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StarTimes Unveils La Liga 2024/25 Season
The highly anticipated Spanish La Liga 2024 – 2025 season is set to kick off this Thursday, August 15th, and StarTimes is proud to announce that it has secured the Pay TV rights to broadcast all the 380 La Liga matches live. Football fans across the country can look forward to an exciting season, featuring…
UPC Tasks Govt Set To Up Well Equipped Rapid Response Unit To Handle Kiteezi Like Disasters
As the response team continues with the heavy work at Kiteezi Landfill, the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) has asked the government to set up a Rapid Response Unit with background training and well-equipped to handle disasters of that magnitude. UPC argues that the delays in rescuing the missing bodies speak volumes to lack of capacity…
Signs Out: Tamale Mirundi Takes A Journey Of No Return
Former press secretary to President Museveni and a prominent political commentator, has passed away at the age of 60. His death occurred on Tuesday evening, as confirmed by those close to him. Mirundi, widely known for his fiery and often controversial political commentary, was a staunch supporter of the National Resistance Movement (NRM). In recent…
Relief As MPs Dustbin Sarah Opendi’s Alcohol Control Bill
Parliament has rejected the Alcohol Control Bill, 2023 that sought to regulate the purchase, sell and consumption of alcohol. The private members Bill that was introduced for the first time by Tororo District Woman Representative, Hon. Sarah Opendi in November 2023 also aimed to regulate the time and premises where alcohol would be sold in…
Gen Muhoozi Returns From Kigali After Holding Security Talks With Kagame
The Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, returned to Kampala on Tuesday afternoon following an official visit to Kigali, where he met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who was sworn in for his fourth term on Sunday. General Kainerugaba, who is also the Senior Presidential Advisor on…
Govt Shuts Down Kiteezi Landfill After Tragic Collapse
Government is moving to decommission the Kiteezi landfill following its collapse and eventual death of over 23 persons. The Minister of State for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Hon. Lillian Aber made this revelation while presenting a statement to the House chaired by Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa on Tuesday, 13 August 2024. The Kiteezi landfill…
Court Remands Elderly City Lawyer Matovu For Defrauding UGX 4 Billions
The State House Anti Corruption Unit alongside Uganda Police have arraigned Mr. Matovu John, an advocate with Ms Matovu & Matovu Advocates before the Anti-Corruption Court on charges of theft by an agent and conspiracy to defraud govt of over UGX 4Billion. The accused while entrusted as one of the advocates for Busoga Growers Cooperative…
Big Win: Court Declares Mpuuga &Three Commissioners Service Award ‘Legal’
The High Court in Kampala has delivered a significant ruling regarding a contentious service award granted to former Leader of Opposition (LOP) Mathias Mpuuga and three backbench parliamentary commissioners. In a ruling by Justice Douglas Karekona Singiza, the court upheld the decision made on May 6, 2022, which awarded UGX 500 million to Mpuuga and…
Babirye Lilliane: Kiteezi Landfill Slope Disaster: Reminder of Failures in Waste Management and Governance
The weekend disaster at the Kiteezi landfill, which tragically claimed over 100 lives, depicts a profound failure in waste management and governance in Uganda. This catastrophe has not only come out as a tragic accident; it is a stark manifestation of long-standing criminal negligence and poor planning that should serve as a wake-up call for…
Opinion: Kiteezi Landfill Had A Good Track Record But Is Now Overwhelmed By A Highly Growing Population – KCCA ED Kisaka
On Saturday 10th August 2024, the country woke up to the news of the collapse of Uganda’s largest and only landfill in the Kampala metropolitan area. Apparently, the tragic incident resulted in the death of over 20 people and the destruction of lots of property. Following this incident, President Museveni has since directed the Deputy…