Updated at 1511 EAT on FEB 16 2022 The State Minister for Urban Development, Hon Mario Obiga Kania, has rejected allegations that he is conflicted in the reaffirmation of boundaries between Terego and Madi-Okollo districts. Obiga Kania, who is the Terego East County Member of Parliament, told a sitting of the House on Tuesday, 15…
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Health Minister: Uganda’s COVID-19 third wave over
Updated at 1436 EAT on FEB 16th 2022 Uganda is past the third wave of COVID-19, Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has announced. She revealed this during a press briefing at the health ministry headquarters in Kampala, Tuesday. “While the country is out of the 3rd COVID-19 wave, registering a low positivity rate and…
LOP Mpuuga:NUP in no Hurry to choose EALA Candidate
Updated at 2006 EAT FEB 12th 2022 The National Unity Platform-NUP is not in a hurry to choose a candidate for the East African Legislative Assembly-EALA due to the absence of the required guidelines, the Leader of Opposition Mathias Mpuuga has revealed. The East African Legislative Assembly-EALA is an organ of the East African Community-EAC…
HIV prevalence drops: Ministry of Health-Uganda
By Adam Bukenya | Friday, February 11th, 2022 The Ministry of Health has reported a general decline in the prevalence of HIV among the population as the fight against the scourge intensifies. Released yesterday in Kampala by the Ministry, the 2020 Uganda Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA) report, indicates that the prevalence of HIV among…
Business Tycoon Sudhir wins court case against Uganda’s central bank
Updated at 1729 EAT on FEB 11th 2022 The supreme court has dismissed with costs an appeal by Bank of Uganda against Business tycoon Sudhir and his company, Meera Investment Limited The court Ruling ordering the Central Bank of Uganda to pay the costs of the appeal at all court levels, right from the Commercial…
Lawyer: Ugandan Author Kakwenza flees the country
Updated at 1608 EAT on FEB 10th 2022 Rukirabashaija Ugandan author who had spent nearly a month in jail after criticising President Yoweri Museveni has fled the country, his lawyer has said. Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, an internationally acclaimed writer, was released from jail in late January after being arrested in late December for communications offences related…
Opposition Boss Mathias Mpuuga Leads Mps to Censure Minister Jim Muhwezi
Updated at 1524 EAT on FEB 08th 2022 Opposition members of parliament have filed a notice to Censure the Minister of Security, Gen Jim Muhwezi, for allegedly inaction amid the rising number of cases of people being abducted and tortured by state operatives Addressing journalists at parliament, the Leader of opposition in parliament Mathias Mpuuga…
NUP is like a man lost in the wilderness unaware of what to do.” Mubarak Munyagwa
HICGI Reporer-Updated at 1646 EAT on FEB 7th 2022 Former Kawempe South MP Hon Mubarak Munyagwa has come out to criticize the National Unity Platform (NUP) for lacking a sense of direction as far as the struggle to oust Gen Museveni is concerned. According to Munyagwa, NUP seems not to know what to do and…
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