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Just In! Prince Harry and Meghan Announce Birth Of Baby Girl ‘Lilibet Diana’
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced the birth of their second child, a baby girl. Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born on Friday morning in a hospital in Santa Barbara, California. Both mother and child are healthy and well, Prince Harry and Meghan said in a statement. The couple said they named their…
EU Calls For Fresh Ideas To Revive Uganda’s Tourism Sector
The European Union (EU) Ambassadors to Uganda have appealed to government to consider having in place a comprehensive master plan that will ensure the resuscitation of the country’s tourism sector. Tourism together with others sectors in the country have been hit by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The sector came to a standstill in March after…
Great: Abeeka Band To Perform At The Miss Uganda Presentation Night On Saturday Live On StarTimes Makula Kika TV
After an extensive two-month search across Uganda’s six geographical regions, and two rounds of elimination, the highly anticipated Miss Uganda 2024 presentation night is set to take place on July 6th at the luxurious Kampala Sheraton Hotel. The live TV event will witness the introduction of the 28 stunning finalists who will embark on a…
City Lawyer Kwesiga Bateyo Ordered To Cough Shs 86m Over Fraudulent Land Transaction
City lawyer Kenneth Kwesiga Bateyo has been ordered by Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s court to Shs 86 million or be jailed for 3 years over his involvement in a fraudulent land transaction. The same court also sentenced businessman George William Salongo Kagwa and land broker Chrispus Sali in the same matter. Court found the trio…
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Movit Products Unveiled Among ‘Ekyooto Ha Mpango Cultural Festival’ Sponsors
By Benjamin Emuk Kampala: Movit Products, the leading personal care company in Uganda has today been unveiled as one of the sponsors of Tooro’s inaugural ‘Ekyooto Ha Mpango’ cultural festival scheduled for this month. Organized by Tooro Kingdom, the 4-day festival will be happening from 25th to 28th, November at the heart of the Kingdom’s…
MPs Insist To Trim Governor Mutebile, Deputy Off BoU Board
Members of Parliament’s Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs maintain that the Governor and Deputy Governor of Bank of Uganda should cease being part of the central bank’s board because it brings about conflict of interest noting that one of the board’s roles is to supervise the management of the bank headed by the governor…
China Speaks Out On Entebbe Airport Take Over Deal
The spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Uganda has responded to individual media hype “Uganda sacrifices core assets for financing China”. This is the statement: In the past ten years, China has become one of Uganda’s main development partners. The depth and breadth of Uganda’s cooperation in investment and infrastructure financing is unmatched by any…
Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia: A Billionaire Whose Heart and Mind Have Always Been Focused On “Building Uganda”
Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia is a Ugandan property mogul who has built one of the most successful business empires in the country. Dr. Sudhir’s love for Uganda is not by any means opportunistic like many investors who run to Uganda because of attached benefits. Having been born from Uganda, to an Indian emigrant, Sudhir grew up…
Regional Recognition: Bidco Wins East African Awards
Fresh from scooping the overall 2021 Best Visionary Agro-Processing and Manufacturing Company award in Uganda,Jinja based Bidco Uganda Limited (BUL), a Fast Moving Consumer Goods company with a modern edible oil processing complex in Jinja City has again received other two regional awards. Thetwo awards are Quality Excellence Award for Best Class Manufacturing in East…
UNBS Officers Raid City SuperMarket For Selling Rotten Products
Operatives from the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) conducted a CHRISTMAS OPERATION, during which they busted Bonjour Supermarket at Total fuel station, opposite Corner House in Ntinda, which was found storing rotten meat in the same deep freezer with ice cream. The raid, which was conducted following complaints from concerned shoppers, ended with both…
