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EC Launches Voter Registration Update For 2021 General Elections
The Electoral Commission chairman Simon Mugenyi Byabakama has launched the exercise of updating the National Register starting November 21, 2019 up to December 11, 2019 in preparations for the forthcoming 2020/ 2021 general elections. while addressing the media this morning,Justice Byabakama confirmed that the activity will be carried out countrywide starting from 8:00 am to…
Lawyer Kalali Challenges Eron Kiiza’s Sentence At East African Court
Renowned human rights lawyer Steven Kalali has taken legal action against the Ugandan government, filing a petition with the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) to overturn a nine-month jail sentence handed to fellow attorney Eron Kiiza. The sentence, issued by the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) General Court Martial on January 7, 2025, has…
Just In: Police Unveils New Traffic Uniform
Uganda Police has on Monday unveiled new uniforms for traffic officers with immediate effect. Police advisory committee ‘PAC’ at the beginning of this year passed a resolution to change the face of traffic officers by replacing the white uniform to match the khaki which is a general duties uniform. The new traffic uniform was unveiled…
Rapper Tupac Shakur Killer “Keffe D” Arrested
US police have charged a former gang leader with the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, a breakthrough in a long-running case still gripping the public. The New York-born hip-hop legend was shot four times aged 25 in a drive-by attack in Las Vegas. On Friday, Nevada’s grand jury indicted Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60,…
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Gen. Museveni Orders Allocation Of 15 Acres To Investor For Hospital Construction
President Yoweri Museveni has directed Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister for Agriculture to allocate Turkish firm Beyler Group, 15 acres of land in Entebbe for the construction of a hospital. In his June 20th letter to Tumwebaze, Museveni says the Turkish Investment Group has committed to building a modern private hospital in Uganda. “They intended to…
Bank of Uganda Legal Team At It Again With Delay Tactics As Taxpayers Continue Losing Billions In Crane Bank, BoU Saga
The Central Bank of Uganda (BoU) has finally broke silence on the landmark defeat sustained last week when the Supreme Court of Uganda directed that it reverts the management of Crane Bank back to its shareholders after establishing that the bank was fraudulently closed and later sold out to DFCU Bank in 2018. In the…
SHOCKING REPORT! Ugandans Leading Pork Eaters In Africa, 2nd In The World, See How It Managed
The people of Uganda have been named as the biggest pork consumers in Africa and second globally. According to the Daily Monitor Uganda’s big appetite for pork was disclosed by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). On average one Ugandan eats 3.5 Kg of Pork annually, the East African nation is the biggest pork consumer in Africa…
IMF Clears Uganda For UGX 455Bn Credit After Good Performance
The International Monetary Fund-IMF, has given Uganda a clean bill of health regarding the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the funds and the economy as a whole. For this, the Fund’s board has allowed for the immediate release of 127 million US Dollars (about 455 billion Shillings) for the country as part of the Extended…
Battling Soaring Prices: The EU’s Fight Against Inflation
Inflation is casting a long shadow over the EU, with rates surpassing 3 percent. The path ahead involves striking a balance between controlling inflation and fostering economic resilience. Inflation, the relentless rise in prices, has become a central concern within the European Union. With inflation rates breaching the European Central Bank’s (ECB) target of around…
Tycoon Sudhir’s Countless Investments, Entrepreneurial Skills To The Economy Spurred Ugandans To Have Successful Businesses – Lumumba Amin
Hussein Lumumba Amin, the son of Former Ugandan President Gen. Iddi Amin Dada has said, it was his late father’s favourable laws and good governance that enabled Investors and departed Asian-Ugandan such as City Mogul Dr Sudhir Ruparelia and others to return and invest in the Pearl Of Africa-Uganda. Lumumba, made these remarks in a…
