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Kadaga,Attorney General Byaruhanga In Bitter Exchange Over Shs10B Covid-19 Cash Bonanza
All members of Parliament will be incorporated on the district COVID-19 task forces have been advised to spend the shs20 million advanced to them by the Parliamentary Commission for interventions meant to support the national response to coronavirus pandemic in their respective districts. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga revealed that these guidelines followed a meeting with the…
Uganda Confirms More 11 Cases Of Coronavirus
Uganda Health Ministry has on Thursday April, 23, 2020 confirmed 11 cases of coronavirus, the highest record in a day since the testing of the pathogen that causes covid-19 began in East Africa. According to the ministry of health, they are all truckers, with six coming from Tanzania and 5 coming from Kenya. This brings…
Covid-19: Democratic Party Donates Relief Food To National Task Force
Democratic Party President General Hon. Nobert Mao and his Vice President Hon. Fred Dennis Mukasa Mbidde have today delivered 5 tonnes of Maize flour to the National Covid-19 Task force. DP National Leaders were received by the Prime Minister Dr. Livingstone Ruhakana Rugunda at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kampala on Thursday. The…
Covid-19 :Emergency Relief Fund For Lawyers Rescues 25 more Lawyers ,Launches 3 Hotlines For Free Counselling
On behalf of the Goodwill Committee, Chairperson Adv Assumpta Kemigisha Ssebunya and Treasurer Adv Sylvia Namawejje Ebitu are pleased to announce that on Tuesday, 21 April 2020, the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund for Lawyers, in accordance with the recommendations of the vetting and allocation sub-committee and the principle of confidentiality, reviewed 29 requests and paid…
Generous Heart: Ruparelia Foundation, Gateway Delta and Metroplex Donate Food Kits To Needy In The Course Of Covid-19 Lockdown
Tycoon Sudhir’s Ruparelia Foundation in conjunction with Gateway Delta and Gateway Metroplex Ltd, has donated over 4,000 food kits to the needy as the coronavirus continues to bite. The give away was held on Thursday April 23, 2020 at the Office of the prime minister, in Kampala where each of the 4,000 food kits contain:…
Just In: Total Buys Entire Tullow Uganda Interests In Lake Albert Oil Project
Total and Tullow have entered into an Agreement, through which Total shall acquire Tullow’s entire interests in Uganda Lake Albert development project including the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. The overall consideration paid by Total to Tullow will be $575M, with an initial payment of $500M at closing and $75M when the partners take the…
Entebbe Road Accident Kills City Business Man
One person died in an accident along Entebbe Road when a lorry failed to break and knocked two motor cycles. The incident happened today at Katale , Lweza, Entebbe Highway at about 12:45 hours. According to Kampala metropolitan spokesperson SP Patrick Onyango revealed that motor vehicle registration number UAY 988G Sino truck red in colour…
Energy Mafias Debunked Part I: Billions Swindled, Min. Of Energy Stuck With The Untouchable REA Mafias
By the Capital Times Investigative Unit Two key officials of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) under the Ministry of Energy have deceitfully kept themselves in their offices despite being found guilty of causing serious financial losses to the Agency over the past several years. An investigation report by the Office of the Inspectorate of Government…
Gen.Katumba Hails UPDF, NEC Engineers For Clearing Jinja Dam Floating Island Debris
The Minister of Works and Transport ,Gen Katumba Wamala has applauded Uganda People’s Defence Forces ‘UPDF’ and National Enterprise Corporation ‘NEC’ Engineers for working with other government agencies to clear the floating vegetation at Nalubale Dam. Gen Wamala made these remarks when he visited the Dam to see the progress of work.Gen.Katumba inspecting the work…
Former MP Kagwera Grassing, Resorts Transporting Corpses To Graves
Steven Kagwera Kasaija, the former Member of Parliament for Burahya county, in Kabarole district, who was accused of voter bribery and regularly flaunting electoral laws in 2011 before he was thrown out of Parliament, is currently grassing and friends say he has since resorted to transporting corpses as a way of making ends meet. This…