The summons come at a time the President is making his tough talk walk with legislators thrown in jail over corruption ENTEBBE | President Museveni has summoned the Uganda Investment Authority’s top management and board members to State House over the controversial service award payment that has raised eyebrows within members of the public and […]
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Kampala, (UG):- President Museveni Tuesday postponed his meeting with traders that was initially scheduled for Thursday, June 20, 2024, to July 31, 2024, according to a joint statement released by the traders’ leaders. The postponement followed an emergency meeting summoned by the President on Tuesday, in which he said he was yet to receive the reports
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Kamuli, (UG):- The Territorial Police in Busoga North and Kamuli Central Police Station are holding in custody a local security guard for the aggravated defilement of an 8-year-old, female orphan at an orphanage in Kamuli Municipality. The suspect, identified as Kizito Imulani, aged 40, is also accused of indecently assaulting two other juveniles, aged 8 and
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Butebo (UG):- The Territorial Police in Butebo District, eastern Uganda, are on a hunt for unknown assailants behind the gruesome murder of a local pastor in a brutal attack. Pastor Malinga Richard, a 36-year-old Etesot and pastor at the Baptist Church in Abila, Petete sub-county, Pallisa district, was killed on the evening of Monday, June 17th
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Kampala, (UG):- The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) Tuesday convened at State House Entebbe and the meeting resulted in the appointment of new chairpersons and deputies for the 15 sectoral committees of Parliament. The meeting, presided over by President Yoweri Museveni, the party’s national chairman, also resulted in significant leadership
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One of the simplest ways to save lives across Africa is to ensure that more people are able to cook their daily meals over stoves instead of open fires, says Isak Pretorius, CEO of Africa’s largest humanitarian assistance organisation, ForAfrika. The importance of ForAfrika’s push to ensure more people in African countries have access
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Kampala, (UG):- As new cases of HIV/AIDS infections continue to spike in various parts of Uganda, Government, through the Ministry of Health has reaffirmed its commitment to ending the virus by 2030 with a full focus on the new prevention options available. According to Ms Harriet Nangobi, an official and health expert from the Ministry, apart
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Kampala, (UG):- The Police in Kampala Metropolitan are investigating a heinous crime involving rape, aggravated robbery, and murder of a 28-year-old sex worker at Vintage Bar and Lodge in Kireka-Kamuli, a Kampala city suburb. The incident according to KMP Deputy Spokesperson Mr Luke Owoyesigyire happened on the night of June 14, 2024, at Vintange Bar and
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There are “no operations planned for the immediate future” for Kylian Mbappé. Mbappé sustained a broken nose on Monday as France kicked off its Euro 2024 campaign on a win. The captain of teh French national team stayed on the ground after his face collided with the shoulder Austria’s Kevin Danso as he attempted a
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Plainclothes police officers arrest a demonstrator protesting against tax hikes proposed in the Finance Bill in Nairobi, Kenya, 18 June 2024 – More than 200 protesters have been arrested in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, in ongoing protests against proposed tax hikes in a finance bill that is due to be tabled in parliament. Civil society groups say
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