The court of Appeal has this morning dismissed a multi-billion case against businessman Sudhir Ruparellia and his Meera investments company in which the Central Bank accuses him of siphoning over 397 billion shillings from his defunct Crane Bank . Three justices of the court including deputy chief justice Alfonse Owiny -Dollo , Cheborion Barishaki and…
President Yoweri Museveni has lifted the lockdown on transport in border districts without COVID-19 cases and increased the number of private car occupants from three to four. These were some of the key issues highlighted by the president during his 16th address on COVID-19 pandemic on Monday night. Below is the summary of the presidential…
The leader of people power movement and 2021 presidential hopeful Robert Kyagulanyi says President Museveni is hiding under Covid-19 pandemic to block them from holding public rallies. The Electoral Commission last week announced that mass rallies will not be allowed during the forthcoming 2021 general elections to avoid the spread of Coronavirus and that campaigns…
Mukono Police Station is investigating a murder by stabbing of Isaac Ecudu, 24, a machine operator at Quality Plastics Ltd and a resident of Nangwa Nakisunga Sub County Mukono District, by his wife Salome Aanyu, 20. The incident happened on Friday 19th June 2020 from their home of residence in Nangwa, Nakisunga. According to the…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has met online publishers and asked them to support it’s work owing to their wide and fast growing audiences. EC chairman Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi told online editors and media owners that the Electoral body is alive to its constitutional obligation and the new phenomenon of protecting lives in the wake…
The newly appointed Kampala deputy Lord Mayor Doreen Nyanjura has pledged to work hand in hand with her superior to liberate the people of Kampala from what she termed as autocrative leadership of President Museveni. Her remarks followed her appointment to the position by Kampala Lord mayor Erias Lukwago. The position has been occupied by…
The ministry of health has launched the MOH capacity building mobile application to build the capacity of Uganda’s health workforce as they work on the Frontline of the country’s COVID-19 response. The app was developed in partnership with Community Health Academy- Last Mile health and Makerere College of Health Sciences under the leadership of ministry…
The ministry of foreign affairs has issued guidelines for return of Ugandans who are stranded abroad on account of closure of Entebbe international airport and boarders following the out break of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, the ministry of health announced that the first group of Ugandan returnees would arrive on 13th June 2020. However,…
THE Member of Parliament for people with disabilities Sophia Nalule Juuko has asked government to set standard operating procedures to cater for the people with disabilities during this period of COVID-19. According to Nalule people with disabilities should be allowed to use bodabodas for them to be able to move and look for what to…
The Ministry of Education and Sports has contracted the MFI document Solutions Limited to provide ICT equipment, worth over 4.7 billion shillings to support ICT upgrade at Four Technical Colleges and 12 Vocational Training Institutions (VTIs) in the country. The world bank funded project is meant to support the skilling Uganda strategic program which is…
