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Set Yourself Ready Coz Marriage is Like a Proper Death Sentence’ – Ragga Dee

If you have marriage fever, Ragga Dee has a message for you. Ragga Dee titled the knot with Mariam Kazibwe on January 19, 2008, at Namirembe Cathedral in Kampala. He splurged on the wedding party which was held at the Kampala Serena Hotel

November 21, 2023

Hot Take·Uganda

Deputy Speaker Tayebwa Warns Accounting Officers Against Bribing MPs To Increase Project Funds

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has cautioned Accounting Officers of government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) against acts of securing higher budgets than what the Finance Ministry allocates for projects by promising to give out kickbacks to legislators sitting on

July 8, 2022

Hot Take·Uganda

‘Let’s Work With Only Serious People’- PS Ggoobi Sacks Over 110 ‘Sleepy’ Accounting Officers

The Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Ramadhan Ggoobi has kicked out of offices 110 Local Government Accounting Officers for ‘disobeying his commands.’ Ggoobi announced the above action in his letter dated 7th July 2022 stating that following

July 8, 2022

Business·ENERGY & MINERAL RESOURCES·Hot Take·Trending

Biomass to Electricity: Tears Of Joy As ERA Launches Pilot Project At Mulago’s Mwanamugimu Nutrition Unit

The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has launched a Biomass-to-Electricity pilot project at Mwanamugimu Nutrition unit in Mulago Hospital. Dubbed Biomass to Electricity cooking, the clean cooking pilot project was launched Tuesday, April 12, 2022 and is intended to eliminate use of carbon-based

April 12, 2022

Hot Take·Trending·Uganda

Attorney General Trims Departed Asians Property Custodian Board’s Powers

Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has guided that the Departed Asians’ Property Custodians Board (DAPCB) has no power to deal with any property for which the Finance Minister has issued a certificate of repossession. In a March 11 letter to the Finance Minister

April 2, 2022

Business·Crime·Hot Take·Trending

Parliament Orders Closure Of Fuelex Petrol Stations For Adulterating Fuel

The Parliamentary Committee on Trade And Industry led by Mbarara City South Member of Parliament Mwine Mpaka on Thursday March 17th, 2022 ordered the closure of two fuel stations, after it was discovered that the operators of the said stations were adulterating

March 20, 2022

Crime·Hot Take·Trending

Big Story: Parliament Probes UETCL Bosses Over Corruption, Mismanagement & Controversial UGX 28Billion Compensation Deal

Members of Parliament on the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources are probing allegations of mismanagement and corruption at Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (UETCL). While interfacing with the board members of UETCL on Thursday, 17 March 2022, the Committee Chairperson, Hon.

March 18, 2022

Hot Take·Politics·Trending

PROFILE: Who Is Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah

Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah is a Ugandan agricultural economist, lawyer and politician, who servers as the Speaker of the 11th Parliament of Uganda (2021 – to date). He was elected to that position on 24 May 2021, after defeating the former Speaker Rebecca

March 16, 2022

Hot Take

Internal Affairs Ministry Sets Up One Stop E-service Portal

The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control of Uganda has launched an e- service portal that aggregates all their services. Mr Jacob Siminyu, the spokesperson for Internal Affairs ministry, said the aggregated portals used to sit as separate units for visa, passport,

October 17, 2021

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Relief For Labour Companies As Gov’t Scraps Off Certificate Of Good Conduct For Migrant Workers

The government of Uganda through the Gender and Labour Ministry has dropped Interpol- Certificate of Good Conduct as a major requirement for migrant workers except those seeking to work as security guards abroad. The process of obtaining this document from Kololo based

September 28, 2021

Hot News·Hot Take

VIDEO: Tenants in Panic as TWED Plaza Leaks During Downpours

Tenants at Twed Plaza Building on Plot 22 Lumumba Avenue are in total panic as their offices drip like gutters every single time it rains down in the Kampala skies. In a video that has gone viral on social media, an alarming

September 27, 2021

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