Nigeria Supreme court declares government rollout of new currency illegal.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2138 EAT on Sunday 5th March 3023. Nigeria’s Supreme court has declared the government’s rollout of newly-designed currency to be unconstitutional and ordered that old notes remain in circulation until the end of the year. The Supreme court ruling on Friday followed a lawsuit filed in February by 16…

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Tension returns to Lwengo as assailants drop new ‘murder’ leaflets.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2125 EAT on Sunday 5th March 2023. Tension is again growing in Lwengo district following the re-emergence of anonymous threatening leaflets that are being thrown in the area.  Aloysius Kibira, the LC III chairperson of Kkingo sub-county, says that fear has returned in their communities because unknown people have started…

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Indian MP, 2 other Asian Investors Arrive in Uganda ahead of Queen Torres

By Agrey Wagodo updated 2103 EAT on Sunday 05th March 2023 Her Royal Highness Maria Leonora Torres, Queen of Maharlika and Princess of Calabarzon State is expected to touch down Entebbe International Airport Monday morning for 5 days visit in Uganda. Earlier today her delegation led Former Member of Parliament for Lok Sabha, in India…

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Absa bank ordered to pay Shs 6bn for illegally selling Progressive SS.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1215 EAT on Saturday 4th March 2023. Absa Bank Uganda has been ordered to pay over Shs 6 billion for illegally selling a school it claimed had defaulted on loan repayment. According to the court records, in 2004, Progressive secondary school and its proprietors applied for two loans worth…

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Parents storm PMM Girls School-Jinja over homosexuality allegations.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0934 EAT on Saturday 4th March 2023. Parents and old students of PMM Girls School Jinja, today Friday stormed the school premises to protest over accusations of homosexuality against one of the female teachers. Rose Kalembe, the chairperson of PMM Old Girl’s Association says that the protest was parked…

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DRC suspends traffic again on roads connecting to Goma over new rebel threat.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2214 EAT on Friday 3rd March 2023. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government has suspended traffic on four major roads connecting to Goma city in North Kivu province, just a day after re-opening. The government had allowed the resumption of traffic along Goma-Rutshuru-Kanyabayonga, Goma-Sake-Kitshanga-Kanyabayonga, Goma-Sake-Kitshanga-Pinga, and Goma-Sake-Mushaki-Masisi–Walikale on…

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