Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1042 EAT on Thursday 14 April 2022. Climate activists are urging more banks and insurers not to back the controversial $5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) that is primed to transport oil from the Hoima oilfields in Uganda to the Tanzanian coastal city of Tanga. Influential youthful…
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Kampala’s monumental ‘Sawa ya Queen’ goes missing.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1029 EAT on Thursday 14 April 2022. The monumental Queen’s Clock (sawa ya Queen) previously installed at Katwe Clock Tower in Kampala cannot be traced, 11 years since it was removed for maintenance. The missing clock was installed on the tower at the Nsambya-Entebbe road junction in the 1950s…
Ugandan tailors cry over 35 percent tax.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1450 EAT on Wednesday 13 April 2022. Prime Tailors workers in Najjanankumbi When Harriet Ntabazi, the state minister for Trade, met the members of the Uganda Tailors Association (UTA) a few weeks ago, during the commemoration of the World Tailors day, she promised them that government was going to…
Ukraine to receive $1.5bn in support package from World Bank.
World Bank says its helping Ukraine provide critical services, including paying wages for hospital workers. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1134 EAT on Wednesday 13 April 2022. The World Bank is preparing a $1.5bn support package for war-torn Ukraine and plans to aid developing countries struggling to keep up with surging food and energy…
The mysterious wind at Oulanyah Funeral
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1020 EAT on Wednesday 13 April 2022. A gust of wind scattered the tent and wreath that covered the casket When former Speaker of Parliament Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah gave up the fight and succumbed to cancer as reported by the Health minister Jane Ruth Aceng, he did not foresee…
Mandatory vaccination of learners faces big hurdles.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0950 EAT on Wednesday 13 April 2022. Govt wants to extend vaccination to learners In government’s bid to stem the spread of Covid-19 among young people, the ministries of Health and Education have resolved to vaccinate all learners aged between 12 and 17 years. The target is to vaccinate…
UK’s Prime Minister Refuses to Resign over Covid Scandal
Boris Johnson says he has paid a police fine for attending a lockdown-breaching party and offers a ‘full apology’. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he paid a fine from police for attending a lockdown-breaching birthday party in his official residence, making him the first British leader to be sanctioned for breaking the law while…
UG 1st Son will Reactivate Twitter Account – Analysis
HICGI News Agency – Updated at 0245 EAT on Wednesday 13th April 2022 ENTEBBE – More than 500,000 followers of Muhoozi Kainerugaba, First Son and Commander of UPDF Lands Forces Twitter account on Tuesday woke up to the disappearance of the Twitter General’s account. Most followers believed the account had been suspended like US Former…
