Former NSSF MD Richard Byarugaba The Board of Directors of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is set to commence investigations into the allegations of the Fund’s mismanagement by former Managing Director, Richard Byarugaba. Byarugaba’s contract expired at the end of November just after the expiry of his former Deputy Patrick
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A 2.2 Billion Shillings water project in Kanara sub-county, Kitagwenda District has been left to waste following the failure by residents to contribute money to fuel the generator to power the water pump. The piped water project that was commissioned in October has since failed to serve its purpose due
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The Police in Busoga East, have arrested a 19- year-old boy for assembling explosives. The suspect whose identities have been withheld has been transferred to the CID headquarters in Kampala. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday in an operation conducted in Busei A village, Iganga District, where he was allegedly
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The COVID-19 Isolation centre at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital is to be renamed the Infectious Diseases and Research Centre. The Construction of the Isolation centre that started during the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 cost up to two billion Shillings. The centre which is now awaiting commissioning was constructed with the
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Makerere University Council has directed Vice Chancellor Barnabas Nawangwe to account for the funds meant for the recent University Convocation elections, as part of the measures to control excesses in the University management. In relation to the chaotic events last Friday, the Council has decided to make new statutes that
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Boda-boda riders waiting for passengers at their stage in front of Freedom City Mall. Business activities have remained visibly low at the Freedom City Mall on Entebbe Road following the tragic new year stampede on January 1, 2023, that left 10 revelers dead and several others injured. The gigantic Mall
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Traditionally, Kenya imports maize from Uganda but the latter has found alternative markets Kenya’s maize imports in the first nine months of 2022 more than doubled to 519,611.30 tonnes, equivalent to 5.7 million 90-kilogram bags, following a drop in the production of the cereal due to drought. In a similar
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A Mombasa-bound Standard Gauge passenger train passes the Maneaters area. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NMG Kenya’s plan to control East Africa’s logistics corridor has been put to a fresh test after Tanzania moved to extend its standard gauge railway (SGR) to neighbouring landlocked countries, months after Kenya’s line hit
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An electric cycle by the International University of East Africa, Kampala. President Museveni’s ambitious e-mobility plan is received with some doubts among cyclists. In his address to the nation on New Year’s eve, President Museveni said the government had made a plan that would in the long run reduce the
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The year 2022 saw perhaps the most volatile fuel prices in the last few decades both on the local and international markets. By the end of July, for example, a litre of petrol cost an average of 6,500 Shillings, while diesel went for 6,200 Shillings. The prices started rising in
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