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  MTN Uganda has today launched a promotion that will see YOTV subscribers stand a chance to win lots of amazing prizes whenever they buy any of the subscription packages.          In this promotion, 30 winners will be rewarded every month with gifts including shopping vouchers and dope YOTV branded merchandise. New customers can also download the YOTV Channels application to enjoy a 30-day free trial with access to 500 movies and series at no cost.   The promotion is valid till 31st January 2022.            Mavis Ndagire Musungu, MTN Uganda GTM Digital Specialist speaking at a movie premiere on…

AT LEAST 17 people have been injured after a man dressed in a Joker costume and brandishing a knife stabbed at least one passenger on a Tokyo commuter train before starting a fire. The incident sparked a panic, with people scrambling to escape and jumping from windows, according to police and witnesses. Three people were seriously injured. Not all of them were stabbed and most of the other injuries were not serious, the fire department said. The attacker, identified by police as 24-year-old Kyota Hattori, was arrested on the spot after yesterday’s attack and is being investigated on suspicion of…

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared victory on Monday after leading his ruling coalition to a strong majority in national elections. The long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner Komeito won 293 of the 465 seats in parliament’s lower house, local media reported while the official result was finalised. “It was a very tough election, but the people’s will — that they want us to create this country’s future under the stable LDP-Komeito government and the Kishida administration — was shown,” he said. “We received a precious 261 seats for the LDP. As a responsible party……

Preventing Africa from exploiting its energy resources is tantamount to leaving much of the continent not just energy-poor but also economically impoverished JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, November 1, 2021/ — By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber Ahead of the global climate conference in Glasgow, Uganda’s President Yoweri K. Museveni wrote in an October 25 Wall Street Journal editorial that Africa cannot sacrifice its future prosperity for Western climate goals. Between rapid population growth — the number of Africans is expected to double over the next three decades — and increased urbanization, the continent’s energy needs may double or even…

Crucial personnel and their families to be offered long-term residency med bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, has directed the authorities to issue golden visas to frontline workers and their families. “Those eligible include the families of fallen frontline heroes, and distinguished individuals whose extraordinary efforts helped protect the nation and its people throughout the Covid-19 pandemic,” state news agency Wam reported. This initiative will provide enhanced stability to frontline heroes and their families, Wam reported. It will also reinforce the UAE’s commitment to maintain a “world-class first line of defence” by granting…

Emirates has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Seychelles Tourism Board at Expo 2020, in the presence H.E. Mr Sylvestre Radegonde, Minister for Foreign Affairs & Tourism and Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Chief Commercial Officer. The agreement was signed by Ahmed Khoory, Emirates’ SVP Commercial West Asia & Indian Ocean (left), and Sherin Francis (right), Principal Secretary Tourism Department, Tourism Seychelles.  (Left to right): Abdulla Al Olama, Regional Manager Commercial Operations Far East, West Asia & Indian Ocean; Oomar Ramtoola, Manager Indian Ocean Islands; Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Chief Commercial Officer; H.E. Mr Sylvestre Radegonde, Minister for Foreign Affairs & Tourism; and Bernadette Willemin,…

“We’re proposing to reduce powers of the judges especially in capital cases to exhibit justice to the victims as well to make amendments in the land law in order to defend Ugandans on their land as the current law is much infiltrated but we’re not fighting to scrap off the Mailo land”.PM Robbinah Nabbanja responded to the concerns that arose during prayers at Rubaga Cathedral yesterday.  PM Nabbanja went ahead to contribute 50 Million Uganda shillings in cash as she pledged during the recent harsh Covid-19 lockdown adding to giving out a package to former Belgium Pope Nuncio Archbishop Augustine…

Meet The Five Women Who Attended The G20 Summit In Rome The #COP26 meeting opened in Glasgow as a make-or-break chance to save the planet. But as the summit began, another ended in Rome, where G20 leaders offered little more than vague promises on climate and disappointed activists Reuters Our of 35 leaders and guests who attended the Group of 20 (G20) meeting in Rome, Italy, only five were women and three represented an official G20 member state. As Angela Merkel is going to retire as Germany’s Chancellor soon, the G20 is going to lose one female leader in the…

Deputy Speaker Rt Hon Anita Among presiding over the house. Parliament is currently engaged in talks with different stakeholders to see that that the Kawempe North MP, Hon. Muhammad Ssegirinya who is currently in a prison hospital, receives treatment in a better medical facility. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon Anita Among who chaired the House on Thursday, 28 October 2021 said that  Ssegirinya who is in Murchison Bay Hospital in Luzira Maximum Security Prison is getting treated for an ailment he developed while in prison. “We resolved to work out a way of getting a referral for the MP…

Members of Parliament have asked the Executive to desist from arbitrarily cutting the budgets meant for Parliament and the Judiciary saying it is a violation of the principle of separation of powers. In the second quarter of the current financial year, Parliament and the Ministry of Finance locked horns over budgets meant to facilitate committees and other activities which officials at the Finance Ministry had frozen, reasoning that following the COvid-19 pandemic, budget lines across government were frozen. This, said MP Jonathan Odur (UPC, Erute South), is an attempt at re-writing the budget, an action he termed illegal and unconstitutional.…