Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2206 EAT on Wednesday 20th July 2022. Five people have been knocked dead in a road accident in Bulambuli district, eastern Uganda. The accident occurred on Tuesday at 10 pm at Buyaga town council in Bulambuli district along the Muyembe-Nakapiripirit road when the victims, who, were riding on a…
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The worst years for journalists.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2145 EAT on Wednesday 20th July 2022. For the country’s journalists, the election year 2021 and its immediate aftermath, 2022, have been years of unease and unrest. Local journalists have shown the world the devastating effects of corruption, election campaigns, opposition protests, and brutal security crackdowns. Now, many who…
Kabale security guard holds Indian boss at gunpoint, robs Shs 8m.
Updated at 1834 EAT on Tuesday 19th July 2022. A private security guard belonging to Accurate Security Company Ltd, Amos Ecidu is on the run after allegedly robbing Shs 8 million from an Indian businessman he was entrusted to guard. Ecidu allegedly robbed his Indian boss, Shintole Nisnant at gunpoint in Makanga village, Central Division…
Tororo Cement workers strike over inflation, demand salary increment.
Updated at 1827 EAT on Tuesday 19th July 2022. Dozens of Tororo Cement workers on Monday went on strike to compel the management to enhance their salaries given the prevailing high inflation rates in the country. The workers, mainly from the kiln section comprise electricians, mechanics, lab technicians, and production staff want the management to…
Turkey’s Baykar drone company ‘will never’ supply Russia: CEO.
Haluk Bayraktar tells Media that he is proud the Bayraktar TB2 has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance against Russia. Updated at 1809 EAT on Tuesday 19th July 2022. The CEO of Turkey’s Baykar, which makes the drones being widely used by Ukraine against Russian forces, has ruled out supplying the Bayraktar TB2 to Moscow….
Africa’s wildlife park managers in Kigali to boost conservation.
Officials are meeting in Kigali in a congress to expand the protection of land and marine wildlife in the region. Updated at 1720 EAT on Tuesday 19th July 2022. Africa’s officials are meeting as part of the continent’s first-ever Africa Protected Areas Congress in a bid to expand the preservation of land and marine wildlife,…
Hospitalisation rates double as COVID cases triple across Europe.
Updated by Nakayima Ritah at 1653 EAT on Tuesday 19th July 2022. The World Health Organization (WHO) says coronavirus cases have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly half of all infections globally. Super-infectious relatives of the Omicron variant have been driving the new wave of disease across the continent, with repeated…
Lightning strikes dead 13-year-old boy, injures 5 other children in Buliisa.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2047 EAT on Monday 18th July 2022. A thunderbolt has claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy and critically injured five others in Buliisa. The deceased has been identified as Howard Okello, a son of Peter Okecha, the LC III chairperson of Biiso town council. The incident happened at…
