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Police Warn Ugandans Against Touching,Circulating Dropped Criminal Leaflets
Police has released a statement warning the public against a number of the widely spread threatening leaflets are alert and only intended to cause fear and panic. Following the murders in Masaka in which 26 people were killed in one month, cases of threatening leaflets being thrown have increased in various parts of the country. The…
Two Children Dead As MP Mwijukye Survives Nasty Road Accident
Buhweju Member of Parliament Francis Mwijukye has survived another nasty road accident along Kampala-Masaka Highway on Sunday afternoon. The Shadow Minister for Trade & Industry commonly known as ‘MP WAITU’ was rushed to IHK hospital in Kampala for medical attention. The incident was caused by a boda boda cyclist who suddenly joined the road causing…
Heartily Giving Back! Ruparelia Foundation Donates To Over 5000 Underprivileged Persons In The Course Of COVID-19 Lockdown
The Ruparelia Foundation, a charity arm of Ruparelia Group in a goodwill gesture amid the lockdown in conjunction with Cedric Babu the aspiring member of parliament for Kampala Central, has this morning started the distribution exercise to feed over 5500 families in and around Kampala as a way of giving back to communities during this Codiv19 pandemic…
Big Story: How KCCA Officials Messed Up Youth Fund Programs, Stole Billions of Gov’t Funds In Shoddy Deals
Kampala: If there is any government Authority that frustrating President Yoweri Museveni’s fight against corruption, then it is the City Hall based Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), because investigators indicate that officials there are involved in gross abuse of government funds and tax payers’ money. This is because officials at KCCA not only embezzled funds…
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No More Burden, Come Break Your Fast With Speke Hotel’s Everyday Delicious Iftar Platter
The Holy month of Ramadan can be draining especially for people who have busy schedules to extent that they barely have time to prepare an Iftar meal to break their fast. It can be frustrating and disruptive. Speke Hotel is saving all the Muslims the time and hustle to beat the heavy Kampala traffic jam…
Ugandan Government Donates Land To Afreximbank To Set Up It’s Regional Headquarters
The Government of Uganda has donated two acres of land to African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), a move that will enable it open up its regional branch in Kampala, Uganda. The donated piece of land which formerly belonged to National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and located along Yusuf Lule Road in Kampala was handed over to…
Just In! Gov’t Signs Agreement With Ripplenami Inc For Rental Tax Compliance System
Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has on behalf of Government signed an agreement with an American Company RIPPLENAMI INC to provide a solution to improve rental income tax compliance for Uganda. The contract was signed by Betty Kasimbazi the Under-Secretary/Accounting Officer at the Ministry of Finance on behalf of Government while Faruk Awadh,…
1st Phase Of Sudhir’s Paradise Island Resort At 80% With 22 Units Firmly Standing, Set To Open Next Year
The construction of Paradise Island Resort on Lake Victoria is nearing completion with the first phase of 22 units standing at 80 per cent. Located 20-minutes away by speed boat from Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala, Paradise Island Resort is bound to be a draw for honeymooning couples as well as retreat-seeking guests. The project which started…
BIG STORY: COSASE Probes CAA Top Bosses Over Shs10Bn Handshake
The top management team at the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is on the spot for hastily sanctioning a Shs10 billion project to expand the passenger terminal at Entebbe Airport, even when the Board had frozen the construction projects. According to the chairperson of Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (Cosase), Mr Joel…
Kairos Consult’s Priscilla Serukka To Lead New Uganda Airlines Board
The Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication has announced a new Board of Directors for Uganda Airlines to replace the one that was suspended in May last year on the orders of President Museveni. Reports quoting a source from the Ministry of Works say that the new Board is headed by Ms Priscilla…