Nakawa Land saga:MPs want minister officials fired

By Kafeero Twaha On Friday May 20 2022 at 1015 EAT What you need to know: The directive followed the findings by the Ad hoc committee instituted to investigate the controversy that implicated Minister for Lands Persis Namuganza in abuse of office in illegal allocation of land to some investors Parliament has given the Executive two…

BREAKING: Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Welcome A Baby Boy

Update May 20 2022 at 0540 EAT By Kafeero Twaha A$AP Rocky and Rihanna – Courtesy photos Billionaire Rihanna has welcomed her first child with rapper A$AP Rocky, various media reports suggest. According to information making rounds on social media, the two famous artists welcomed their baby boy on 13 May in Los Angeles. The…

Liverpool beat southampton to take title race to final day.

Soccer Liverpool beat Southampton to take title race to final day Wednesday, May 18, 2022 Southampton’s English goalkeeper Alex McCarthy (R) misses to stop the goal shot by Liverpool’s Japanese midfielder Takumi Minamino (unseen) during the English Premier League football match between Southampton and Liverpool at St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton, southern England on May…

Uganda First Lady wants school fees regulated

HICGI News Agency- Updated at 0801 EAT on Friday 06th May 2022 The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni Wednesday revealed that her ministry had finalised drafting a statutory instrument that’s intended to regulate school fees.“My Ministry will soon be embarking on the process of consulting the various stakeholders about the Statutory Instrument that…

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…

The electrocution of Lions raises many questions.

Updated by Kafeero Twaha at 1319 EAT on Thursday 28th April 2022: What you need to know. The Issue. Wildlife. The essence of coexistence is what authorities can turn to in the face of shrinking spaces for both wildlife and human economic activity. At least three Lionesses were on Tuesday found dead in the environs…