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Club, Bar Owners Seek Parliament Support On Reopening

Players in the entertainment and service industry have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, to intervene in their timeless closure by government in her bid to curtail the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Under their Club, Restaurants and Entertainment Owners Association

June 26, 2020

News·Politics

The Likely Benefits Of a Scientific Election In Uganda

By Steven Masiga The Electoral commission is awakening many political actors out of the Covid-19 slumber to participate in an election that many of them had hitherto written off as postponed to 2023 or even 2026. Uganda might not be the only

June 26, 2020

Crime·News

Shocking Secrets Behind Journalist Nahabwe’s Illegal Detention, Torture Emerge

It is now exactly 4 days since Ronald Nahabwe, a journalist with The Capital Times, an online news publication, was arrested and detained at the Special Investigations Division (SIU), Kireka, where is he has been in detention for days without the police

June 25, 2020

Business·News

Ugandan Banks Blacklist Britania Allied Industries Boss Elmajee Over Lack Of Work Permit

We recently revealed on this website how Ahmed Elmajee, the Managing Director of Britania Allied Industries, and his colleague Ali Yousef Ebraik Ohaida, the Group General Manager, are illegally operating in Uganda because they have not yet secured work permits that allow

June 24, 2020

Crime·News

Scandal As NWSC Directors Share Shs 17Bn In Fake Water Billing Meters Procurement

By Isaac Nabimanya Officials of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) have come under fire after allegedly procuring a large consignment of water supply meters which have since turned out to be fake, yet they cost government hundreds of millions of

June 23, 2020

Health·News

In Uganda: Coronavirus Cases Rise To 797 As 23 Test Positive

The Ministry of Health has confirmed Twenty three new COVID-19 cases. This brings the number of cases confirmed in Uganda to 797 as of June 23rd, 2020. According to the health ministry, the new cases were from 2,219 samples tested, 5 of

June 23, 2020

News·Politics

Gen. Muhoozi Gains More Popularity Ahead Of Bobi Wine Despite Not Showing Interest In Politics

The First Son Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also the Presidential Adviser on Special Operations, is fast gaining popularity among Ugandans ahead of People Power leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bob Wine, as Uganda braces for future political leaders. Although he has

June 23, 2020

News·Politics

KCCA Councilors Endorse Tycoon Basajjabalaba’s Reappointment On District Land Board

Several Councilors at the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCAA) on Monday June 22, 2022, warmly accepted Hon. Nasser Basajjabalaba’s reappointment on the Kampala District Land Board, which will see him serve for another five years. The move came after Councilors unanimously approved

June 23, 2020

Business·News

Splash Directors On Spot For Working Illegally In Uganda, Mistreatment Of Staff

Don’t treat it as breaking news if you woke up one morning to the bad news that Britania Allied Industries (U) Ltd, known by its house hold item, Splash is no more. This is because its top Libyan Directors, who are the

June 21, 2020

Crime·News

Nansana: 30 Arrested For Defying Covid-19 Directives

Police have on Sunday June 21 arrested over 30 people around Nansana over defying the Covid-19 presidential directives. The arrest followed an operation in and around Makutano Hotel where police found the sauna functional, the bar open and business as usual. According

June 21, 2020

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