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Uganda Cranes midfielder has been recalled to the Cranes team for the World Cup Qualifiers. The midfielder joined the Cranes camp in Ethiopia with Tadeo Lwanga and Joseph Ochaya. Aucho was in March dismissed from the team camp ahead of Afcon qualifiers after failing to adhere to the National team’s code of conduct. Since then […]
Government Ministries are yet to agree on how to manage the Shillings 200 billion relief package that President Yoweri Museveni announced for micro, small and medium enterprises while announcing the second COVID-19 induced lockdown. More than a month later, the money is yet to be released to the would-be recipients. The cash was meant for […]
The UPDF Armoured Brigade has joined the Police force to contain the escalating murders in Greater Masaka Region. This follows the unexplained killing of 18 people in the region in less than two months. The killings started in early July and spiralled into this month. Some of the victims escaped with serious injuries. Brigadier Deo […]
The deputy speaker of Rubanda District, Pierre Mbabazi Nyetegyereize and two others are in trouble for alleged mismanagement of funds meant for the Kabale journalists Emyooga Sacco. Mbabazi, who doubles as the Hamurwa Sub county LC V councillor was arrested on Monday for fraudulently acquiring a loan of Shillings 1.2 million from the journalist’s Sacco […]
Hundreds of people in Pader district have continued flocking to the rural home of the former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Major General Paul Lokech to mourn his demise. The country woke up on Saturday to the news of Lokech’s death. According to police reports, the Deputy IGP died because of blood clots, which affected […]
Travels at Entebbe International Airport dropped by 14,000 passengers between June and July mainly due to the nationwide lockdown and global travel restrictions. Although president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced a total lockdown in June that ran for 42 days, he left Entebbe International Airport open. Despite this, Vianney Luggya, the Spokesperson of the Uganda Civil Aviation […]
The Uganda National Examinations Board has recorded the lowest number of absentee candidates in the 2020 Uganda Advanced Examination Certificate- UACE exams. A total of 952 candidates registered for the exams but did not show up. This is the lowest number of absentee candidates that UNEB has recorded in the past five years. In 2019 […]
Fred Kajubi Lumbuye’s most popular YouTube video is titled “Bwino Wa Eddy Kenzo Bitiisa.” Uploaded on November 1st 2019, the video has 90,089 views, according to the analysis of the 413 videos uploaded on his channel. The video is a Luganda commentary of Lumbuye attacking musician Edrisa Musuuza aka Eddy Kenzo for saying he would not […]
Kitgum District has registered up to 4,767 cases of teenage pregnancies within a period of two and half years. According to statistics from the district Probation office, the majority of the cases were registered in 2019 before the government instituted the first lockdown following the outbreak of coronavirus disease. The statistics show that between January […]
Zambia’s electoral commission has confirmed that last week’s presidential election was won by the opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema. Mr Hichilema defeated his main rival, the outgoing President Edgar Lungu, by more than a million votes. It was Mr Hichilema’s sixth attempt at winning the presidency. His supporters have been celebrating on the streets of the […]
