Uganda said on Thursday that it has heightened security in all its national parks following a fatal incident where a ranger was killed by armed poachers. The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), a state-run agency charged with wildlife conservation, said in a statement that it has deployed additional personnel at strategic locations in all protected areas…
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Uganda’s First Batch of Ebola Vaccines Arrives for Trials
By Esther Rose Cape Town — Uganda has received a shipment of 1,200 Ebola vaccine doses from the World Health Organization today, writes Elias Biryambarema for Reuters. Three vaccine options – one from the University of Oxford and Serum Institute of India, another by the Sabin Vaccine Institute and a third by Merck & Co Inc. will be…
Kabuleta remanded to Luzira prison over ‘sectarian’ YouTube video
Former presidential candidate, Joseph Kabuleta. PHOTO/ FILE Former presidential candidate, Joseph Kabuleta has been arraigned in Nakawa Court in Kampala on charges of promoting sectarianism before he was remanded to Luzira prison.Kabuleta was arrested on Monday from his party, National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) offices in Bugolobi and detained in police custody for questioning before…
Bobi Wine’s bodyguard, three others missing for 19 days
Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” The bodyguard of National Unity Platform (NUP) leader, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, alongside three others, have been missing for the last 19 days after they were allegedly picked from their workplace in Rubaga Division, Kampala, by unknown security operatives. Mr Jamshid Kavuma, Bobi…
UPDF to deploy 1,000 troops to DR Congo to fight M23 rebels
Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” Uganda will deploy around 1,000 soldiers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by the end of November under a regional force against a rebel offensive, a Ugandan military spokesman said Tuesday.The volatile region has witnessed fierce fighting in recent months between Congolese troops and the…
Inside Airtel Money’s hucked systems and how it stopped.
New details have emerged about how black hats used the website of a gaming platform in Uganda to plunder money from the systems of Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited (AMCUL). While the licensed betting firm’s website prides itself on making “use of standard encryption to protect the data of its users”, this publication has been…
Uganda heightens health surveillance as Ebola fight continues
Uganda has imposed a mandatory health declaration requirement for all passengers leaving or arriving at Entebbe Airport. The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority in a notice on Tuesday announced that passengers will be required to fill in a digital Ministry of Health declaration form within 24 hours prior to travel. The country hopes the new measures…
Why Uganda govt is seeking Shs2 trillion new loan
The government has asked potential private sector lenders in the world to advance €500 million (Shs1.9 trillion) to close a 2022/2023 budget gap, adding to an ongoing syndicated Shs1.7 trillion borrowing being arranged through Standard Chartered Bank.In a November 7 public call, Finance minister Matia Kasaija noted that the new credit line that the government…
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