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‘Home Away From Home Flash Sale Promo’ Returns At Speke Apartments Kitante With Revised Staycation Rates
Speke Apartments Kitante, a luxurious apartment in Kampala has in a move to treat its clients to a blissful stay unveiled a special “Home away from Home” crazy package offer that will let its clients discover a world that mirrors them to a sophisticated lifestyle. According to Speke Apartments Kitante Management, to stay in the…
Big Story: Another Joint Anti-corruption Operation Nets Jinja City Officials For Selling Schools’ Land Stealing UPE Funds Worth 1.4 Billion
Another massive raid led by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit in liaison with Uganda Police and ISO Anti-Corruption has netted some of the masterminds of the illegal sale of schools land – Spire Road Primary School and Lake Site Primary School all located within Jinja City. The racket in the Jinja City administration that was…
Joint Anti-corruption Operation Cracks Massive Corruption Syndicate In Kaliro District
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit working in liaison with the Uganda Police detectives and the ISO Anti-Corruption unit has arrested a number of District officers after an intelligence operation that discovered racket run by the District Chief Finance Officer – Mr. Mutume Godfrey and the Principal Human Resources Officer – Ms. Rebecca Kwagala who are…
PICTORIAL: New Uganda Ambassador To Sudan Presents Credentials To President Al – Burhan, Starts Tour Of Duty At Khartoum Mission
“Uganda is following the events in Sudan with keen interest, especially the process of the tripartite framework. Uganda will support whatever the people of Sudan want during the tripartite process of negotiations,” Ambassador Dr. Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu told Gen. Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of the Republic of Sudan. The…
Out To Lunch: Decent Housing Necessary For Better Health Outcomes
Photo caption:Hoima couple’s current homeBy Denis Jjuuko In April this year, doctors at the National Specialist Referral Hospital in Mulago were ready to discharged twin girls that had been successfully separated having been born conjoined. But they recalled similar other twins, born conjoined, from Kole District in northern Uganda they had worked on earlier. Upon…
ANALYSIS: Did Kasekende’s Uncontrolled Desire To Replace Mutebile Lead To His Own Downfall? What Really Went Wrong?
How did Dr. Louis Kasekende, a man who was well on track to become a Governor end up spending the last 3 years of his 33-year career making headlines for all the wrong reasons? Law No. 1 of 48 laws of power: Never outshine the master! Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and…
EU Members Hail Museveni’s Lifting Of DGF Suspension
The Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) Development Partners has released a statement hailing President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the Government of Uganda for lifting the Suspension on DGF, a civil society funding body, whose activities were suspended last year. In June, 2022, President Museveni agreed to lift the ban he imposed on Democratic Governance Facility (DGF),…
Govt Launches Campaign To Give Out Gas Cylinders To 1 Million Households
The Government has launched the distribution of Liquified Petroleum Gas – LPG cylinders targeting one million households in a bid to promote safe and clean cooking. Launched Tuesday by Ruth Nankabirwa, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development in Bugo Zone, Busabala in Wakiso District, the new initiative will see each benefiting household receive a…
Uganda Adopts Kiswahili As Official Language
Uganda has adopted Kiswahili as an official language, a top government official said on Tuesday. Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, the Minister of Information Communication Technology and National Guidance told reporters that the Cabinet on Monday approved the implementation of a directive by the 21st East African Community (EAC) Summit that Kiswahili be adopted as an official…
INFLATION: Stranded BoU Raises CBR To 8.5 Percent
Bank of Uganda has decided to raise the Central Bank Rate by a percentage point to 8.5 percent as part of emergency measures against the spiraling inflation. This was decided at Tuesday’s emergency Monetary Policy Committee meeting called by the Central Bank Deputy Governor, Michael Atingi-Ego to respond to a situation that has seen prices of…