Confusion as Parliament Approves $500m Loan to Develop Kampala Amid Museveni’s “We Can Do Without Loans” Talk

Parliament has accepted the government’s request to secure a loan of approximately $518 million (equivalent to around Shs 1.923 trillion) from the World Bank to fund the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area Urban Development program. This decision follows the examination of a report submitted by John Bosco Ikojo, the head of the national economy committee, during…

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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI RECEIVES CREDENTIALS FROM 9 NEW ENVOYS TO UGANDA 

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has received credentials from nine (9) envoys, newly accredited to Uganda. The envoys who included Ambassadors and High Commissioners from the Republic of Ethiopia, India, Belgium, Namibia, Malawi, Philippines, Mozambique, Brazil and Canada presented their credentials on Tuesday 22nd August 2023 at State House, Entebbe. The new Ambassador of Ethiopia to…

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Good news as Entebbe Records Biggest Traffic in One month Ever

Entebbe International Airport recorded a total of 185,253 international passengers in July 2023 (93,727 arrivals and 91,526 departures), which is an average of 5,975 passengers per day. This according to the officials is the highest passenger traffic ever recorded in a single month as the industry continues to recover. According to the Public Affairs Manager…

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Netherlands Hospital Orders MP Ssegirinya to Wash Bedsheets to Cover Piling Medical Bill

Ailing Kawempe South Member of Parliament,  Muhammad Ssegirinya will have to offer laundry services in the hospital where he continues to receive specialised treatment for poison related complications. Ssegirinya was first flown out to Nairobi and then to Germany as his condition kept worsening. He has since been moved to Amsterdam Universitair Medische Centra (umc)…

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Kyabazinga Gabula, County Chiefs Pull Ropes Over Return of Kingdom Property

Top leaders of the Institution of the “Obwakyabazinga bwa Busoga” bitterly clashed on 5he issue of the return of kingdom property from the central government during g a meeting at the Atyorney General’s Chambers on Wednesday,  18, in Kampala. The officials who met Attorney General Kiryoowa Kiwanuka on the contentious subject were led by Busoga…

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Museveni Courts Kenya’s Stabex to Invest in Agricultural Value Addition in Uganda

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday August 17, 2023 met a delegation from Stabex International led by their Executive Director, Mr. Jack Chebet at State House-Entebbe. Stabex International is one of the dynamic and progressive entities redefining the landscape of fuel and gas industry in Uganda and the larger Africa with an unwavering commitment to innovation…

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Kadaga, Byanyima, Rugunda! Top Museveni Advisor Proposes 7 Man Squad to Engage World Bank on Funding Cuts

Senior Presidential Advisor on Media Affairs to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Joseph Tamale Mirundi has issued a list of seven High profile people for Museveni to assign the role of leading negotiations in the rocky relationship between the Government and global financiers- the World Bank. As the country grapples to come to terms with the…

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MK Movement- US Launches in Splendid Function

  It was all glamour as supporters of General Muhoozi Keinerugaba came together in Boston Massachusetts, USA on Sunday, June, 12 for the grand official launch of their structures  two years  since their inception in 2021. The event, which took place in Burlington,  Massachusetts was attended by membership from the different States in their hundreds…

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FDC WARS: What The Sacking of Ssemujju as Party Whip Means For Najjanankumbi

The wars in one of the country’s top opposition parties- Forum for Democratic Change seems to be too far from over with the news of the sacking of estranged Party Whip in Parliament,  Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda by Secretary General, Nathan Nandala Mafaabi. In the August, 7 notice to the Speaker of Parliament, Nandala indicated that…

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