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The Rosebud Ltd flower farm, a flagship Ugandan roses exporter has been internationally accredited to sell its flowers across the globe. Managing Director Rajiv Ruparelia said on Friday, August 6 that the development, which means Uganda’s number one rose’s exporter has accreditation for Fairtrade, helps the company to sell its products in all major markets […]
Ibanda Police are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of a security guard attached to Millennium Security Firm limited and theft of his firearm. The deceased has been identified as Levi Kasaande Asinguza, 24 and the missing firearm is registration number SAR UGPOL 4182 1051364. Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Region Police Spokesperson, says that Kasande disappeared […]
There was drama in Makhonje Khanje village in Bumasikye Sub County in Mbale district this morning when angry residents decided to vote out their area LC 1 chairperson for alleged theft of a pig. The residents faulted Robert Masaba for not being exemplary and immediately threw him out of office by electing new leadership. They […]
Business is slow for taxi operators in Mukono district on day one of the resumption of public transport following the 42-day lockdown announced by the president to contain the second wave of COVID-19. Dozens of taxi drivers made it early to various stages expecting a big number of travellers. On Friday, President, Yoweri Museveni authorized […]
Uganda Airlines will commence international flights to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates in September; the Acting Chief Executive Officer Jenifer Bamuturaki has revealed. She was speaking at an event organized by the Rotary E-club of Uganda Global on Sunday that attracted over 200 participants. She revealed that the national carrier had initially planned to start […]
The ongoing cordon and search operation by the army and police has led to the recovery of 23 firearms from cattle rustlers across Karamoja region since the second phase of disarmament exercise started on July 17th, 2021. Michael Longole, the Karamoja Region police spokesperson, says 12 out of 23 firearms were recovered through voluntarily disarmament […]
Construction works in a major wetland in Masaka City have been abandoned. In the past, leaders in Masaka city and environmental conservation activists have been at loggerheads with a senior officer of Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF identified as Major Patrice Mugume. Mugume hired trucks to dump the soil in the wetland, clearing part of it […]
Nearly four million doses of coronavirus vaccines from the COVAX initiative arrived in Africa last week, After a near-halt of COVID-19 vaccine shipments to the continent in recent months. There were only 245,000 doses of the vaccine delivered for all of June, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) The WHO said that it hoped […]
The Dutch government has extradited Venant Rutunga, the former regional director of ISAR Rubona, an agricultural research institute located in the southern district of Huye, formerly known as Butare Prefecture. The 72-year old was received by officials from the National Public Prosecution Authority (NPPA) at Kigali International Airport on Monday July 26 at around 7:30pm. […]
A 70–year–old man and his family in Buwate in Kira Municipality in Wakiso district are facing eviction from their plot of land (Kibanja) where they have lived for close to five decades in disregard of government directives stopping evictions in the lockdown. Lawrence Nabbamba alleges that their landlord, Herbert Musoke Semakula sold the three-acre piece […]
