Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1650 EAT on Thursday 14th July 2022. President Museveni has appointed Brig Gen Robert Freeman Mugabe as the new chairperson of the Makindye-based army court. He replaces Lt Gen Andrew Gutti whose term of office expired on June 9, 2022, and is headed for retirement at the end of the…
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Govt earmarks Shs 135bn for Karamoja hunger.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1438 EAT on Wednesday 13th July 2022 . The government has earmarked Shs 135 billion to avert the hunger crisis in the Karamoja sub-region in the next three months. The intervention was announced by the prime minister Robinah Nabbanja in parliament during a plenary sitting on Tuesday. According to…
Aweko’s beautiful solution to Kampala’s trash.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0047 EAT on Wednesday 13th July 2022. Where one sees trash, one woman sees style and beauty. Fashion designer Faith Aweko is that visionary woman. Aweko is the founder and design head of Reform Africa, a line of bags made from used polythene bags. Instead of clogging the water…
Petrol stations are fuelling high prices.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0034 EAT on Wednesday 13th July 2022. The last couple of years [2020 to 2022] have experienced historical extremes never before seen in the oil market. During this period, oil prices have dropped to below zero — USA’s West Texas Intermediate [WTI] on April 20, 2020 dove to -$37…
Bukwo district CAO shot dead in Matugga.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1826 EAT on Sunday 10th July 2022. Bukwo district chief administrative officer (CAO) Charles Ogwang has become the latest public official to be attacked and die after being sprayed with bullets. Ogwang was attacked on Friday evening at the Matugga-Kalule stretch along the Gulu highway. Unfortunately for Ogwang, he…
Makerere University researchers join study to find cure for HIV.
Updated by Nakayima Ritah at 1503 EAT on Saturday 9th July 2022. Makerere University researchers have started a study that will attempt to find a permanent cure for HIV/Aids. Based at the Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP), the researchers are joining other scientists based in the US to explore whether a strategy dubbed; Block,…
Nambooze wants police commander Mwesigwa held accountable for her sickness.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1338 EAT on Saturday 9th July 2022. Last week, Mukono Municipality MP Betty Bakireke Nambooze travelled to the United States of America for treatment after being cleared by the Uganda Medical Board (UMB). This development came after three years of being rebuffed several times by UMB, the government agency charged…
Jinja woman arrested for beating to death daughter, secretly burying her.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1259 EAT on Saturday 9th July 2022. A 34-year-old woman, Suzan Mutiibwa has been arrested by police in Kiira region on allegations of beating to death, and burying her 7-year-old daughter, Mercy Namugaya. She allegedly committed the crime in Nkalange village, Busedde sub-county in Jinja district; where she dug up…
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