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Conflict Of Interest & Deliberate Move To Ignore,Disregard Of Illegalarities In Case Of Ham vs DTB-Adam Kyazze
There is suspected conflict of interest and deliberate move by court to ignore the glaring illegalities in the case of Ham contrary to several previous decisions of court. It should be noted that it is a well settled principle in Uganda legal jurisprudence that once an illegality is brought to the attention of court the…
Families Break, Dreams Get Shattered As Fake DNA Results Sell Like Hot Cake In Uganda
The issue of fake DNA results that are being peddled around Kampala and other parts of Uganda by money-hungry opportunists has of late raised so much concern amongst several Ugandans, because of their negative impact on the family as an important institution of society. For starters, DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in…
NDA Raises Red Flag over Sexual- Arousing Herbal Elo-Enjoy
The National Drug Authority has raised a red flag over a sexual arousing herbal drug, Elo-Enjoy. The drug is manufactured by by Eloi-pharm (U) Ltd, also the manufacturers of Elcof, Elodiastop, and Elocid Triple Action. NDA, a gov’t agency that promotes and protects public health through effective regulation of human, animal medicines & healthcare products…
Big Move! NIRA, MUCHAP Collaborate To Scale Up Death Registration in Iganga, Mayuge Districts
Iganga: In a groundbreaking initiative aimed at addressing the low death registration rates in Uganda, the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has partnered with the Makerere University Center for Health and Population Research (MUCHAP) to conduct a two-day training for district and community leaders in some parts of Busoga. The initiative and training, supported…
Gunned Down: Police Speaks Out On City Lawyer Ronald Mukisa Shooting
Deputy Kampala metropolitan ‘KMP’ police spokesperson ASP Luke Owoyesigyire has revealed that KMP South and Kajjansi Police Division are actively investigating a tragic incident of murder by shooting that occurred on the night of 30th May 2023. The incident took place at Kitiko…
What You Need To Know About The Hybrid Electricity Customer Connection Credit Framework
By Stellah Nakibuuka Kampala: On 13th December 2022, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu, on behalf of the Uganda Government, launched the Hybrid Electricity Customer Connection Credit Framework to support Uganda’s quest of increasing access to modern, affordable and reliable electricity. Uganda’s quest to increase access to modern, affordable and…
Shunned: Investors Abandon Busoga’s City Due To Poor Road Network
In 1907, Sir Winston Churchill, then UK Premier visited Jinja and impressed by the beautiful scenery of the source of River Nile, opted to write a book titled “My East African Journey” where he genuinely decreed that Uganda was indeed “the Pearl of Africa”. However, this has since changed. It’s a thing of the past…
Thumbs Up: Speaker Anita Among Wins Big As President Museveni Signs More 5 Bills Into Law
One would refer to this as a great achievement to the August house most especially to the speaker of parliament as President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni signs on Six (6) bills including the Anti- Homosexuality Bill 2023 which dominated the rest of the bills in the media. The six (6) bills which were signed into law…
Big Story! President Museveni Signs Anti-Homosexuality Bill Into Law
President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, a move which now enforces tougher measures against people who pronounce themselves as gay in the East African country. The restrictive anti-gay bill comes with tough punishments and fines for those convicted on promoting, recruiting and practicing homosexuality or lesbianism in Uganda. The law…
Health Ministry To Weed Out Substandard Ambulances Donated By Politicians
The Ministry of Health is planning to phase out all non-specialised or class ‘A’ ambulances in the country. This is intended to standardise emergency medical rescue services in the country, Diana Atwine, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Health, on Wednesday. She made the remarks during the National Resistance Movement (NRM) manifesto week press…