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BIG STORY: Uganda Airlines Announces Three Direct Flights To Dubai Weekly Starting October
National Carrier, Uganda Airlines has announced that it will be offering three Dubai flights per week starting the month of October this year in an extended service to its loyal passengers. While addressing a press conference in Kampala, Uganda Airlines’ Ag CEO, Jenifer Bamuturaki said the maiden flight to Dubai had been scheduled to take…
‘Go Slaughter Them’- FDC Endorses Ssemujju Nganda For Speaker Of Parliament Race
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has fully endorsed Kira Municipality legislator Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda in the Speakership race for the 11th Parliament. The announcement was made by the Party Chairman Amb. Waswa Birigwa. He noted that the decision was reached through the party’s top organs, the working committee, the Parliamentary caucus and the National…
MPs Grill IGG Officials Over Suspension Of Embattled Land Commission Boss Byenkya
The Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has put officials from the Inspectorate of Government (IG) on the defensive over what they termed as conflict of interest in the investigation and prosecution of embattled Uganda Land Commission boss, Hon Beatrice Byenkya. Byenkya is on trial for allegedly obstructing investigators from the Inspectorate who were probing…
FARUK KIRUNDA: I Smell Another Rat- In Visa Business
Uganda is under attack from many corners and some fellow Ugandans are working with our foreign enemies. For a long time, Uganda is the target of affronts from foreigners interested in controlling our affairs at a time we should be shaking off the last vestiges of colonialism. Neo-colonialism is ripe and if we are not…
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Uganda Airlines CEO, Top Bosses Fired Amid Huge Shake-up
The Minister of Works and Transport, Gen Edward Katumba Wamala, has ordered a section of the senior management team at the Uganda Airlines Corporation (UAC) to leave office for at least three months to allow for an internal investigation. According to sources, the top hierarchy including the CEO, Cornwell Muleya have been sent packing after…
Meera Investments Unveils 27 Condos Bukoto Living Apartments For Sale
For the last six years or so, siblings, Rajiv Ruparelia and Sheenah Ruparelia have spent time under the tutelage of their property mogul and billionaire father, Dr Sudhir Ruparelia. After his Bachelor of Business Administration degree at Regent’s University, London, where he majored in Financial Management, Rajiv returned home in 2014, to take up a…
Gov’t Finally Transfers Its Shares In Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort To UDC
According to a couple of letters seen by this website, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) finally came to a conclusion of transferring government’s 25% shares held in the Commonwealth Resort, Munyonyo to Uganda Development Corporation (UDC). For our first time readers, the Government, through MoFPED, holds 25 percent of the shares…
Breaking: Seven BoU Directors Fired
The Bank Of Uganda has fired over Seven directors in an ongoing investigation which established that some of them were involved in fraud, mismanagement of office, and embezzlement of funds with the Ex -Deputy Governor Dr. Louis Kasekende and Ex Executive Director of Operations Justine Bagyenda. In an internal memo linked to this website, we’ve…
Two Suspects Arrested In Connection With Mukono Supermarket Armed Robbery
Police have confirmed the arrest of two suspects in connection to the armed robbery at Spice supermarket at the junction of Kampala-Jinja-Bugerere road in Mukono municipality. Three robbers armed with an AK47 raided the supermarket on Friday evening where they shot a cashier identified as Irene Nakandi in the back and took off with an…
MTN Uganda Secures 12 Year License, Agrees To Pay Over Shs372Bn
Government has reached an agreement with telecom company MTN Uganda to renew its license for a period of 12 years. MTN will pay sh372 billion for the license that commences on July 1, 2020. The telecom company said in a statement on Saturday that “MTN Uganda and the Commission will conclude the signature of the…
