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Bitter M7 Vows To Sack Judges Over Corruption,Favoritism
President Yoweri Museveni has cautioned judicial officers against corruption and making justice a preserve of the affluent. In a speech read by Vice President Edward Ssekandi at the opening of the New Law Year at the High Court in Kampala, Museveni said courts should be eager to protect people’s land, which is their source of…
Your Days Are Numbered – Deo Atuhaire Warns Buhweju District Corrupt Officials
By Nayebare Syrus The Apriring LC5 Chairperson Buhweju District Deo Atuhaire aka Omuhatiizi has said corrupt civil servants in the district will lose their jobs or be jailed once he’s elected into power in the coming 2021 general elections. Atuhaire made remarks at Buhweju District headquarters on Thursday October, 1, 2020 after being nominated as…
Bloodshed As Top NRM Cadre Is Cited In Mubende Land Grabbing Saga
Residents of Kanyogoga parish, Butorogo Sub-county, Mubende District are living in fear following a series of incidents that resulted in the death of one of their own, Vincent Karemera, 33 years on 9th February. In December last year, Vincent Karemera, a farmer, was carrying on his daily activities alongside fellow villagers in Mpiive Forest when…
Former Busiro MP Constant To Appear In Court Over 77M Fraud
The Resident State Attorney (RSA) has sanctioned charges of obtaining money by false pretence against former Busiro South parliamentary candidate, Paul Owor alias Hustle King and three others after they allegedly received US$22,000 (about Shs77 million) from a Chinese businessman. The four suspects including Owor, Emmanuel Wandabwa, Anthony John Wapowo and Muketa Patel are currently…
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Fisheries Protection Unit Releases 25 Impounded Boat Engines
The Fisheries Protection Unit – FPU has returned 25 of the more than 60 boat engines that were impounded from fishermen operating on Lake Albert. The engines were impounded from various landing sites on Lake Albert in the Bunyoro sub-region during operations against illegal fishing gear in August. The operation targeted those with undersized boats,…
Over 700 Jobs in Jeopardy As Namayingo’s Billion-Dollar Sugar Factory Stalls
Namayingo, Uganda – The recent suspension of the CN Sugar Factory, a multi-billion shilling investment, has thrown its future into uncertainty and left over 700 workers jobless. This decision, issued by the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives, Francis Mwebesa, has stirred significant unrest in the district. In November 2022, CN Sugar Limited received a…
PROFILE: Who Is Jennifer Bamuturaki, The Newly Appointed CEO of Uganda Airlines?
On Wednesday, Jennifer Bamuturaki was appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for Uganda Airlines. A letter dated 5th July 2022 to the chairperson of the Uganda Airlines board, the Works and Transport Minister, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, confirmed that Bamuturaki had been appointed as the airline’s substantive CEO. According to Gen Wamala, Ms Bamuturaki’s…
Min.Adoa Distributes Motorcycles,Surveillance Kits To Locust-Affected Districts
The Minister of state for Fisheries Hon. Hellen Adoa represented Hon. Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries at the handover of 23 motorcycles and 106 surveillance kits to 23 District Local Governments in Northern and Eastern Uganda. The project targeted areas that were affected and at risk during the Desert Locust…
Big Boost: VP Alupo, Min. Magyezi Commission UGX 317 Million Fruit Growers Co-operative Society
By Benjamin Epeduno Katakwi: The Vice President of the Republic of Uganda H.E Rtd. Major Jessica Alupo has commissioned Ongongoja Fruit Growers Co-operative Society in Ongongoja Sub-county, Katakwi District. The UGX 317 million project under ‘Legs Projects’ with support from Islamic Development Bank (IDB) was commissioned on Saturday 12, November 2022. Hon. Alupo who was…
M7: National Intellectual Property Policy Will Protect Innovators To Expand
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that National Intellectual Property Policy will give innovators the full protection of the law through patents, copyright, trademarks among others. According to H.E Museveni, this process will enable the innovators to earn their rightful recognition and financial returns for their toil and sweat. Gen.Museveni echoed that the ruling National…
