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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…
Generous: Mukasa Mbidde Foundation Donates Relief Food To Masaka Covid-19 Task Force
The Masaka District Covid-19 taskforce has hailed Mukasa Mbidde Foundation for donating relief food to the badly off and needy people of Masaka Municipality. Mukasa Mbidde foundation gave a relief of at least two tons of maize and two lorries of bananas to be distributed to the communities in Nyendo-Ssenyange division. Three divisions make up Masaka…
Bou,Finance Ministry Defy Court Order, Secretly Release 20M COVID-19 Cash Bonanza To MPs
Bank Of Uganda and Finance Ministry have defied High Court orders blocking Parliamentary Commission from releasing the Shs 10bn to MPs until the hearing of the application challenging such. Reliable sources have confirmed to this website that a section of members of parliament have already secretly received Shs 20m covid-19 bonanza on their accounts. “Let…
2 Killed In Mubende Gold Mines Collapse
Police have retrieved two bodies of illegal miners from Lugingi gold pit in Kassanda district. The deceased have been identified as Namara Enock from Kyegegwa and Muhindo Godwin 25 years from Kikwamba, Kasese district. According to Wamala region police spokesperson ASP Kawala revealed that the deceased Muhindo went missing on Easter Sunday which prompted his…
NBS Anchor Samson Kasumba Freed On Police Bond
Samson Kasumba, a news anchor at NBS TV has been released on police bond. He nearly spent another night in Police cells following his arrest on Monday night and detention at Kira Road Police Station but due to pressure from public and his legal team police had to free him. He will appear back at…
Relief As Health Ministry Clarifies On Dead Body Secretly Flown Into Uganda
The ministry of Health has cleared air on allegations circulating that there are two deceased bodies which were secretly flown into the country. In a statement issued by the Health Ministry on April 22, 2020, none of the deceased Ugandans that were brought into the country from the Middle East had succumbed to covid19.…
Four Pakistani Nationals Charged, Remanded To Kitalya Prison Over Unlawful Possession Of Gov’t Stores
Four Pakistani nationals have pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful possession of Government stores, the State House Anti-Corruption Unit said in a statement late Tuesday. The anti-corruption unit says they were found in possessions of stickers that are being issued by the ministry of works and transport to facilitate the movement of the so-called…
Mixed Reactions As 8 People From Dubai Are Intercepted At Entebbe Airport With Dead Body In Cargo Plane
The Covid-19 National Task Force on Tuesday April 21,202 intercepted a group of 8 people that had brought a dead body into Uganda using a private cargo plane. According to the permanent secretary for ministry of health Dr. Diana Atwine, the dead body was being transported to Kayunga district for burial. “Today our team intercepted…
Covid-19 Cases Rise To 58 In Uganda As Two More Arrivals Test Positive
The ministry of health has registered two new cases of COVID-19 after the Uganda Virus Research Institute tested 1177 samples from truck drivers at borders and the community (quarantined and non-quarantined). The cases are of a 46-year-old Burundian refugee resident of Nakivale Refugee Camp, who arrived from Tanzania on April 12. The ministry said he…