All posts tagged "Latest-News"

Aya’s Pearl Of Africa Hotel put on auction over shs600bn debt

Kampala, (UG): Businessman Muhammad Hamid, 47, the owner of Pearl Of Africa Hotel is set to lose it after court bailiffs began...

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Shs300m million raised as Busoga launches Kyabazinga’s Royal Wedding

Jinja, (UG): The organising committee for the royal wedding of Kyabazinga William Gabula Nadiope IV and the new Inebantu-to-be Ms Jovia Mutesi...

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Premier League

Three talking points from the Premier League weekend

Newcastle fell just short of matching the Premier League’s record win but did set a new landmark with eight different goalscorers in...

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Govt not yet able to fund schools’ boarding section, says Janet

Rakai, (UG): The Minister of Education and Sports, First Lady Janet K Museveni has revealed that the government is not ready to...

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Africa

Suicide truck bomber kills dozens, wounds several in Somalia

Mogadishu, (AFP): Emergency workers in central Somalia dug through rubble to recover more bodies Sunday after a truck bombing killed over a...

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Minister Lugoloobi commissions 12 school buildings worth sh2bn in Kayunga

Kayunga, (UG): State Minister for Finance and Ntenjeru North MP, Hon Amos Lugoloobi has handed over 12 buildings to parents, students and...

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Standard Chartered to give new fathers 20 weeks of fully paid leave

Kampala, (UG): Standard Chartered Bank employees, including those in Uganda, will now be entitled to a minimum of 20 weeks of parental...

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Doctor arrested for elevating himself to rank of senior medical officer

Manafwa, (UG): The State House Health Monitoring Unit (SHHMU) has arrested two medical doctors attached to Bubulo Health Centre IV in Manafwa...

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Crime

UPDF soldier shoots three dead in Kotido

Kotido, (UG): A team of joint security forces in the Karamoja sub-region are investigating circumstances under which a UPDF Soldier shot dead...

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Parliament

IGG to digitise fight against corruption

Kampala, (UG): The Parliamentary Commissioner, Hon. Esther Afoyochan has on behalf of the Speaker, Anita Among received bi-annual reports of the Inspectorate...

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U-Turn: How IGG cleared ex-NSSF boss Byarugaba in Shs5b saga

Kampala, (UG): The former managing director of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Mr Richard Byarugaba has been cleared of the charges...

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US govt commits to continue supporting Uganda’s fight against HIV/AIDS

Kampala, (UG): The new Ambassador of the United States of America to Uganda, H.E. William W. Popp has affirmed the commitment by...

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All of you must join the money economy – Museveni tells Tororo residents

Tororo, (UG): President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged the people of Tororo District to join the money economy in order to fight...

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‘Support investors than frustrating them’ – Museveni tells politicians, public servants

Tororo, (UG): President Museveni has appealed to Ugandans especially the politicians and public servants not to frustrate investors since they are very...

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Medical interns to do pre-entry exams before deployment

Kampala, (UG): The Ministry of Health has finalized drafting a policy that will see all medical interns subjected to standardised pre-entry internship...

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TOP STORY: How flopped mercury deal got former MP Robert Musoke arrested over murder

Buyende, (UG): Life after Parliament can be difficult but the path of crime, including robbery and murder, is one that you don’t...

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Campus Link

Controversy as IUIU enforces compulsory pregnancy tests for students

Kampala, (UG): The Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) has issued a directive compelling every female student to be subjected to a compulsory...

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Turkish firm to develop Lugogo Cricket Oval into multipurpose sports complex

Kampala, (UG): Government of Uganda has partnered with Summa, a Turkish construction company, to construct a modern state-of-the-art multipurpose indoor sports complex...

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Museveni receives credentials from Uganda’s new envoys

President Museveni yesterday (Wednesday, September 20) received credentials from four (4) new envoys to Uganda in a function held at State House-...

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Kiruhura district boss arrested over raping 20-year-old student

Kiruhura, (UG): The Police in Rwizi Region are holding in custody a 30-year-old Atuhaire Adson, the Deputy LC5 Chairperson of Kiruhura district...

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New Qatar markets to unlock Uganda’s growth, says Amb. Walusimbi

Doha, (Qatar): The Senior Presidential Advisor on Diaspora Affairs, Ambassador Hajji Abbey Walusimbi has revealed that new agricultural markets in Qatar are...

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