Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1039 EAT on Monday 2 May 2022. Over 378 guns collected from Karimojong warriors have been burnt by the army “to show how useless the weapons are.” The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has been participating in the campaign with the African Amnesty on the voluntary surrender of illicit…
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Seychelles hunts for Ugandan teachers to revamp its education sector.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1404 EAT on Saturday 30 April 2022. The government of Seychelles is currently looking for teachers from Uganda as part of its bid to revamp the sector and remove instructors who do not possess the approved teaching qualifications. The sought-after teachers in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, English,…
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…
Ugandans lose millions to ‘Malaysian’ online business scam.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0830 EAT on Friday 29 April 2022. Thousands of unsuspecting Ugandans are counting losses after losing huge sums of money to online fraudsters masquerading as international business agents trading under chargeanytime.net purportedly from Malaysia. The victims of the dubious business were lured into investing various sums of money through…
Africa registers 32% increase in new Covid-19 cases amid global decrease.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1648 EAT on Thursday 28 April 2022. While global COVID-19 cases have been on a decrease, Africa has had a 32 per cent increase in cases in the past one week, according to a latest epidemiological report by the World Health Organization (WHO). With Omicron remaining the most dominant…
Uganda Coffee Authority supports Pinetti-coffee deal.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1551 EAT on Thursday 28 April 2022. The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has surprisingly thrown its weight behind the controversial agreement between the government and the Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited (UVCC). While appearing before the parliamentary trade committee that is probing the agreement Tuesday, the UCDA executive…
Kayihura’s men still on the run
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1221 EAT on Wednesday 27 April 2022. After a scandal-shortened career, two of General Kale Kayihura’s once high-ranking men in the police force are still on the run four years after the ouster of the former inspector general of police. The fugitives include Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Siraje…
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