Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1014 EAT on Monday 25 April 2022. Officials in southern Nigeria are investigating a site where more than 100 people have been reported killed following a powerful oil explosion. The Imo state commissioner for information, Declan Emelumba, said officials are probing Friday’s fire and explosion at an illegal oil…
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Property tax: KCCA approves Valuation court.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 13:00 EAT on Saturday 23 April 2022 Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) council has approved the city’s new Valuation court. The City Valuation court has powers similar to those of a Magistrate’s court. It is responsible for receiving complaints from those aggrieved by the property tax valuations from the…
Helpless’ DPP regrets failure to find Joan Kagezi after 7 years.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1246 EAT on Saturday 24 April 2022. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Jane Frances Abodo has expressed regret over the unsolved murder of former principal state attorney Joan Kagezi. Kagezi, the lead prosecutor in the trial of 15 men accused of a deadly twin bomb attack by the…
ERA targets 50,000 homes to shift from charcoal to power.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1611 EAT on Friday 22 April 2022. The Electricity Regulatory Authority has signed a memorandum of understanding with Uganda Prisons Service to kickstart a pilot project that intends to convert the cooking services in prisons from the use of charcoal to electricity. The pilot study is expected to kick…
Uganda Virus Research Institute investigates low Covid-19 cases
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1203 EAT on Friday 22 April 2022. The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has started a study to investigate why the country and some of its neighbours are reporting low COVID-19 cases. The study is expected to last four years and will look at what contribution the different COVID-19…
Museveni picks Oulanyah’s son to complete father’s term in Omoro.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1443 EAT on Thursday 21 April 2022. President Museveni has handpicked former speaker of parliament Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah’s son, Andrew Ojok as the flag bearer for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party in the Omoro County by-election. This followed a meeting the president held with NRM aspirants on Tuesday…
Entebbe airport runway reopened for flights after Rwanda Air skids off runway.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1142 EAT on Thursday 21 April 2022. Entebbe International Airport’s main runway (17/35) that had been closed off for incoming big carriers has been reopened. The runaway was closed off after a RwandAir aircraft CRJ9 flight number 464 veered off the main runway upon landing due to bad weather…
Court summons Luzira Prisons OC over Mabirizi’s Internet services demands.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1129 EAT on Thursday 21 April 2022. Mengo Magistrate’s court has summoned the officer in charge (OC) of Luzira Maximum Security Upper Prisons to come and assist in establishing whether jailed lawyer Male Mabirizi can be provided with internet, typing and printing services. According to the summons issued by…
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