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NUP Dashes To Court Seeking For Remedy For 18 Missing Persons
The National Unity Platform (NUP) party has opted for the courts of law to find a solution to the long-lasting issue of missing persons. While speaking to the press after filing a habeas corpus petition at the High Court Civil Division at Twed Towers in Kampala on January 30, 2024, the Leader of Opposition in…
UPDF Blocks Gen.Ssejusa Army Retirement
Gen.Tinyefuza Former Chief spy of Intelligence Agencies Gen David Sejusa AKA Tinyefuza has been blocked from retiring from Uganda peoples Defence Forces a national army. According to the Daily monitor,In the latest list of 17 army generals who were approved to be discharged from military service next month,GenTinyefuza’s name has been erased. In October last…
Butabika Defends Seclusion In Psychiatric Inpatient Wards
Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital has explained the complaints of alleged maltreatment of patients at the facility raised by several social media users. Dr. Juliet Nakku, the Executive Director of the hospital told journalists at a press briefing on Monday that the treatment mechanisms employed by the hospital are guided by the Mental Health Act, which…
Op_ed: Mr President, Our Economists At Finance Need To Think Outside The Box
By Ben Ssebuguzi Kampala: Mr President Yoweri Kaguta Museven, I take this honour using my missive to wish you a happy new year. These two years have taken a toll order on our pockets, which have seen economic activities reduce due to tough covid measures. These have rendered many Ugandans slip into abject poverty as…
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OIL AND GAS: Government Finally Agrees To Disclose Agreements
The sticking issue of the secrecy around the oil Production Sharing Agreement has kept Ugandans unable to get the answer to the question of how much the country will get from the oil and gas sector. The failure by the government to disclose the details, especially of how the oil revenues will be shared, has…
Bill Gates Donates $10m To Fight Locusts In East Africa
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $10m (£7.7m) to help fight locusts in the East African region. The contribution will be given to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) that appealed for funds to fight the locust invasion that is threatening food security. FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has thanked the foundation…
Covid-19 Crisis: Nation Media Group Cuts Staff Salaries By Up To 30%
Nation Media Group, the publishers of Daily Monitor, Saturday Morning, Sunday Monitor, and Enyanda announced a cut iff staff salaries by/up to 30 per cent starting from the month of May, June and July due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19). A notice from the management to staff said: “After careful consideration, the Board…
Party After Party: Speke Resort Munyonyo Launches Mega ’12 Days Of Christmas’
Speke Resort and Conference Centre has launched a festive season promotion dubbed ’12 Days Of Christmas’ that will see the five-star Resort offer amazing deals for end of year events, functions and parties. “We’re so in the mood for Christmas and believe that a good conscience is a continual Christmas. At Speke Resort Munyonyo, we have brought…
Op-ed ANALYSIS: Is Simbamanyo’s Peter Kamya An Innocent Victim or a Dishonest Businessman Trying to Cheat Equity Bank? Did He Also Lie to Museveni to Arm-twist The Banks?
Last week a letter from President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni directing the Bank of Uganda Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile, to investigate the foreclosing of properties, belonging to Architect Peter Kamya of Simbamanyo Estates Ltd surfaced on social media. In the 3rd September 2021 letter (Reference No. PO/19), titled “Claims Of Illegal Sale Of Simbamanyo House…
End Of Era! Dfcu Sinks As Major Shareholders Quit Troubled Bank
Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) Group, the United Kingdom’s development finance institution recently announced its decision to sell its remaining 9.97% stake in the troubled dfcu bank. The shareholding was sold to IFU, the Danish development finance institution. CDC made its first investment in DFCU in 1964 as a founding partner to the bank and has…
