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Exiled Rwandan Ex-army Officer Gunned Down In Mozambique

A Rwandan dissident has been shot dead in Mozambique, where he had settled as a refugee after being ousted from his home country in 1994, police said on Tuesday. Unidentified gunmen intercepted Revocant Karemangingo, a former Rwandan lieutenant, as he drove into

September 15, 2021

Business

DTB Troubles Escalate As Court Issues Criminal Summons Against Aga Khan

Court has issued criminal summons against three Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) officials and Prince Karim Al-Husayn Shah, the Founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development. Prince Shah Karim Al-Husayn Sha, the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan

September 15, 2021

Crime

Four Family Members Burnt to Death in Arson Attack

Four family members in Nyaburiza village, Nyarutuntu sub-county, Ntungamo district perished in an arson attack on Monday morning. The dead are the family head, Obed Akampurira, 34, Innocent Ainamatsiko, 9, Patricia Ainembabazi, 7, and Peterson Aijuka, 18 months. Akampurira’s wife, Olivia Birungi

September 14, 2021

Business

Ex Simbamanyo Owner ‘Peter Kamya’s’ Troubles Not About To End As He Loses Another Multi-Billion Fraud Case

Troubled Ex Simbamanyo building owner has lost another fraud case in which he sold the property in Munyonyo, took deposits and then sold the same property to a third party and refused to refund. According to the latest judgment by Justice David

September 14, 2021

Crime

DPP Withdraws Money Laundering Charges Against Lawyer Nicholas Opiyo

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Jane Frances Abodo has withdrawn charges of money laundering against human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo. Opiyo, the Executive Director of Chapter Four Uganda, was violently arrested on 22nd December 2020 by plain-clothed law enforcement officers. He

September 13, 2021

Health

Health Ministry Reassures Ugandans; AstraZeneca Vaccines Valid, Safe & Effective

The Ministry of Health has reacted to a vial/ bottle of the AstraZeneca Vaccine being circulated on WhatsApp to mislead the population about the the shelf life of the vaccines. The Ministry of Health would like to clarify as follows; The AstraZeneca

September 13, 2021

Education·Security

Ex ADF Rebels Task Government To Support Them Acquire Formal Education

Ex-combatants in Rwenzori region want the government to support them to enroll on adult learning programs. They say that most of them are illiterate, which has affected their day-to-day implementation of government-supported economical activities. The groups put out the call in their

September 13, 2021

Health

Tireless Nabbanja Tasks Team To Review Covid-19 Testing Procedures At Entebbe Airport

Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has tasked a ten-member select committee comprising ten officials from the National Planning Authority-NPA, Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA, security agencies and the ministries of health and tourism to address loopholes in the Covid-19 testing procedures at Entebbe International

September 13, 2021

Education

Makerere VC Nawangwe Promises Stable Network As Online Exams Commence

Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe has assured students of a stable network throughout the online examination period via the eLearning platform MUELE-Makerere University eLearning Environment. Students will access their examinations and upload their work to the same platform upon completion.

September 13, 2021

promotions

Done & Dusted: Tycoon Sudhir Renames His Simbamanyo Building ‘Gender & Labour House’

City tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia has renamed Simbamanyo House—located at Plot 2 Lumumba Avenue—Gender & Labour House after the court confirmed him as the rightful owner. The building, now under the management of Meera Investments Ltd, a real estate arm of his Ruparelia

September 13, 2021

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