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Bobiwine Booed Off At Mp Nambeshe Dad’s Burial By Angry Mourners
The National Unity Platform (NUP) party president Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobiwine was at the weekend forced to cut his speech short at a burial in Budada District after mourners started heckling him over remarks he made on deputy speaker Thomas Tayebwa. The burial was of Henry Masolo Enrico, the father of opposition chief whip John…
Italian Embassy Trade Advisor, Indian Association Uganda Business Forum Discuss Economic Bilateral Trade Ties
Mr. Zephline Muhangi the Italian Trade Promotion Advisor based in Uganda has attended an official meeting with the Leaders of the Indian Business Forum in Uganda at one of the business forum members’ hotel in Kampala. The leaders who attended the meeting which took place on March 28, 2022 include; Mr. Rajesh Kumar of Oxygas…
DFCU Bank Registers Decline In Profit By 45% No Dividends For Shareholders
The Board of DFCU bank has suggested that no profits should be extended to the shareholders in the wake of enlisting a drop in profits of Shs11 billion last year. The banks General Manager George Ochom, said the board saw it wise not to dispense any dividends to shareholders so that it can keep the…
M23 Rebels Say Ready For Peace Talks With DRC Gov’t
M23 rebels have declared a unilateral ceasefire to pave way for dialogue with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. This comes after a week of heavy fighting between the rebels and government troops on Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu province about three kilometers to the main border of Uganda-DRC. The rebels captured three military…
Property Worth Millions Lost As Fire Guts Ministry Of Agriculture Stores
Fire has gutted the agri-chemicals and equipment central store of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animals Industries and Fisheries along Buganda road in Wandegeya in Kampala. The store shares the same compound with the Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council and Uganda Veterinary Board offices. Eyewitnesses say the fire spread from a small heap of garbage that was being burnt behind…
GULU: Over 140 Motorcycles Stolen In 90 Days
At least 140 motorcycles have been stolen in the greater Gulu in the last three months. Statistics from the different Boda-boda associations in Gulu district and City indicate that the motorcycles, all Bajaj models were stolen by thugs between January and March this year. Some of those recently lost to thugs are motorcycle registration numbers…
Uganda Airlines New Board Of Directors Kicks Off Work
The new Board of Directors of Uganda Airlines Company Limited has been inaugurated, with officials cautioning them against corruption, mismanagement and abuse of office. The seven-member team which include Priscilla Mirembe Serukka (Chairperson), Samson Rwahwire, Herbert Kamuntu, Patrick Ocailap, Barbara Namugambe, Abdi Karim Moding, and Ebrahim Kisoro Sadrudin as initiated after taking the oath of…
Mityana MP Zaake Asks Court To Hear Impeachment Case Expeditiously
The embattle Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake has pleaded with Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera to expeditiously hear his application challenging his removal from the parliamentary commission. On March 10th, 2020, Parliament resolved to remove Zaake from the parliamentary commission for alleged indiscipline. This followed a report made by the Rules, Discipline and Privileges Committee chaired by Abdu…
Attorney General Trims Departed Asians Property Custodian Board’s Powers
Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has guided that the Departed Asians’ Property Custodians Board (DAPCB) has no power to deal with any property for which the Finance Minister has issued a certificate of repossession. In a March 11 letter to the Finance Minister Matia Kasaija in the wake of the debate that has been on-going regarding…
Pictorial: Inside The Mighty Nearly Completed Ham Palm Villas
City tycoon Hamis Kiggundu through his company Ham Enterprises Uganda Limited has made significant progress on his contemporary 500 modern housing project, Ham Palm Villas. The housing on a 200-acre land has a Clubhouse, swimming pools, Gym, Sauna and Steam, Salons and Barber shops, Healthcare facilities like Clinic and Pharmacy, Supermarket, a Fully Fledged Sports…