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Pain And Weeping As UPDF Recruits……
Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) has kicked off its ten-day country wide recruitment exercise of healthy and energetic youth. The recruitment which is happening concurrently at Kololo Airstrip, Kotido, Lyantonde, Arua and Hoima started on December 27. However, there is pain and weeping as young boys and girls who had turned up for the recruitment…
UNBS Officers Raid City SuperMarket For Selling Rotten Products
Operatives from the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) conducted a CHRISTMAS OPERATION, during which they busted Bonjour Supermarket at Total fuel station, opposite Corner House in Ntinda, which was found storing rotten meat in the same deep freezer with ice cream. The raid, which was conducted following complaints from concerned shoppers, ended with both…
Legendary Congolese Singer Kanda Bongo Man Vows To Rock Ugandans At Sheraton In End Of Year Concert
Reknowned city events promoter Balaam Barugahara, of Balaam Events, has flown into the country legendary Congolese musician Kanda Bongo Man, who is very popular among Ugandans. He is Known for the structural changes he implemented to soukous music. The previous approach was to sing several verses and have one guitar solo at the end of…
Court Chases Min.Elioda,5 Vocal MPs From Parliament
The Constitutional Court in Kampala has ordered six MPs to vacate Parliament on grounds that they were elected in constituencies that were non-existent. The affected MPs are; Mr Patrick Ochan (Apac, UPC party), Dr Elioda Tumwesigye (Sheema, NRM party), Mr Tarsis Rwaburindore (Ibanda, NRM party), Mr Hashim Sulaiman (Nebbi, NRM party), Mr Asuman Basalirwa (Bugiri,…
IGP Ochola Fires Police Court Boss As 100 Officers Are Reshuffled In Feastive Season
The director for Human Resource Management in Police, Col Jesse Kamunanwire, has dropped Senior Commissioner of Police (SCP) Dennis Odongpiny as Police Court Chairman. In a message released Thursday, Col Kamunanwire has replaced Odongpiny with SCP Charles Birungi. However, Odongpiny’s next destination has not been mentioned in the reshuffle. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Barbra…
Am Not A Threat To Trump’s Admistration-Nkurunzinza
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has told US President Donald Trump the he is no threat to him. Nkurunziza was on Thursday addressing a press conference at his new Gitega palace in Burundi’s Political Capital. Reacting to the Message Donald Trump sent to the US Congress, President Nkurunziza was adamant that Burundi couldn’t constitute any threat…
Bobi Wine In Bloomberg ’15 People To Rock 2020′
Bloomberg has listed Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine among its 15 people to watch in 2020 across the globe. Bloomberg is a global leading agency in business and financial data, news and insight. Each year, they list the 50 most influential figures world over, and name a few other people to watch…
We Have Confiscated More 2000 Weapons From Rwanda Sponsored Rebel-Nkurunzinza
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has said they have so far captured thousands of weapons from the neighbouring Rwanda. Nkurunziza was on Thursday addressing a press conference at his new Gitega palace in Burundi’s Political Capital. He said over 2,000 arms from Rwanda have been captured since 2014 along with attackers who have confessed. Towards mid-December,…
Senior UPDF Officer’s Son Commits Suicide In River Nile Over Love
A son to a UPDF Major committed suicide by drowning in River Nile on Christmas Day. Frank Baale, 25, who was an employee of Top Betting Company, was found floating on River Nile at near Nalubale Bridge on Wednesday. He is the son of Maj Alex Bwanika, who was attached to the UPDF Electrical and…
Bummy Kusasira,Full Figure Pelt Bottles,Stones On Stage For Supporting NRM
Angry revellers on Thursday [Boxing Day] lost their tempers and stoned Presidential Advisor on Kampala affairs Catherine Kusasira and Jenifer Nakanguubi aka Full-Figure. The ugly scene happened at Nabugabo Sand Beach during a Boxing Day concert in Masaka district. The moment Kusasira stepped on stage, the revellers did not even wait for to start singing.…