Angry councillors block Budaka’s Shs 30bn budget over ‘anomalies’.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1122 EAT on Tuesday 31st May 2022. Budaka district councillors have refused to approve the FY 2022/23 Shs 30 billion budget, citing several anomalies which they claim they cannot proceed to approve.  The budget which the council was meant to approve has the health sector taking Shs 4.8 billion,…

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Female pilgrim trekking to Namugongo knocked dead in Lyantonde.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1105 EAT on Tuesday 31st May 2022. Jovita Tukahiirwa, one of the 44 pilgrims trekking a 395km journey from Ntungamo district, western Uganda has been knocked dead by a speeding car in Lyantonde along the Mbarara-Kampala highway. Tukahiirwa, 54, was killed by a speeding Toyota Harrier registration number, UBH…

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Jailed Mabirizi ; countries fight for release of MPs Ssegirinya,

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1347 EAT on Tuesday 31st May 2022. Jailed city lawyer Male Mabirizi has asked the Constitutional court to order Uganda Prisons Services to produce Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya and his Makindye West counterpart Allan Ssewanyana for the hearing of the case seeking to quash criminal charges instituted against…

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Deputy Speaker Calls For Increased Funding Towards Sexual Reproductive Health

Updated at 1059 EAT on 30th May 2022. The deputy speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has called for increased investment in sexual reproductive health to prevent child marriages and teenage pregnancies among girls. According to Tayebwa, focus should be put on prevention of teenage pregnancies among girls, as opposed to handling pregnancies. “More investments should…

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Kampala Lord Mayor to Deliver State of City Adress

By E K Benj @kivumbi Kampala Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago will on Tuesday 31st May 2022 deliver State of City Adress in the Mayoral gardens, at City Hall Kampala Capital City Authority – KCCA. His Worship the Lord Mayor will focus on KCCA financial budget performance according sources to HICGI News Agency. We shall bringing…

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China eyes security pact in talks with Pacific islands in Fiji.

China’s top diplomat holds talks with 10 Pacific nations in Fiji to discuss increasing security and economic ties. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1225 EAT on Monday 30th May 2022. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is holding talks with his counterparts from 10 Pacific island nations in Fiji as part of a diplomatic tour…

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Medical fraternity mourns doctor killed in Nakawa traffic lights accident

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1126 EAT on Monday 30th May 2022. The medical fraternity is mourning the death Dr Emmeline Bagonza, a specialist in primary care, preventive medicine, and community medicine. Bagonza died in a road crash on Friday evening. At the time of her death, the renowned physician was attached to International…

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