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Busted: Intelligence Foils NUP’s Plan To Protest Over Jailed MP Ssegirinya
The security and intelligence agencies say they have landed into a plan by the opposition National Unity Platform members to riot in the city over the detention of legislator Muhammed Ssegirinya. According to an intelligence source, NUP members are mobilizing people in areas like Nakulabye, Kiyaye zone, Kamwokya and areas of Kawempe to take part…
Dr Flavian Zeija Shooting: Judiciary Breaks Silence On Failed Assassination Attempt
The Principal Judge of Uganda Dr Flavian Zeija has survived an assassination attempt. This has been revealed by the Judiciary Public Relations Officer Jamson Karemani on Sunday. According to Karemani, the gun attack on Dr Zeija occurred on Saturday evening at about 7pm along Kampala-Masaka Highway when unknown gunmen shot at his convoy. “The Judiciary…
Uganda’s Leading Private Victoria University Unveils Film-making Course At Only UGX 400k As August/September Intake Kicks Off
In these times of the COVID-19 pandemic and endless lockdowns, it is important to join a university that guarantees technologically-enabled learning thus avoiding a dead year that would delay your graduation. This website can authoritavely confirm that Victoria University is still Uganda’s leading private institution that stands out as a centre for academic excellence. Uganda’s…
Motherly Heart: How PS Diana Atwine Has Tirelessly Contributed To The Fight Against Covid-19 In Uganda
Covid-19 has claimed many lives in the world since January 2020 especially in countries like India, Brazil, USA, South Africa but in Uganda, it’s been handled well due to the strong leadership at the Ministry of Health till Uganda was recognized as one of the top countries in fighting Covid-19 with a lower crude morbidity…
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Court Orders Attorney General to File His Response in the Matter Against the Appointment of BoU’s Twinemanzi
The High Court has ordered the Attorney General to file his response in the matter where a renowned Journalist Mukose Arnold Anthony is challenging the appointment of Dr. Tumubweine Twinemanzi the Director of Supervision in the Bank of Uganda. The order follows respondent’s failure to file their response to preliminary objections they raised. According to…
Tycoon Sudhir Opens Up his Kampala Shopping Malls With Strict Covid-19 SOPs
Following government’s lifting of the lockdown, Kampala shopping malls under Crane Management Services (CMS) Limited has urged tenants and clients to strictly observe the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) put in place by the Ministry of Health The Cube in Kisementi The shopping malls under Crane Management include Kampala Boulevard, Electrical Plaza, Hardware Plaza, Market Plaza,…
BoU Loses Billions In Foreign Investments
BoU earns most of its income from investing the bulk of Uganda’s foreign exchange reserves in the said bonds, a practice referred to as investment in fixed income assets. Central banks, experts say, use sale of bonds as a tool to increase bank reserves and lower interest rates. When they buy bonds, money flows from…
Exposed: How Ugandan Revellers Diddle Bar Owners Through Airtel Money Fraud
There is a new form of fraud in Kampala which is being perpetrated by revellers at bars that accept payments for services using Airtel money. Our investigators reveal that these fraudulent revellers enjoy services at bars, then pay for the same using Airtel money but later reverse the transactions after leaving the bar, thereby causing…
UIA To Repossess Idle Land In Namanve Industrial Park
The State Minister for Investment and Privatization, Evelyn Anite has directed Uganda Investment Authority-UIA to repossess plots of land in Namanve industrial park that have not been utilized by investors. Anite who visited the park on Tuesday noted that five investors who were allocated land at the park have failed to develop the land ten…
Court Trashes Nzeyi’s Case Involving Sale Of NBC To Crane Bank
The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application filed by city businessman Amos Nzeyi in which he challenged the winding up and sale of former Minister Amama Mbabazi’s National Bank of Commerce (NBC) by Bank of Uganda, which later sold it to tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia’s now defunct bank. Nzeyi, who was a shareholder in the bank…
