Besigye freed after 7-hour standoff with police in Kasangati.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0943 EAT on Friday 20th May 2022. Police have ‘allowed’ former presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye to return home after holding him inside his car for more than seven hours in Kasangati town council, Wakiso district. Police intercepted Besigye shortly after leaving his residence where he spent six days…

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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…

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Govt revives plan to print money within the country

By Kafeero Twaha Update Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 1559 EAT. The Minister for the Presidency, Ms Milly Babirye Babalanda, launches the construction of the Security Printing factory in Entebbe yesterday. Hon Milly Babirye Babalanda – Courtesy photo While officiating the ground breaking ceremony of the Uganda Security Printing factory at the Uganda Printing and…

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Refined Bul outwit Booma to set up Vipers rematch in Final.

Soccer Lethal Weapon. Bul striker Karim Nduggwa scored  his seventh goal in the Stanbic Uganda Cup against Booma at Kyabazinga Stadium in Bugembe on May 18, 2022.    By Kafeero Twaha The StarTimes Uganda Premier League outfit won the second leg of the semi-final 1-0 at the Kyabazinga Stadium in a dull affair to add…

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John Ntalo Battles Ministry of Trade, UDC for 5 years over 2 Billion in Claim for Bleach of Contract; Dr. Patrick Birungi Responds to HICGI News Agency on the Matter.

By E K Benj @Kivumbi Uganda Government is facing ‘embarrassment’ for failing to honor contract signed by Ministry of Trade with JB IT Consult based in Katabi, Entebbe for five years now. According to documents seen by HICGI News Agency, the private IT Firm headed by John Ntalo a resident of Entebbe was contracted by…

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Mps disagree on salary deductions towards Oulanyah Education Fund

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1009 EAT on Thursday 18th May 2022. Parliament has found itself in a catch-22 after a section of legislators complained about deductions of Shs 1 million off their salaries as contributions to the Jacob Oulanyah Education Trust Fund. The fund was set up two months ago in memory of…

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Public debt soars as Uganda seeks to borrow shs. 9.7 trillion.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0948 EAT on Thursday 18th May 2022. Government is set to borrow Shs 9.7 trillion in a bid to finance its Shs 47 trillion 2022/2023 financial year budget, the National Budget Framework Paper indicates. Under the theme ‘Full monetization of the economy through commercial agriculture, industrialization, market access and…

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Kakwenza narrates escape to exile.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0927 EAT on Thursday 18th May 2022. Exiled government critic and author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija caught the nation by surprise when he fled to exile on February 9. It sparked debate and speculation about the mystery surrounding his last hours in Uganda. However, Kakwenza has broken the silence and narrated…

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