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The communication suspending the operations of some non-governmental organizations has caused confusion and disruptions across a section of the affected entities and fears among others. The majority of the NGOs have since claimed they were never given prior notice, having heeded to previous warnings by the NGO Bureau. The directive affects 54 entities some of which […]
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 […]
Lady Justice Susan Abinyo has dismissed 10 affidavits filed by Abdul Katuntu to defend his election as the Bugweri county Member of Parliament on grounds that they were filed outside the stipulated time. Justice delivered the ruling when the petition filed by Katuntu’s rival, Julius Galisonga, the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC candidate came up for […]
Lwengo police are holding six suspects accused of lynching a man for cautioning them against partying during curfew time. The suspects ganged up against Elias Kiweewa, a resident of the Central zone in Kyazanga town Council when he approached on Sunday night while partying with loud music. The more than 20 revellers first insulted Kiweewa […]
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 […]
Two teenagers have suffocated to death in a kiosk in Pabbo Sub County Amuru district. The dead have been identified as 16-year-old Bosco Ayella and 15-year-old William Kakanyero. Their lifeless bodies were found on Thursday morning lying in a kiosk belonging to Walter Ochora, a local businessman in Labala Trading Centre in Pabbo Sub County […]
The former Nakawa West Parliamentary candidate, Mukesh Babubhai Shukla has filed an application seeking permission to file an amended petition against his rival Joel Ssenyonyi three months after filing the same before the High Court. Mukesh Babubhai Shukla, who came sixth in the just concluded elections, filed a petition before the Civil Division of the […]
