Blaise Kamugisha, the Crime Preventers leader has been on a countrywide tour to rally support for his candidature. He is contesting for the post of National Chairperson of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Youth League. He told us what he wants to put in place to transform the
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Africa must "wake up" to the coronavirus threat and prepare for the worst, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The continent should learn from how the spread of virus has sped up elsewhere, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. He warned that while Africa's confirmed cases were currently
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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is investigating circumstances under which Shs13bn went missing from National Medical Stores (NMS) financial record yet it wasn’t accounted. MPs think there was collusion to hide this money. To this end, PAC Chairperson, Nandala Mafabi has summoned the Auditor General-John Muwanga (pictured), Accountant General- Lawrence
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President Yoweri Museveni will today launch the Sino-Uganda Industrial Park in Mbale, a year after he commissioned its construction. According to a tweet by the president, the park is expected to create 15, 000 direct jobs. "Last year, I commissioned the construction of Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park as part of
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The Presidential candidates who garner over 10% of the total vote in the presidential elections will automatically become MPs if a proposal by the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party to create Parliamentary seats for such candidates is passed and approved. This was revealed by FDC officials led by the
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By Dr Rukundo Gideon Rugari What are these civilians doing in our areas of operation? I have seen one of the Mulago Hospital administrators taking them around but what would a dog understand if one attempted to explain the value of bank notes? What value does the inspection of operating
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President Museveni has shut down education institutions and political gatherings for one month over the coronavirus pandemic. Museveni made the announcement on Wednesday at State House Entebbe saying it was necessary to shut down places with high concentration of people to prevent the virus spreading to Uganda. The country is
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By Denis Jjuuko My friend, veteran journalist Joachim Buwembo, chronicles his Kampala taxi escapades on his popular Facebook timeline on almost a daily basis. Jo, as we usually call him, can be hilarious and sometimes you wonder whether the stories are real or made up. Recently, he jumped into a
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In the wake of the fast spreading deadly COVID-19 aka Coronavirus, Uganda’s health ministry has directed the National Drug Authority to carry out samples on the sanitizers on the market to rule out fake ones as the East African country unveils measures to mitigate the global pandemic. This was revealed
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Presidential hopeful Lt General (rtd) Henry Tumukunde has been remanded to Luzira prison after being charged with treason. The said charges were formally read to Tumukunde at the City Hall court in Kampala. He was also charged with illegal possession of firearms. He was arrested last week at his home
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