Parliament approves Shs48 trillion budget

By Kafeero Twaha Sunday, May 22, 2022 Parliament in session yesterday as the members passed the National Budget for Financial Year 2022/2023. The Budget will be financed through the taxpayers (Shs25.7 trillion), grants (Shs2.1 trillion) and domestic borrowing (Shs7.1 trillion). What you need to know: A gruelling eight-hour session culminated in lawmakers giving the green…

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Kawempe councilor dies en route to Omoro Five injured

By Kafeero Twaha Saturday, May 21, 2022 The LC III councilor for Kazo Angola A in Kawmpe Division Yakub Kiggundu (left) and one of party mobilisers in Iganga District, Denis Waiswa (right) died after the car they were travelling in overturned along Pallisa -Kumi road. What you need to know: Denis Waiswa from Iganga District and Yakub…

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Israeli missile strikes kill 3 near Syria’s capital.

Missiles were fired from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and some were intercepted by Syrian air defences. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1407 EAT on Saturday 21st May 2022. Israeli surface-to-surface missiles have killed three people near the Syrian capital, Damascus, state media reported. The missiles came from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and some were…

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Army involvement in fishing sector should be stopped-MPs

By Kafeero Twaha Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 1300 EAT. Crackdown. Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) confiscates illegal fishing gear on Lake Kyoga in May last year. They have vowed not to withdraw from various lakes as directed by Parliament. What you need to know: Meantime, the legislators are also urging a review in licensing processes…

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Link bus passengers robbed at gunpoint in Mityana.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 12:03 EAT on Saturday 21st May 2022. Police in Mityana district is hunting for a group of gunmen who mounted a roadblock and robbed an unspecified amount of money from passengers aboard a Kampala-bound Link Bus. It is alleged that the passengers were traveling on a night bus from…

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My land is in L.Victoria Hamis Kiggundu.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1126 EAT on Saturday 21st May 2022. City businessman Hamis Kiggundu has said that the land titles he obtained in Kigo were not issued on Kabaka’s land, but rather inside Lake Victoria. This revelation was made in a defense filed to the commissioner land registration by his lawyers following…

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Bitature signed and got $10m loan by mistake lawyer Muwema.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1108 EAT on Saturday 21st May 2022. Fred Muwema, the lawyer for businessman Patrick Bitature insists his client ‘signed by mistake’ the $10 million loan agreement with South African entity, Vantage Mezzanine Fund II Partnership. Whereas Muwema acknowledged that indeed Bitature contracted a loan agreement and took money from Vantage,…

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