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Parliament Cancels Illegal Leases On Uganda Railways Land
Parliament in its report from the Committee on Commissions Statutory Authority and State Enterprises (COSASE) has directed that leases on Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) land be cancelled. Presenting the report of the committee during the plenary on Wednesday, 13 April 2022, the Chairperson, Hon. Joel Ssenyonyi said that over time, different district land boards in…
Pictorial: Rajiv & Wife Welcome Baby Girl, Grandpa Sudhir Throws Party With Friends In London
City businessman Rajiv Ruparelia and wife Naiya have given birth to a bouncing baby girl. The new life is the first child for Rajiv and Naiya. To celebrate the achievement of getting a second grandchild, Uganda’s richest man Dr Sudhir Ruparelia decided to host his fellow rich friends to a dinner in a magnificent restaurant…
Busted: How Suspended Rubaga Councilors Over Indiscipline Are Secretly Launching Campaign To Censure Speaker Musah Mbazira
A group of councilors from Rubaga division who were suspended from the council sessions last month over indiscipline have launch a secret campaign to censure the speaker of Musa Mbazira. The 25 councilors who included the Rubaga Mayor and his deputy Fugge Rehema were suspended for indiscipline during the council session held on March 12th…
Omoro County By-election: Six Candidates Express Interest In Replacing Late Speaker Jacob Oulanyah
Six people have expressed interest in vying for the Omoro County parliamentary seat in Omoro district. The seat fell vacant following the death of former legislator and Speaker of Parliament Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah on March 20, 2022, in Seattle in the United States of America. Last week, the Electoral Commission set May 26, 2022, as…
Good Heart: Kira Young Foundation Boss,Lukwago Awards Diehards With Plots Of Land
Kira Young Foundation boss Jimmy Lukwago has awarded his foundation diehards who has been there for him after and before politics when he contested for Kira Municipality MP seat on NUP ticket against FDC’s Hon. Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda. The land he awarded to the 10 members is in Seeta Mukono near Ridar Hotel. “I have…
Omoro County By-election: Oulanyah’s Son Andrew Ojok Reportedly Resigns Juicy NITA-U Job To Vie For Father’s Seat!
Andrew Ojok Oulanyah, eldest child and son to fallen former speaker of Parliament Rt Hon Jacob Oulanyah, has resigned his well paying job at National Information Technology Authority (NITA-Uganda), to go into the trenches of Omoro villages in search of replacing his father as the next MP Omoro County. Ojok has been a Senior Information…
Mother Arrested For Strangling Child To Death
Arua police are holding Sharon Amaniyo, a resident of Koo cell in Yivu ward, Ayivu division for allegedly strangling her two-month-old infant to death. One of the residents identified as Tabu Albino found the minor’s lifeless body lying in the suspect’s doorway around 6am on Monday. She was intercepted by residents at around 9am, who…
Speaker Blocks Parliament From Discussing Oulanyah Poison Claims
The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has blocked debate on former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah’s poison claims, saying his death should not be politicized. “We are not going to allow Oulanyah’s death politicized. We are still grieving let things of investigations go on, if it’s true, that he was poisoned, let the culprits be got,” she…
Biomass to Electricity: Tears Of Joy As ERA Launches Pilot Project At Mulago’s Mwanamugimu Nutrition Unit
The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has launched a Biomass-to-Electricity pilot project at Mwanamugimu Nutrition unit in Mulago Hospital. Dubbed Biomass to Electricity cooking, the clean cooking pilot project was launched Tuesday, April 12, 2022 and is intended to eliminate use of carbon-based fuel Like charcoal and firewood and replace it with clean cooking using electricity.…
Uganda To Be Blacklisted Over Money Laundering
Uganda’s financial industry risks being blacklisted by international systems for failure to put in place measures that can effectively prevent financial crimes like money laundering. This is a requirement by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global inter-governmental organisation on the initiative of the G7countries to develop policies to combat money laundering and terrorism…