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Pressure Mounts On Mutebile As MP Mawanda Secures Last Cutter To Trim BoU Powers
Pressure arose within top Bank of Uganda officials after learning that the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga has given Igara East MP, Michael Mawanda only one extra month to table before Parliament the Constitution Amendment Bill seeking to introduce sweeping changes in the governance of Bank of Uganda. The Speaker told the legislator,…
Eight-Year-Old Rapper Strikes Chord In Uganda With Songs About Poverty
Ugandan rapper “Fresh Kid” has racked up hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube, won a US music award and emerged victorious from a tussle with the government—all before his eighth birthday. The rapper, real name Patrick Ssenyonjo, has become a household name in Uganda, a country mired in poverty and corruption, for singing about…
Jubilation As KCCA Is Ordered To Refund Shs5b To Owino vendors
High Court in Kampala has ordered Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to refund Shs4.8b paid by St Balikuddembe (Owino) Market vendors in 2011 for a non-existing piece of land purportedly at Kisenyi in Mengo. The Court presided over by judge Musa Ssekaana also ordered KCCA to pay the traders more than Shs1.15b in compensation for…
Just In! UCC Boss Mutabazi Vacates Office
The 10 year tenure of Mr. Godfrey Mutabazi as the Executive Director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has on Friday February 7,2019 come to an end. The no-nonsense Mutabazi who joined UCC in 2010 has been replaced by Engineer Irene Kaggwa Ssewankambo according to a communication that has been made by the new Minister…
MPs Petition Broke Gov’t Over Delayed Increase Of FGM Funds
The Parliament of Uganda has called on government to avail funds for the implementation of the Prohibition of the Female Genital Mutilation Act, 2010. The motion presented by the chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon. Hellen Asamo sought to improve efforts to curb female genital mutilation(FGM) in Sebei and…
Ethiopian Athlete Abadi Hadis Dies At Age 22
Ethiopian athlete Abadi Hadis has died aged 22.Hadis had been in Hayder Hospital in Mekelle, northern Ethiopia being treated for an unspecified illness. The long-distance runner was ranked 12th in the world in the men’s 10,000 meters and 21st in the 5,000 meters. Hadis made his big breakthrough in 2016. At just 17, he ran…
Jubilations As Amama Mbabazi Graces 39th Tarehe Sita Anniversary
Former Uganda Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has on Thursday February 6, 2019 caused quite a stir after turning up in Nakaseke district for UPDF Tarehe Sita celebrations. Mbabazi was given a thunderous welcome at Butalangu grounds from the long awaiting crowd. The rare appearance also earned him a salute from the men in uniform who…
Two Dead, 15 Injured In Nabbingo Car Accident
Atleast two people have been confirmed dead while 15 others left with grave injuries in a car crash at Nabbingo, Kyengera Town Council along Kampala-Masaka highway. Mr Richard Kakooza, one of the eyewitnesses said that a lorry truck transporting sand from Lwera swamp in Masaka to Kampala collided with a minibus that was transporting passengers…
Why Minister Mutuuzo Wants Labia Stretching Banned
The minister for Gender and Culture has warned school matrons against initiating young girls into genital elongation. Ms Peace Mutuuzo on Wednesday said government will find avenues of talking to girls, especially in primary schools, how to report the perpetrators for encouraging a practice that does not add value to their health. “We shall target…
Mother Kills 2-Month-Old daughter,Arrested
A waitress working with a pork joint in Kafunda trading centre, Bulago, Wakiso district has been arrested for allegedly beheading her two-month-old baby. It is reported that Ronah Nakazibwe used a panga and a knife to kill her baby, Precious yesterday, Wednesday. Luke Owoyesigyire, the deputy Kampala police spokesperson, said Nakazibwe also attempted to commit…