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Rwanda Bans Charcoal For Cooking In Kigali
Rwanda is banning the use of charcoal for cooking in the capital, Kigali, and restricting supplies to the city from rural areas. The ban is aimed at protecting forests by clamping down on the illegal trade in charcoal. In future people will be encouraged to use gas. Rwanda follows Kenya and Uganda in taking action…
Parliament Effaces 10bn Displeasure Motion Against Oulanyah
Parliament has expunged from its record a displeasure motion against the Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah. The motion was passed at the height of controversies on the allocation of 10 billion Shillings that was given to the institution for interventions to control the spread of coronavirus disease. Although the motion was initially against the president, who…
IGP Ochola Appoints Ochom As New Director Operations
The Inspector General of police Martin Okoth Ochola has assigned AIGP Edward Ochom as the new Director operations. Afande Edward Ochom has replaced AIGP Asuman Mugyenyi whose contract ended last week.He was ordered by IGP Okoth Ochola to hand over office to his deputy. It’s said that IGP Mugyenyi had applied for a new contract…
Statement On The Plight Of Bodaboda Public Transport Sector
By Isa Kato Dear Ugandans and fellow Quarantined Citizens! Allow me to express my worry about the rate at which the plight of a Common Person continues to be absent in the thoughts of our Leaders and Policy Makers. We thank the almighty God who is continuing to expose the hearts of men; both in…
URA Management Changes Were Inevitable – Keith Muhakanizi
Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary Keith Muhakanizi has revealed that the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) board on Thursday made several changes in the management of the entity. “The changes at URA are decisions of the board members and are normal changes and I associate myself with the decisions of the board,” Muhakanizi said on Capital FM’s The Capital…
What You Might Have Missed In President Museveni’s Address On Easing Lockdown
Public transport in Uganda including buses, taxis and trains will start operations on 4th June 2020 but must observe Standard Operation Procedures like sanitizing and mandatory wearing of masks to stop the spread of coronavirus. Boda Bodas and Tuk-tuks however have been suspended indefinitely owing to their inefficiency in providing the safest means of transport…
American Hiphop Star Rick Ross Set For Uganda Post Covid Concert
Born William Leonard Roberts II in Coahoma County, Mississippi, raised in Carol City, Florida, Ross gravitated to the music of street-oriented rappers like Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G., Luther Campbell and Ice Cube. In Uganda, he became famous thanks to his feud with fellow rapper 50 Cent, which began in 2008. By the following year, 50…
The Western Democracy That Promotes Institutional Racism; Why Africa Must Rethink The Kinds Of Political Systems Imposed By Western Allies?
By Cadre Matua Job Richard The ongoing events in our World have revealed in lots of incrementing evidences of the hidden truths about the World relationships. From the alleged mistreatments of Africans in China, UAE, Turkey, Qatar as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic to the unimaginable killing of Georgia Floyd, an African American, the…
MPs Gilbert Olanya, Odonga Otto Arrested For Leading Covid-19 Protest
Uganda Police Force have arrested the Kilak South MP, Gilbert Olanya and Aruu South MP Samuel Odonga Otto for demonstrating against the continuous movement of trucks to and from Elegu border post in Amuru. Olanya and Otto were intercepted at Cereleno market in Gulu town. They were arrested together with Kelly Komakech, the Pece division…
UPDF Sets Up Four Detachments At Uganda-South Sudan Border
The Uganda People’s Defense force has opened up four detachments in Madi-Opei sub county, Lamwo district. Some of the detachments which had been abandoned due to limited personnel were reopened following the resurgence of cattle raids by armed south Sudanese cattle thugs from the neighboring Torit state. According to security officials, each of the detachments…