Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 11014 EAT on Wednesday 4 May 2022. Begged to retire during an emotional and explosive appearance before the parliamentary committee on trade last week, Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Matia Kasaija’s mask of poised calm momentarily slipped. “If my Jajja [grandfather] can commit our coffee: the livelihood…
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EU Targets Africa to Help Replace Russian Gas Imports
EU drafts action plan to cut energy dependence on Moscow Europe to work with major producers and consumers of LNG Video Player is loading.EU Looks to Africa in Plans to Phase Out Russian EnergyUnmuteWATCH: The EU will explore expanding cooperation with African countries to help replace imports of Russian natural gas.Source: BloombergBy By Ewa Krukowska…
Soldier tortures boy for mocking him, holds Buvuma village at gunpoint.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1049 EAT on Monday 2 May 2022. Residents of Buvuma islands are living under fear after a Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) soldier only known as Robert brutally assaulted a 4-year-old boy for allegedly laughing at him while he was mastering how to ride a bicycle. Robert, who is…
UPDF burns 378 guns collected from Karimojong warriors.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1039 EAT on Monday 2 May 2022. Over 378 guns collected from Karimojong warriors have been burnt by the army “to show how useless the weapons are.” The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has been participating in the campaign with the African Amnesty on the voluntary surrender of illicit…
Seychelles hunts for Ugandan teachers to revamp its education sector.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1404 EAT on Saturday 30 April 2022. The government of Seychelles is currently looking for teachers from Uganda as part of its bid to revamp the sector and remove instructors who do not possess the approved teaching qualifications. The sought-after teachers in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, English,…
Corruption: Kampala insists on lifestyle audit despite Museveni.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1259 EAT on Saturday 30 April 2022. The inspector general of government (IGG) Beti Olive Namisango Kamya has announced that she will still conduct a lifestyle audit on government officials whose wealth does not match their known income. Kamya’s declaration comes four months after President Yoweri Museveni cautioned her…
UNICEF, WHO warn of larger measles outbreaks across the globe.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0849 EAT on Friday 29 April 2022. An increase in measles cases in January and February 2022 is a worrying sign of a heightened risk for the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases and could trigger further larger outbreaks, particularly measles among children in 2022, according to the World Health Organisation…
Ugandans lose millions to ‘Malaysian’ online business scam.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0830 EAT on Friday 29 April 2022. Thousands of unsuspecting Ugandans are counting losses after losing huge sums of money to online fraudsters masquerading as international business agents trading under chargeanytime.net purportedly from Malaysia. The victims of the dubious business were lured into investing various sums of money through…
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