entrance of the Church, in Kayanja Triangle Zone, Lubaga Parish in Kampala District.. Police spokesperson SCP Fred Enanga revealed that immediately after…
Joy As UNRA Clears Buses To Use Damaged Katonga Bridge
There was a sigh of relief among the bus owners and travelers plying on Kampala-Masaka-Mbarara high way after Uganda National Roads Authority UNRA Executive Director, Allen Kagina ordered for the reopening of the Katonga Bridge on Masaka Road for buses usage. “Reference is made to deflection monitoring of the old existing bridge carried out on…
Fika Salama: 391 Drivers Arrested Over Traffic Offences In Intensified Police Operations
The spokesperson of the Directorate of Traffic and Road Safety, Michael Kananura, while addressing a press conference at Naguru, Kampala, on September 4, 2023, said that 391 drivers were arrested in the Fika Salama extra operation for the period between August 27, to September 2, 2023. “We have so far arrested 391 drivers in the…
Intrigue: Nandala Declines To Release Funds For Birigwa’s Extraordinary Delegates Conference
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Extraordinary National Delegates Conference convened by party chairman Wasswa Birigwa is destined to flop after Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi declined Birigwa’s request for delegates conference funds on grounds that he failed to inform the key party leaders. John Kikonyogo, the party deputy spokesperson, added that Birigwa was expected…
PM Kadaga Criticizes Kenya,South Sudan For Unfair EAC Trade Dealings
The Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs, Rebecca Kadaga has criticised Kenya and South Sudan for engaging in trade practices that she perceives as unjust, hence impeding the operations of Ugandan corporate entities. During her address at the two-day East African Business and Investment Summit and Expo 2023 held at…
Min.Lokoris,Rubondo Commission Tilenga Oil Processing Facility In Buliisa
The State Minister for Minerals, Peter Lokeris, has commissioned the Constitution of the Oil Processing Facility (CPF) at the Tilenga Project in Buliisa District. Speaking at the function, Minister Lokoris revealed that the CPF will collect crude Oil from various Oil Wells in the two districts of Nwoya and Buliisa and then separate it from…