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3 Notorious Nude Anti-Corruption Protestors Released On Bail
Three nude anti-corruption protestors , Norah Kobusingye, Kemitoma Kyenzibo, and Praise Aloikin Opoloje, have been released on non-cash bail by the Buganda Road Court. While appearing before Court on September 12, 2024, the protestors were granted bail after its application hearing. On September 2, 2024, the naked protestors took to the street of Kampala, significantly…
UCAA Confiscates Nine Abandoned Planes At Entebbe Airport
The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has seized nine aircraft that were abandoned at Entebbe International Airport. These various types of aircraft were left by their owners, leading to concerns about safety and environmental hazards. Vianney Luggya, the spokesperson of UCCA confirmed the September 10, 2024, action stating that it aims to address safety and…
Coincidence: Gen.Aronda Nyakairima Died Due To A Pre-Existing Health Condition, Just Like Minister Mateke -Museveni
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has cautioned leaders to be mindful of their health, as their sudden passing will be a loss to the country. Museveni, who was eulogising the former Minister of Sate for Defence and Veteran Affairs (Defence), Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi, at Parliament said a leader’s death creates problems and leaves a gap that…
Minister Mateke’s Death: MPs Call For Specialized Medical Treatment For VIPs To Fight NCDs
Members of parliament have renewed the call to combat the rising cases of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) which are claiming lives as Parliament paid glowing tribute to the late State Minister of Defence, Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi. The late Hon. Nyirabashitsi, who was also the Kisoro District Woman Representative in Parliament, died of a heart attack, on…
Shock As Senior UPDF Soldier Found Rotting After Missing Three Days
The community’s response, particularly the actions of a concerned neighbor who alerted officials underscores the importance of vigilance in looking out for one another, and Malo encouraged the other locals to do the same to the neighbors. The body of the deceased identified as Chrizesto Mutebi, a soldier with the Reserve Force was discovered on…
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Billions Lost At KCCA As Musisi Is Recalled From USA As Another Director Of Human Resources Tenders In His Resignation.
The scandal at Kampala Capital City Authority deepens. The latest is of another Director of Human Resources who has tendered in his resignation. Mr.Richard Lule joins a long chain of other directors who have left the organisation the most recent being Mr.kabugo of Treasury and Revenue services. The Capital Times has also learnt that Mr.Kabugo …
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 fuel Like charcoal and firewood and replace it with clean cooking using electricity.…
Blunder! Finance Ministry Mistakenly Sends Shs 2.3 Billion To Ugandan Students Stranded In China
The Ministry of Finance has asked the Ugandan Embassy in Beijing, China to refund money mistakenly sent to its account. Although Cabinet had direct the ministry to send $61,800, the Ministry of Finance transferred $600,000 on the request of the education ministry. Now, the Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. Keith Muhakanizi has ordered the Embassy…
Boeing 737 Max Cleared by F.A.A. to Fly Again After 20 Month Grounding
After 20 months on the ground, Boeing’s 737 Max will soon fly again, ending a tragic episode that cost 346 people their lives and did serious damage to the big U.S. jet builder. The company on Wednesday got clearance for the plane to return to American skies after convincing the Federal Aviation Administration that changes…
Bolloré Group Fined €12 Million In Togo Corruption Case
French industrial group Bollore on Friday reached a settlement over a decade-old corruption case in Togo, prosecutors said, but a separate plea deal with three top company executives was thrown out by a judge. The company agreed to pay 12 million euros ($14.5 million) as part of the deal with financial crime prosecutors which was…
Borrower Gives Up On Fight For Simbamanyo House, Withdraws Case From Court
City architect Peter Kamya, who is the proprietor of Simbamanyo Estates, has chickened out on his fight to rescue the building called Simbamanyo House, which houses the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. The building was a few days ago bought by tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia’s Meera Investments Limited, at USD5m, about Shs18.5Bn, after it…