Okurut (Left) was arrested by URA Enforcement team headed by Assistant Commissioner Enforcement Julius Nkwasire (Centre) Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Enforcement team has arrested a Uganda Peoples’ Defense Force (UPDF) deserter over impersonation. The suspect has been identified as RA/ 209499 Sgt. David Okurut. Assistant Commissioner Enforcement, Julius Nkwasire Mponoka
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The heat is unbearable; the haze merges the sky, lake and land; kingfishers dive and rise as if playing with the wind coming off Uganda's Lake Albert, under which vast oil reserves like. This section of the Rift Valley - a geological scar which runs through East Africa - is
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Part of Karuma Hydropower Plant The commissioning of the 600-megawatt hydropower station by the end of 2022 is in doubt as several related programs are far from being concluded. These include substations in different parts of the country as well as transmission lines that are supposed to evacuate the electricity
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Deputy Bank of Uganda Governor Dr. Micheal Ating-Ego (pictured) has been named among the high-level panelists to headline Stanbic Bank’s annual Economic Outlook Forum slated for this Friday at Kampala Serena Hotel. Held annually, this year’s Stanbic Economic Outlook Forum is scheduled for February 11, to run under the theme-Uganda- A Tale of
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Minister Jim Muhwezi History is set to repeat itself as the Opposition in Parliament starts a process seeking to censure the Minister of Security, Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi for abdicating responsibility in the face of torture of Ugandans by security operatives, which President Museveni himself has repeatedly condemned. This would
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The National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) leader, Joseph Kabuleta Kizza (pictured above) has continued to spread his economic empowerment message to Ugandans in various parts of the country. This time round he took the gospel to Teso Sub-Region. Meeting the locals and politicians who lost in last year's general elections
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HIV drugs. A more HIV drugs. A more transmissible and damaging variant of HIV has been discovered Newly published research from the Netherlands has revealed the existence of a more transmissible and damaging variant of HIV, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said on Monday. The new strain,
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The MTN Uganda Chief Executive Officer, Wim Vanhelleputte (pictured) has warned that calls for telecoms to reduce cost of data should be accompanied by policies on cost of doing business or else they’ll suffer similar fate as Africell. Vanhelleputte made the call while appearing before Parliament’s Information, Communication and Technology Committee that is scrutunising
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Agnes Igoye A joint team of investigators from various security agencies and immigration is probing the increasing claims of Ugandan domestic workers whose internal organs have illegally been removed. The police team is comprised of detectives from the forensic department, Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), Interpol while others are cross-border experts
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The Anti-Narcotic Police Unit at Entebbe International Airport is holding a 29-year-old woman on charges of drug trafficking from Uganda to India. Charles Twine, the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID spokesperson has identified the suspect as Carol Birungi who was found with 90 pellets of heroin drugs, which were reportedly concealed
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