Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2145 EAT on Wednesday 20th July 2022. For the country’s journalists, the election year 2021 and its immediate aftermath, 2022, have been years of unease and unrest. Local journalists have shown the world the devastating effects of corruption, election campaigns, opposition protests, and brutal security crackdowns. Now, many who…
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Turkey’s Baykar drone company ‘will never’ supply Russia: CEO.
Haluk Bayraktar tells Media that he is proud the Bayraktar TB2 has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance against Russia. Updated at 1809 EAT on Tuesday 19th July 2022. The CEO of Turkey’s Baykar, which makes the drones being widely used by Ukraine against Russian forces, has ruled out supplying the Bayraktar TB2 to Moscow….
US jobless claims rose last week to highest since January.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2105 EAT on Thursday 7th July 2022. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 2 rose to 235,000, up 4,000 from the previous week, US data shows. More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week and while layoffs remain low, it was the fifth consecutive week that…
How Soroti guard shot wife dead at workplace.
Updated by Kafeero Twaha The injured guard is wheeled from Soroti hospital in preparation for his referral to Mbale hospital. The suspect a resident of Bululu sub county Kalaki district reportedly trailed his wife to the bank shot her dead before fleeing the scene on a motorcycle. Grief engulfed people in Soroti city yesterday after…
Museveni ready to prosecute Col Kaka.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1220 EAT on Wednesday 6th July 2022. Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, has said President Museveni is willing to have his former director general of Internal Security Organisation Colonel Kaka Bagyenda prosecuted for gross human rights abuses. Kaka is accused of superintending an ISO regime…
Kisoro school head teacher jailed for 17 years for defiling 14-year-old girl.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1528 EAT on Tuesday 5th July 2022. Wilson Habiyakale,39, the head teacher of Chuho primary school in Kisoro district, western Uganda has earned himself 17 years and nine months in jail after pleading guilty to aggravated defilement. Habiyakale appeared before justice Moses Kawumi Kazibwe in Kabale High court Monday, who…
MPs turn away Lira hospital officials over lack of accountability documents.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1631 EAT on 30th June 2022. The parliamentary public accounts committee – central government on Wednesday turned away officials from Lira Regional Referral hospital for failure to provide accountability documents. The officials led by the hospital director, Dr. J.S.O Obbo appeared before the committee for the second time to…
3rd National Content Conference by Petroleum Authority of Uganda – Live
Tue 28th June 2022 – Live HICGI News Agency ‘s @FaithNamagembe and @As1Queenshillah are stationed at @serenahotels Kampala to bring you live coverage of the #3rdNationalContentConference by #PetroleumAuthorityUG Watch on http://www.facebook.com/HICGI
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