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Uganda Police and sister security agencies have confirmed one more death from last week’s fire outbreak at the Hima Cement factory. Police announced the deceased as Milton Asite a former technician at the Hima cement plant. According to Jean-Micheal Pons, the Chief Executive Officer Hima Cement, the company hoped that Asite would improve but he…
Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile; a Ugandan economist, Central Bank Governor has passed on. We’ve learnt that Mutebile died in the wee hours on Sunday at Nairobi Hospital where he was battling life for a long time. Mutebile was until his death a Ugandan economist and banker. He has been the governor of the Bank of Uganda,…
The family, friends and relatives of the Uganda Traffic Police Officer who was shot by a Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier, was reduced to tears after learning that their son’s leg has been amputated. Robert Mukebezi was shot in the leg on Sunday by Major Alfa Okua who is attached to the Chieftaincy of…
The acting district Health officer of Ntungamo Sr Katusiime Hope has warned to arrest the leaders and followers of mushrooming religious sects in sub counties of Nyakyeera, Kafunjo, Ruhaama, Kibatsi and Rwamabondo who are against the polio vaccination campaign. Sr Katusiime revealed that some misinformed so called “pastors” are misleading the public claiming that vaccines…
Ethiopia on Thursday said it will not support the re-election of its national Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for a second term as director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), accusing him of supporting a proscribed group. Accusations of backing with TPLF In a letter to the WHO Executive Board, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said…
The Parliament’s Health Committee is demanding accountability for the Covid-19 vaccine funds allocated to the National Medical Stores-NMS in the last two financial years. NMS officials led by Apollo Newton Mwesigye, the NMS Board Secretary, Paul Okware, the Chief Operations Officer, and Lillian Audo, on Tuesday appeared before the committee to present the entity’s policy…
Renowned businessman Christopher Sembuya, one of the founders and proprietors of Sembule Group OF Companies has died. News of his passing was confirmed and announced by his son Stephen Sembuya moments after the businessman breathed his last. Details regarding the cause of Sembuya’s death remain undisclosed. From humble beginnings in Idi Amin’s Uganda of 1971,…
Police have recovered the bodies of two fishermen who drowned in Lake Tajara in Obutet sub-county, Pallisa district. The dead are Martin Oluku and his friend, Ibrahim Obotol, both residents of Gogonyo village in Gogonyo sub-county. They drowned on Monday night after strong winds hit their boat while fishing. Immaculate Alaso, the Bukedi North Region…
Elders in Tooro Kingdom led by former Burahya County Member of Parliament Rtd. Col. Hon. Stephen Basaliza, are mourning the untimely loss of Mzee Isaac Kaihura Atwooki, who was not only an elder but one of the pillars of Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru’s kingdom. We have learnt that Kaihura, who has been battling health…
The United Arab Emirates has with immediate effect lifted a ban on transit flights from Uganda, the National Emergency and Crisis Management Authority (NCEMA) said on Friday afternoon. The Gulf state, a major international travel hub, had banned passengers from Uganda and other African states travelling through its airports this year because of the coronavirus…
