Crowds cheer queen at historic celebrations

Thursday, June 02, 2022 at 1834 EAT By Kafeero Twaha Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (R) stands with Britain’s Prince Charles, Prince of Wales to watch a special flypast from Buckingham Palace balcony following the Queen’s Birthday Parade, the Trooping the Colour, as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee celebrations, in London What you need…

Chief Justice Dollo closes Supreme court building over ‘flooding’.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1003 EAT on Thursday 2nd June 2022. Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has ordered the immediate closure of the Supreme court building in Kololo until further notice. In a memo dated May 31, 2022, Dollo says that following the fire that gutted part of his chambers earlier in April, there have been water…

Army denies killing 400 in Karamoja killing aerial bombardment.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0949 EAT on Thursday 2nd June 2022. The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has denied media reports accusing the army of killing over 400 people in Moroto district during aerial bombings.  Early last week, local media quoted Emmanuel Chero, chairperson of Karamoja Youth Agenda Vision 2040 alleging that UPDF…

Bwaise, Makerere Residents Excited about Parish Development Model Funds

By Faith Barbara Namagembe updated at 0600 on Thursday 2nd June 2022 KAMAPALA- Residents of Makerere in Kawempe, Kampala on Wednesday were been briefed and updated on the fund yet to be released to them by Uganda Government through the Parish Development Model Program undertaken in Kampala by Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA. Ms Asia…

Russian gas firm Gazprom to cut some supply to Shell

By Michael Race Updated at 0716 GMT on Wednesday 1st June 2022 Shell has said it will work to keep gas flowing to its customers in Europe after Russian energy firm Gazprom said it would cut supplies from tomorrow. Gazprom said it would halt gas to Denmark’s Orsted and to Shell for its contract to…

Angry councillors block Budaka’s Shs 30bn budget over ‘anomalies’.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1122 EAT on Tuesday 31st May 2022. Budaka district councillors have refused to approve the FY 2022/23 Shs 30 billion budget, citing several anomalies which they claim they cannot proceed to approve.  The budget which the council was meant to approve has the health sector taking Shs 4.8 billion,…

Female pilgrim trekking to Namugongo knocked dead in Lyantonde.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1105 EAT on Tuesday 31st May 2022. Jovita Tukahiirwa, one of the 44 pilgrims trekking a 395km journey from Ntungamo district, western Uganda has been knocked dead by a speeding car in Lyantonde along the Mbarara-Kampala highway. Tukahiirwa, 54, was killed by a speeding Toyota Harrier registration number, UBH…