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LDC Sacks 3 Top Staff Over Bribery, Sexual Misconduct
The Law Development Center (LDC) has terminated its Academic Registrar Everest Turyahikayo who is allegedly accused by several female students of sexual misconduct. The institution said Turyahikayo was found guilty of gross misconduct as provided for under Order 8.1.3 of the LDC Standing Orders, 2017, on grounds of unprofessional and unethical conduct unbecoming of an…
Fight Against Vandalism: ERA Engages CID Officers As They Popularize The Electricity Amendment Act 2022
The Principal Security Officer at Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) Ronald Bogere has revealed that persons involved in the vandalism of electricity infrastructure will be arrested and charged with terrorism. He made remarks while addressing security officers from Police CID, RDCs and ISO during a training workshop organised by Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) on…
Military Police Boss Nabasa Orders Officers To Adopt Modern ICT Skills To Fight Criminality
Maj Gen Don Nabasa,the Commandant of the Military Police has rallied officers to adopt Information and Communication Technology-ICT skills and related modern technologies in the fight against criminality. He made the call while passing out 113 officers sourced from different units of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces- UPDF, after completing six months of training in…
Gen Katumba Issues 7 Tough Guidelines To Reduce Skyrocketing Road Accidents
General Katumba Wamala the Minister for Works and Transport Gen Edward has issued strict guidelines to be followed by road users and enforcement agencies to arrest the recent surge in road accidents. In a press briefing at ministry’s head offices on old port bell road,Gen Katumba announced that there will be accelerated enforcement of road…
Joy As Cardinal Wamala Celebrates 65th Priestly Anniversary and Birthday, Hails Sudhir For Being a True Friend
NSAMBYA — Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala has today, December 21, 2022, celebrated his 65th priestly anniversary and also commemorated his 96th birthday which happened last week. The day was celebrated in style after the Cardinal’s longtime friend, city tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia held for him a luncheon at his residence in Nsambya, Kampala, with members of his…
Burundi’s Hon. Ntakirutimana Wins EALA Speakership Race
Burundi’s ruling party deputy secretary-general, Mr Joseph Ntakirutimana, has been elected the Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). He won after 54 members out of the 63 voted for him, while one voted against him. Eight votes were spoilt. For one to win the EALA speaker’s position, he or she must get at…
Min. Namuganza Delivers President Museveni’s UGX 50M To Bukomansimbi’s Serinya Church
The President of Uganda General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has donated Ugx50m towards the construction of Serinya parish priest’s house. The money was delivered by Hon. Persis Namuganza, the minister of state for land, housing and urban development on behalf of H.E. the President. The Bishop of Masaka Dioceses Serverus Jumba thanked the President for extending…
Community Support Vital In Ending Wildlife Crime – Task Force
The National Wildlife Anti-Crime Coordination Task Force-NWCCTF is calling for community support in the fight against wildlife trafficking and poaching. The task force was initiated in 2018 and launched in 2020 to promote cooperation and coordination among law enforcement agencies to combat wildlife crime in Uganda. It followed increasing cases of wildlife trafficking and poaching…
Doctors Vote Samuel Oledo Out Of Office For Misconduct
Members of the Uganda Medical Association -UMA have voted to suspend their president Dr Samuel Oledo for four years and have voted to replace him with Dr Edith Nakku-Joloba. Oledo was on the spot for leading a group of intern doctors to publicly endorse President Yoweri Museveni who has been in power for nearly 37…
Serere MP Okabe,Wife Perish In Mbale-Iganga Road Accident
Serere County Member of Parliament Patrick Okabe and his wife Christine Okabe have died following a Monday morning road crash at Naboua town council along the Mbale Tirinyi road in Budaka District. They were driving in his V8 Land Cruiser registration number number UBK 995F which police say collided with an Isuzu Fuso truck registration…