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Heartless,As Min.Muyingo Detains A Teacher Who Exposed Exam Malpractice Scandals At His School
Richard Okello who was teaching at Seeta Junior School, in Mukono district, owned by the Minister for Higher Education Dr Chrysostom Muyingo has been missing for nine days now, after being abducted from the school’s teachers quarters on November 6, 2018 minister Muyingo’s bodyguard. According to his lawyers of Alliance Advocates, Okello was allegedly arrested…
Uganda To Host East Africa Parliamentary Games
Preparations to host the 10th edition of the Inter Parliamentary Games (IPG) in Uganda are on course, Hon. Gideon Gatpan, the deputy chairperson of the IPG and also a member of the East African Legislative Assembly, has said. According to Gatpan, the 2019 edition of the regional games scheduled to take place from 7 to…
Israeli Forces Kill Top Islamic Jihad Commander In Gaza Air Raid
Killing of Bahaa Abu al-Ata in Gaza comes as Palestinian group says its political leader was also targeted in Damascus. An Israeli air strike killed a top commander of the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday and fighters responded by firing a barrage of rockets towards Israel. Islamic Jihad’s armed wing…
Joint EAC Military Operations Will Curb Uganda,Rwanda Security Tensions – Min.Rwamirama
The Minister of State for Defence in Charge Veteran Affairs Hon Lt Col (Rtd) Dr. Bright Rwamirama has said that the joint activities conducted under the East African Community (EAC) Cooperation in Defence Affairs such as Command Post Exercises are enhancers of the intergration of the Community. “As EAC Partner States, we need to walk…
Female Rapper Suspended For Releasing Pornographic Music Videos
The authorities in Tanzania have suspended female rapper Rosa Ree from performing for six months, saying her recently released music video “went against the country’s’ morals”. The body that regulates the arts industry in Tanzania, Baraza la Sanaa la Taifa (Basata), added that the song “Vitamin U” which the rapper performed with her Kenyan musician…
Rema’s Introduction In Pictures
Singer Rema Namakula Thursday introduced her lover Dr Hamza Ssebunya to her parents in Nabbingo, Wakiso district on much publicized in the country .The party came in after Rema dumped the long term father of her daughter Aaamal celebrated singer Eddy Kenzo who traveled to Dubai before the day of introduction. The function was attended…
Shock As 85% Health Facilities Lack Toilets,Kadaga Orders For Closure
All government run health centers operating without latrines should close, the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has intimated. During the opening of the inaugural parliamentary symposium on water and sanitation at Parliament on Friday, 15 November 2019, Kadaga said she was disgusted to learn that a big number of government health centers in Uganda do…
Teary Eddy Kenzo Skips Rema’s Intro,Rushes To Dubai For A Fiesta With Manu Ster Bisaka
Singer Edirisa Musuuza aka Eddy Kenzo was in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates while his former lover Rema Namakula introduced Dr Hamza Sebunya in Uganda. While many said he was grieving the loss, Kenzo managed to send a congratulatory message to the couple. “My friend Rema, I dearly congratulate you upon reaching this special…
Winnie Byanyima sworn in, Chairs 1st UNAIDS Meeting
Winnie Byanyima was Thursday sworn in as UNAIDS Executive Director by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during an oath ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York. On Friday, Byanyima attended her first meeting of the Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations and spoke about the next UNAIDS strategy and the need to work together across the…
M7 Passes Out Russia Trained Tank Crews
The President of the Republic of Uganda and Commander-In-Chief of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has passed out UPDF troops who successfully completed Armoured Basic Crew Course at Armoured Warfare Training School (AWTS) in Mubende District. The President expressed satisfaction with the skills displayed by the trainees on target identification,…