A whistleblower has petitioned the Inspector General of Government asking the ombudsman to investigate whether the Shs 146 billion that was advanced to Kiira Motors Corporation by government was put to its intended use. The petitioner, in a document dated August 4, claims that the money was misused and now wants a wide-ranging investigation into the matter. Kiira Motors Corporation is a state owned enterprise established to manufacture electric powered automobiles. Government owns 96% shareholding and Makerere University owns the remaining 4%. The company has manufactured three vehicles so far; Kiira EV, Kayoola Solar Bus and Kiira EVS. The whistleblower…
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s second-biggest city of Melbourne began the first day of a six-week total lockdown on Thursday with the closure of most shops and businesses raising new fears of food shortages, as authorities battle a second wave of coronavirus infections. Shops were boarded shut and streets were deserted in the city of about 5 million people, the capital of Victoria state, which reported 471 new COVID-19 cases and eight deaths in the past 24 hours. Australia has now recorded about 20,000 COVID-19 cases and 255 fatalities, still far fewer than many other developed nations. But the Victorian outbreak…
The tourism private sector associations under their umbrella Uganda Tourism Association (UTA), has asked government to reopen Entebbe International Airport in order to facilitate different tourism activities currently at a standstill due to its continued closure as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. Uganda closed the airport on March 23 effectively prohibiting all passenger planes coming from outside Uganda from landing at it as one of the measures to prevent introduction of coronavirus into the country. Only cargo and UN planes were allowed to fly in and out of Uganda. But in a meeting at Sheraton Hotel on Tuesday morning, UTA…
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in Uganda – Century & Rwenzori Bottling Companies, has continued its drive to improve hand wash and sanitation in public, high risk areas as a way of protecting the public against the spread of COVID-19. In the effort, the Company has handed over 40 handwashing jerrycans to authorities in Buikwe District’s Najjembe, Namawojjolo, Ssenyi and Kiyinda areas, along the busy Jinja Road Highway. This initiative is part of Coca-Cola’s commitment to support the Ministry of Health in the fight against COVID-19, with a focus on areas that are at high risk due to congestion and economic…
Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi Wine is at it again. Like he did about two years ago when he went on an international smear campaign of Uganda and President Museveni, he has again run to his Western masters with a recycled set of baseless accusations. In an article titled “My Torture at the Hands of America’s Favourite African Strongman” published on July 29th in the New York Times, the novice politician, in a visibly desperate tone, makes all manner of accusations against President Museveni and the UPDF, while attempting to paint a picture of Uganda as…
In November 2018, a government apparatus used the Facebook page of the Kampala Metropolitan Police to lie that Charles Lambert was caught at the airport running away from Uganda with a bag of cash. This very alarming news on the official social media pages of a supposed reputable institute as the Kampala metropolitan police was more than enough to scare thousands of ordinary Ugandans who had joined and put their faith in the first pan African economic war and they flooded the police station with their complaints, panic and fear. The national media embassments that followed the actual arrest of…
The ministry of health has confirmed that Uganda has registered another COVID19 related death, bringing the number to 5. The deceased is a 46 year old female of Indian origin and resident of Kibuli in Kampala. She was admitted to Kibuli hospital on 1st August after presenting with signs and symptoms consistent with COVID-19 which include; mild fever, cough and difficulty in breathing. However, upon suspecting that the patient had Coronavirus, the staff at Kibuli Muslim hospital referred her to Mulago National Referral hospital for further management, on the same day. Unfortunately, the ministry says she died on the way…
Rwandan airports on Saturday reopened to international travellers, more than four months after the East African nation suspended commercial passenger flights to mitigate the Covid-19 outbreak. The suspension didn’t affect cargo and emergency flights. Tourists travelling by charter flights had been allowed to enter the country that is famous for mountain gorilla tracking since June 17. Rwandan national flag carrier RwandAir, which flew to 29 destinations across 24 countries throughout Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia before it suspended passenger flights on March 20, on Saturday resumed with a flight from Kigali International Airport to Dubai, while Kenyan and…
As the 2021 MPs and Presidential Elections draw closer, Many Politicians across the political divide are switching sides . As of today, Members of Parliament and Mayors have lined up to cross over from their parties for Robert Kyagulanyi’s National Unity Party (NUP) Key among those are John Nambeshe and Nsamba Patrick Oshabe who have been riding on the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party. Nambeshe, who is now the Eastern Region People Power Coordinator told earlier URN that he has taken a decision to quit the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party, saying he doesn’t trust NRM party Electoral Commission officials…
Scaling up off-grid solar power model for transforming rural energy access across Africa; EIB financing to overcome barriers to 80% of Ugandans without access to electricity; Local currency financing to accelerate PAYGO solution for affordable green energy. Millions of people, small holders and entrepreneurs in remote villages across Uganda are set to access reliable and cheap electricity for the first time under a new off-grid solar scheme agreed between ENGIE (www.ENGIE-africa.com), through its Solar Home System company Fenix International and the European Investment Bank, one of the world’s largest financiers of renewable energy. “Access to affordable and clean energy is…