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Crime

Police Investigates Fire Arm Allegedly Owned By City Lawyer Andrew Kasirye

The Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango has confirmed that Police are Investigating circumstances under which city Lawyer Andrew Kasirye acquired a gun. According to Onyango, police have received reports that Kasirye goes around intimidating people with a fire arm which is

August 23, 2020

Health

Uganda Registers 318 Covid-19 Cases, It’s Highest Number In One Day

Uganda has registered the highest number COVID-19 cases at 318 in a single day. According to the Ministry of Health, Amuru Prisons has 154 (153 inmates, 1 prison staff) cases, the contacts and Alerts in Kampala were Kampala 65. In other places,

August 22, 2020

Health

90% Of Kampala Covid-19 Cases Used A taxi Before Infection

Up to 90% of Kampala’s record 175 COVID-19 cases have reported using public transport and the taxi park. The other key of source of infection, according to a statement from Kampala Capital City Authority, are offices and workshops and Arcades due to

August 22, 2020

Crime

Several Feared Dead As Plane Crashes After Takeoff From Juba Airport

By Agencies Juba: Several people have been feared dead after a cargo plane crashed in South Sudan shortly after taking off from the airport in the country’s capital, authorities said. The cargo plane owned by South West Aviation came down in a

August 22, 2020

Politics

Bobi Wine Is A Lier & Unfit To Stand For Presidency – Mabirizi

City lawyer Male Mabirizi has vowed to drag Presidential hopeful Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine to court for allegedly providing wrong information concerning his age. According to a press statement authored by Mabirizi, Kyagulanyi was not born in 1982 as he claims

August 22, 2020

Security

UPDF Conducts Air Force Defence Cadet Course

The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has started conducting Air Force Cadet Training in its Uganda Air Force College located at Nakasongola Military Cantonment. The Deputy Commander of UPDF Air Forces (D/CAF), Maj Gen Katsigazi Tumusiime, has presided over the course opening

August 22, 2020

Business

LOLC Finance Uganda Launches Digital APP

The threat of economic downturn caused by the Coronavirus pandemic has forced companies to devise means of survival. One of such company is Light Over Light Capital (LOLC) Finance Uganda which has gone into launching phone applications to alleviate the difficulties faced

August 22, 2020

Education

Only 15 Students Per Classroom! Education Ministry Draws Strategies For Re-opening Schools Amid Covid-19 Crisis

The Ministry of Education and Sports has drawn strategies to ensure effective implementation of specific standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the phased reopening of the educational institutions. The reopening will mainly focus on finalists and candidate classes. The academic year was prematurely

August 21, 2020

Business

UHRC Asks Gov’t To Scrap ‘Failed’ Social Media Tax Ahead Of 2021 Elections

The Uganda Human Rights Commission has asked government to amend the law introducing Over the Top tax and suspend it during the electoral period in order to make internet more affordable and accessible. Dr. Katebalirwa Amooti Irumba, the acting chairman of the

August 21, 2020

Sports

Rajiv Ruparelia Rally Team Hits Sanyu FM Airwaves On Saturday

With the increasing number of fans supporting the Rajiv Ruparelia Rally Team (RRT), the fans manager Gideon Kirumira will be hosted on 88.2 Sanyu FM tomorrow Saturday morning to share updates on several issues surrounding the motor sport in the country. Gideon

August 21, 2020

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