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Kungfu Law: ‘Aren’t You Ashamed Of Your False Utterance?’- Legal Rebel Isaac Ssemakadde Kicks Mahati Lawyer Kirunda For Lying About Chinese National Zong Wu’s Strange Death

By Hannington MbabaziNovember 1, 2021 0

Renowned lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde has lambasted his fellow counsel Robert Kirunda, for abandoning the course of justice by siding with those who afflict others, instead of seeking to help the afflicted. Ssemakadde, who wonders whether Kirunda is a lawyer or liar, delivered his message in a long missive he published on Twitter Thread, as response…

Health

Kanungu District Tightens Border Surveillance After Ebola Outbreak in DRC

By Our ReporterOctober 18, 2021 0

There is heightened surveillance by Kanungu district health officials at the common border with the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC following the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. On October 8th, 2021, DRC’s Minister of Public Health, Hygiene and Prevention, Dr. Jean-Jacques Mbungani Mbanda confirmed the outbreak of Ebola in Butsili health area, Beni North Kivu…

News

Dusted: ‘We Are Broke! Your Savings Were Borrowed To EAC States’- NSSF Boss Byarugaba Breaks Hearts Of Jubilant Ugandans

By Hannington MbabaziOctober 15, 2021 0

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Managing Director Richard Byarugaba has said, the institution doesn’t have the 20% midterm access to savers who clock 45 years. Byarugaba made remarks while appearing before the Gender, Labour and Social Development Committee of Parliament at Serena Hotel Thursday. He was explaining the various ways through which the sh15.6…

Business

Uganda Losing Economic Gains, Innovativeness Due To Delayed Marijuana Licensing

By Hannington MbabaziSeptember 20, 2021 0

From global trends, marijuana has provided a new economic frontier in countries that have seen the light and legalized the farming of the herbal weed. Marijuana or cannabis is a medicinal herb, one that industrial labs have confirmed to be the new breakthrough for medicinal innovation, research and disease treatment. And for developing countries like…

Business

Big Story: Bank Of Uganda Withdraws Appeal Against Sudhir In Crane Bank Saga, Accepts To Pay Costs!

By Hannington MbabaziSeptember 16, 2021 0

The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has decided to withdraw a Supreme Court appeal that was contesting the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of the case it filed on behalf of Crane Bank Ltd (in Receivership) vs. Sudhir Ruparelia and Meera Investments Ltd. In a September 15 notice of withdrawal, the Supreme Court Registrar indicates that BoU…

Business

MPs Endorse Tax On Passengers Flying Out of Uganda

By Hannington MbabaziSeptember 9, 2021 0

Parliament has adopted a raft of recommendations to revive the economy currently battered by the Covid-19 pandemic, key among is implementation of a Tourism Development Levy. “The Committee proposes a levy of $10 to be charged on each ticket for every person who departs from Uganda by air transport,” said MP Mwine Mpaka, in recommendations…

Uganda

‘Wake Up Guys, It’s Worsening!’- Stake Holders Call Gender Ministry To Speed Up Monitoring Unit For Welfare Of Ugandans Abroad

By Hannington MbabaziAugust 19, 2021 0

The Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development has been called upon to urged to speed up the process of putting in place a monitoring unit to look into the welfare of Ugandans working abroad under the externalisation of labor. This was revealed on Wednesday August 18, 2021 by Ms Badoni Neelam the Premier Recruitment…

Health

Big Push: Uganda Cancer Institute Gets Over Shs 7bn To Equip, Revamp National Reference Lab

By Hannington MbabaziJuly 30, 2021 0

The Uganda Cancer Institute has received funding worth 7.3 billion Shillings to equip its laboratory to become the reference entity for both research and diagnosis of tumours across East Africa. The Institute’s Executive Director Dr Jackson Orem said they are revamping the lab using money acquired from the government of Uganda to cut down on…

Education

School Re-opening Plans Await Cabinet Decision

By Hannington MbabaziJuly 21, 2021 0

The Ministry of Education is still uncertain when schools will reopen. Last month, President Yoweri Museveni announced fresh restrictions as part of measures to control the COVID-19 transmissions in the country in face of the second wave of the pandemic. Among the restrictions, the President directed the closure of all educational institutions across the country…

Health

Whoever Found Without Wearing a Mask Faces Two Months Jail Sentence – Min Aceng

By Hannington MbabaziJuly 3, 2021 0

The Government of Uganda through the Health Ministry has announced a two-month jail sentence for anyone who flouts COVID-19 SOPs including appearing in public places without a face mask. This comes after some Ugandans have increasingly continued to violate the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) despite rising cases of coronavirus as the country battles the second…

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