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Parliament Calls Off Sitting Over Multiple Bomb Explosions In Kampala

Parliament has called off today’s sitting and any other businesses at the house following multiple explosions in the city centre. Security personnel have cordoned off at least two areas in the heart of Kampala where two explosions happened this morning. One of

November 16, 2021

Crime·Security

POLICE VIDEO: CCTV Footage Shows How Suicide Bomber Blew Himself Near CPS In Kampala

Police CCTV footage has emerged showing how a suicide blew himself in a bomb blast that hit the city center near the Central Police Station in Kampala and Parliament Avenue on Tuesday morning. The video which first leaked on social media shows

November 16, 2021

Security

Panic Grips Kampala After Twin Bomb Blasts

Uganda’s Capital, Kampala has on Tuesday been gripped with tension and panic following two suspected bomb blasts that went off at Kooki Towers opposite Central Police Station (CPS) and another one at Parliamentary Avenue, a few meters away from the Parliament Building. According

November 16, 2021

Security

President Museveni To Address Ugandans On Covid-19 & Security Related Issues

The President of the Republic of Uganda H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will on Friday 19, 2021 address the Nation on the current Covid-19 situation and related matters. According to the Senior Presidential press secretary Lindah Nabussayi Wamboka, the address at 8pm will

November 16, 2021

Politics

Op-ed: Poor Youth Support President Museveni Empathy To Empower Rights Of Peasants

By Ben Ssebuguzi Kampala: If you read and analyse well President Museveni’s letter to CEC about land, you will realize that NRM is the only party that was founded on the principal and doctrine of empowering Ugandans at the grassroots level who

November 16, 2021

Education

Victoria University Now Offering Two Special Scholarships, See How You Can Get Them

Victoria University Kampala (VU) has announced an offering of two special categories of scholarships awarded to students with financial challenges as a bailout to parents and guardians hit by the covid-19 pandemic effects. In the two special scholarship categories, VU says the

November 16, 2021

Business

Why Sudhir’s Lawyers Want Crane Bank Returned To It’s Original Share Holders

In January 2017, Crane Bank was acquired by DFCU Bank at a cost of Shs200 billion ($52.8 million) on grounds that it was undercapitalized as declared by the regulator Bank of Uganda. Crane Bank whose proprietor is businessman Sudhir Reparelia remained open

November 16, 2021

Business

BOU-SUDHIR CASE: It Is Supreme Court To Determine Costs As Withdrawal Isn’t Dismissal

It is the Supreme Court that will determine the costs to be paid to city businessman Sudhir Ruparelia by Bank of Uganda (BOU) in the long-running legal battle between the tycoon and his Meera Investments Ltd and the central bank, resulting from

November 16, 2021

Crime

Two UPDF Soldiers To Serve Death Sentence For Killing Civilians In Somalia

Two Ugandan soldiers accused of killing seven Somali civilians in August while serving under the African Union peacekeeping mission (AMISOM) have been sentenced to death while three others to 39 years each in jail after being found guilty by a court-martial. AMISOM

November 15, 2021

Business

Big Story: Legislature Moves To Kick BoU Top Officials Out Of Juicy Positions Over ‘Dubious Sale Of Crane Bank, Seven Commercial Banks’

The Parliament of Uganda through Igara East Member of Parliament, Hon Michael Mawanda is working on a, ‘Constitution (Amendment) Bill, that seeks to, among others, remove the Governor and Deputy Governor of Bank of Uganda from being Chairperson and Vice Chairperson respectively

November 14, 2021

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