Uganda’s weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko is still held at Jinja Road Police station days after he was deported back to Uganda from Japan. 20 year-old Ssekitoleko was on Friday deported from Japan where he was driven from Entebbe to and ended up in the cells Jinja Road Police Station. The athlete
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Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party has said it is against the government’s decision to give Members of Parliament 200 Million Shillings to buy cars. Speaking at the party’s headquarters at Najjanankumbi in Kampala on Monday, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, its spokesperson and an MP himself, said the government must adopt a
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The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has said that he is alive and well despite reports that he has been unwell. Oulanyah returned from the United Kingdom on Friday after over one month in what Parliament says was a private visit to see one of his children. He last presided over
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The Cabinet Secretary and Head of Public Service Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye has disclosed that her husband forgave his tormentors at the Ministry of Health where he served as Director of Medical Services. Nakyobe told mourners at Professor Anthony Mbonye vigil that she blames the infighting at the Health Ministry as
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Lloyd Jonathan Busuulwa, Head of Alternative Channels at dfcu Bank On its quest to become a digital bank (4.0), dfcu bank launched a campaign dubbed “Banking at the Speed of you” which is part of its digital transformation journey, in a two-part series, we caught up with Lloyd Jonathan Busuulwa, Head
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Luwero and Nakasongola District COVID-19 taskforces have ordered the arrest of mourners opening coffins containing bodies of COVID-19 victims. At least 44 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Luwero and Nakasongola districts. About 888 people have contracted COVID-19 in both districts. The Taskforces say that although the infections are declining,
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The Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA has announced the birth of a new rhino at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola district. According to UWA, Kori one of the oldest white female Rhinos, gave birth to a male calf on Sunday, bringing to 33 the number of Rhinos at the Sanctuary. UWA spokesperson,
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The Agriculture Cluster Development Project rolled out in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and the World Bank in Gulu District and Gulu city has flopped due to the misappropriation of farmers' contribution to the project. The International Development Assistance under the Word Bank is financing
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Joint Stock Company Global Security, a Russian company that was awarded a 10-year contract on Friday to install digital monitoring system in all motorcycles and vehicles in Uganda is facing bankruptcy litigation in Moscow, court documents in Russia reveal. The company is also facing other debt related cases filed between 2019
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Although an old saying goes that when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers, Uganda might instead benefit in the East African Region “economic war” between the two local giants, Kenya and Tanzania. Apart from air, Ugandan can only be connected to the rest of the world by rail or
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