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President Museveni Sends VP Alupo to Represent Uganda at Kagame’s Swearing-In
President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Vice President Maj. Jessica Alupo to represent him at the swearing-in ceremony of Rwandan President-elect Maj. Gen. Paul Kagame. The inauguration is set to take place tomorrow, Sunday, August 11, in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. In a letter dated August 5, 2024, from the Principal Private Secretary to the…
Pictorial: Speaker Among Rallies Bukedea Voters To Embrace The Ongoing NRM Party Registration
The Right Honorable Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has joined the ongoing registration of new members and updating the register for the ruling NRM party at Apopong Primary School in Bukedea District. This great cause has come after recently, the NRM National Chairman and President of the Republic of Uganda H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched…
Pearl Dairy Scandal: Two UNBS Officials Remanded Over Extortion
Statehouse Anti corruption Unit led by Lt.Col Edith Nakalama working with Uganda Police and Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), arrested three suspects who were later charged with attempts at extortion by threats to the management of Pearl Dairy Limited. Konde Derrick (UNBS Inspector), Kiganda Stephen (UNBS Driver) and Solomon Abaho (a civilian accomplice) and…
NUP Supporters Charged With Inciting Violence
Arrested National Unity Platform ‘NUP’ supporters of presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi have been formally charged at Masaka Magistrates. This follows their arrest last week in Kalangala District. The first batch arrived at the court Monday afternoon amid heavy security and was escorted inside. The second batch of NUP supporters and members arrived minutes later after…
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Peter Kamya Loses Case Against Sudhir Ruparelia, Equity Bank As Court Dismisses His Application To Stop Transfer Of Simbamanyo Building
The Commercial Court has dismissed an application by city architect Peter Kamya in which he sought a temporary injunction stopping the sale or transfer of his property Simbamanyo house on Lumumba Avenue and Afrique Suites Hotel in Kampala. On October 8, 2020, Equity Bank sold Afrique Suites Hotel on Mutungo Hill to Luwaluwa at $4,350,000…
How Award-winning Governor Mutebile Is Running An Incompetent Central Bank
By Musaazi Namiti Kampala: The governor of the Bank of Uganda (BoU), Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, has a dazzling array of awards to his name, and enumerating them requires a fair bit of time. I will take a quick look at the awards and then pose the million-dollar question: How can an award-winning governor be the same…
Victorious Billionaire ‘Sudhir Ruparelia’ Gives More Headache To Troubled BoU; Bills Over UGX 200 Billion For All Costs
Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia who last week again floored Bank of Uganda in Court, has tabled a bill of UGX200billion for all the costs. Last week, Supreme Court ordered BoU to directly pay costs at all Court levels and ordered that the Bank be reverted to Sudhir and the stakeholders, a ruling that effectively settled a…
M7 Commissions 9 Factories At Namunkekera Industrial Park
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday commissioned 9 factories operating in the Namunkekera Industrial park, in Kapeeka, Nakaseke district. The factories, which produce various assorted products and have created lots of employment opportunities for people in Kapeka, Nakaseke district, Luweero Triangle. President Museveni poses with some of the investors and security minister Elly Tumwine (2ndR)…
Min. Amelia Kyambadde Agrees With City Landlords On Re-opening Arcades Amidst Covid-19 Crisis As Gov’t Sets Strict Guidelines
Government has set strict guidelines for re-opening of shopping arcades which remains closed due to Covid-19 pandemic in Uganda. The guidelines were issued during a meeting between the Minister for Trade and Industry Hon. Amelia Kyambadde, on Saturday, 6, June with Kampala landlords ahead of government’s plans to reopen shopping arcades later this month. The…
Unlock Us: Kenya Is Still Imposing Ban On All Brookside Ltd Milk & Products
Recently Kenyan Government announced that had lifted trade barriers on milk products from Uganda.This announcement came with a huge boost to exporters of powdered milk to Kenya. In a letter to Kenya milk importers by the Kenya Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development signed by Harry Kimtai, the principal secretary at the ministry, suspended a…
