Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1528 EAT on Tuesday 5th July 2022. Wilson Habiyakale,39, the head teacher of Chuho primary school in Kisoro district, western Uganda has earned himself 17 years and nine months in jail after pleading guilty to aggravated defilement. Habiyakale appeared before justice Moses Kawumi Kazibwe in Kabale High court Monday, who…
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Overwhelming numbers turn up for the Kabaka Birthday Run to support the HIV response in Buganda
Updated at 0654 EAT on Tuesday 05th July 2022 KAMPALA- An estimated 80 000 people on Sunday took part in the Kabaka Birthday Run, an annual event that forms part of the celebrations to mark the birthday of Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda. For the last three years, the run’s theme has been…
Kampala Northern bypass: pedestrians demand for lights at footbridges.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1345 EAT on Sunday 3rd July 2022. The 22km Kampala Northern bypass comprises four-foot bridges to help pedestrians cross the road safely without being crashed by the fast-moving traffic underneath. The footbridges are located in Naalya, Kyebando, Kalerwe, and Kiwatule areas. While the footbridges are a key component of the…
Ghana to make U-turn and ask IMF for help for its economy
Until now, Ghana had refused to seek IMF support to rescue an economy crippled by the pandemic, rampant inflation and a depreciating currency. By http://www.twitter.com/FaithNamagembe updated at 2306 EAT on 2nd July 2022. Ghana, one of West Africa’s largest economies, will hold formal talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a support package, the…
Uganda discovers gold deposits worth 12 trillion USD
By Adam Bukenya Updated at 1533 EAT on Saturday 02 July 2022 Uganda announced that it had discovered 31 million metric tons of gold waiting to be mined in the country after several surveys were conducted. A spokesperson from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development in Uganda, Solomon Muyita, said that these reports are…
Casual labourer dies in Kakira Sweets factory boiler.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1828 EAT on Thursday 30th June 2022. A casual labourer has died after sliding into a boiler at Kakira Sweets manufacturing plant. 30-year-old Samuel Dhatemwa met his death at around 3 am on Wednesday while filling gas in the heating system of the boiler. According to the information obtained…
MPs turn away Lira hospital officials over lack of accountability documents.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1631 EAT on 30th June 2022. The parliamentary public accounts committee – central government on Wednesday turned away officials from Lira Regional Referral hospital for failure to provide accountability documents. The officials led by the hospital director, Dr. J.S.O Obbo appeared before the committee for the second time to…
Kikuube Councillor arrested for attempting to assault minister.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1622 EAT on Thursday 30th June 2022. Nestroy Tumwesigye, the Kyangwali sub-county LC V councillor in Kikuube district spent the night in police cells over allegedly attempting to assault the state minister for Works and Transport, Fred Byamukama. The incident occurred Wednesday during a sensitization meeting for the implementers…
Court of Appeal has no jurisdiction to hear Ssegirinya, Ssewanyana bail petition – judges
By Adam Bukenya updated at 1337 EAT on Wednesday 29th June 2022 What you need to know: The judges however, noted that whereas the MPs’ application was incompetent, they are concerned that they have been on remand for nine months without being tried Court of Appeal in Kampala has this morning declined to release jailed…
Witness contradictions shock MPs in Namuli’s Shs 2bn land probe.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0908 EAT on Wednesday 29th June 2022. Legislators probing the contentious Shs 2.039 billion compensation to Natalia Namuli by the Uganda Land Commission (ULC) were treated to more shocking revelations Tuesday when witnesses gave even more contradicting accounts. Namuli, 79, is considered a ‘ghost’ among the six claimants who…
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