Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1609 EAT on Wednesday 3rd August 2022. The death toll resulting from the flooding in the Elgon sub-region has increased to 29, the ministry of Relief, Disaster and Preparedness, and Refugees has revealed. The disaster followed heavy rains that pounded Bugisu and Sebei regions on July 30, 2022, forcing several…
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Angry arts teachers are not teaching.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1529 EAT on Wednesday 3rd August 2022. FILBERT BAGUMA, the secretary general of the Uganda National Teachers’ Union (Unatu) has suggested in this interview with Yudaya Nangonzi that teachers of Arts subjects are still enraged at government’s refusal to give them a pay rise. They were forced back in…
Kyagulanyi, Besigye sign working agreement to oust Museveni.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0835 EAT on Tuesday 2nd August 2022. Opposition doyens Dr Kizza Besigye and Robert Kyagulanyi have signed an agreement in which they committed to join efforts and strategies geared towards ousting President Yoweri Museveni from power. The agreement which was signed during a meeting held at Hotel Africana today…
Mbale floods: Govt offers Shs 5m per retrieved body.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0823 EAT on 2nd August 2022. The government has pledged Shs 5 million to each of the families who lost relatives in the weekend floods that ravaged eastern Uganda and left more than 24 dead. Mbale city resident commissioner Ahamada Washaki says President Museveni has directed that each family…
Stakes high as rival parties battle to secure swing regions in Kenyan Elections
Updated 0027 EAT on Tuesday 2nd August 2022 The helicopter lands in the middle of rice fields, heralding the arrival of Kenyan presidential candidate William Ruto as he seeks votes from the densely populated, politically influential heartland of Mount Kenya. Located in the centre of the country and flanked by an extinct volcano that gives…
Nigeria’s 180,000 barrel-per-day oil pipeline stops flowing due to theft
HICGI News Agency Updated 0724 Friday 29th July 2022 Nigeria’s economy received a further blow recently as an oil pipeline with the capacity to move 180,000 barrels of crude daily across Nigeria was hit by oil thieves, forcing it to halt the transportation of oil since June. However, according to Bloomberg, who quoted an insider…
Largest pink diamond in 300 years found in Angola
This rare pink diamond, weighing 34 grams, is thought to be the largest discovered in the last 300 years. The 170-carat stone has been named the “Lulo Rose”, after the mine in Angola where it was found. It is believed to be the largest pink diamond mined since the 185-carat Daria-i-Noor, which was cut from…
Sadio Mane, Asisat Oshoala win African Player of the Year awards.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1602 EAT on Friday 22nd July 2022. Sadio Mane has been named African footballer of the year after a season that saw him kick the winning penalty for Senegal as they claimed their first Africa Cup of Nations title and repeat the feat when they secured the World Cup qualification. The 30-year-old…
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