Legislators have adopted a motion urging government to review taxes on procurements of closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras and automotive tracking devices. The MPs, while debating the motion during plenary sitting on Wednesday, 5 December 2019, agreed that the prices on the market for CCTV cameras were too expensive for ordinary citizens to afford. Hon. Gaffa Mbwatekamwa (NRM, Kasambya County) moved the motion saying that when President Yoweri Museveni addressed the nation on the state of security last year, he identified the installation of CCTV cameras as one of the ways to improve security in the country. “The affordability of…
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There is panic among beach goers and revelers following witness accounts of a crocodile reportedly sighted in the waters near Botanical beach in Entebbe. On Thursday, a witness identified as Kazibwe claimed to have spotted a crocodile while at Botanical Beach in Entebbe, sparking off unrest. Nile Post contacted the witness and he claimed to have spotted the crocodile but it ducked back in the water and disappeared from trace. “I saw the crocodile yesterday while at the beach and have been vocal about it since. Officials from Uganda Wildlife Authority were given my number and when they contacted me…
On Tuesday as we covered NXT Radio’s press launch of their partnership with 243 Events to bring Congolese star Fally Ipupa to Uganda, we couldn’t help but notice the insistence from some key stakeholders that they confirmed we were live on NBS Television. It is at that point that we realized how over the last few months, all the big concerts and social events have moved to have the Next Media companies, especially NBS Television and NXT Radio, as media sponsors. From Blankets & Wine to events such as Purple Party, the Burna Boy concert, Don Moen, Bell Jamz’ Chris…
Kyadondo East Member of Parliament and also presidential hopeful Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has opened up about his stand on homosexuals. Speaking on Wednesday while appearing on South African Broadcast Corporation(SABC), Bobi Wine said he has a responsibility of guarding the rights of all people including those whose ideas he might not agree with. “I believe that one has the responsibility of guarding the rights of all citizens of those who are like you and those that are not like you. I believe that as a leader, a high level of tolerance is required to make sure the nation…
The owners of Temangalo Tea Estate have written to President Yoweri Museveni over their land sold to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). In the letter published in dailies on Wednesday, the owners asked Museveni to have a second look into the circumstances within which they lost the land. “As former Ugandans, born and raised in Kampala, we seek your intervention in the cause of justice and fairness, during this anti-corruption week, to readdress an injustice with regard to our land, a 366-acre estate in Temangalo, Busiro County,” says Nazim Moosa, one of the tea estate owners. “Interestingly enough, Sir,…
The ride-share company was stripped of its license over a “pattern of failures” around passenger safety. Uber has been banned in London after losing its license to operate. Transport for London announced it was refusing to renew the license — which expired on Monday — over a “pattern of failures” surrounding passenger safety. “TfL has identified a pattern of failures by the company including several breaches that placed passengers and their safety at risk,” the regulator wrote in its decision. “Despite addressing some of these issues, TfL does not have confidence that similar issues will not reoccur in the future,…
Sanyuka Television’s experiential activation, “Sanyuka Owakabi,” will return this Friday, this time happening at Nakawa Market, next to the KCCA offices. The activation, targeted towards taking the home of sports and entertainment to their audiences, features the station’s celebrity presenters and artistes, along with comedians, to entertain revelers, all at no cost, yet with a lot of goodies being given away. Ssenga Nantume & Kachapizo, Omukunja, Alya Alain, Zahara Totto & Annatalia, Hilda Bahati, among others, have all featured on the “Sanyuka Owakabi” stage, along with artistes such as Gravity Omutujju, Spice Diana, OS Ssuuna, Maro, Madrat & Chico, among…
The hashtag, #NBSInvestigates, is a usual fixture among Ugandan trends online, with some of the most impactful news stories in Ugandan journalism history aired on the segment. It airs during NBS Television’s Monday edition of Live at 9, their prime news bulletin. Solomon Serwanjja is only one of the investigative reporters that contribute to it, and his piece, done in conjunction with BBC Africa Eye, “Stealing from the Sick”, won a major international award – the Association for International Broadcasting (AIBs) Investigative Documentary Award. This comes after Solomon Serwanjja was named the 2019 BBC Africa Komla Dumor Award that has…
The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj.Gen.Muzeeyi Sabiiti , the four new police directors and a few other officers have been sworn in as new members of the Uganda Police Council. Muzeeyi Sabiiti was in March 2018 appointed the new Deputy Police Chief, whereas in July this year, President Museveni appointed Brig Jackson Bakasumba, Col Sserunjogi Ddamulira, Brig Geoffrey Golooba and Col. Jessy Kamunanwire as new police directors. On Monday, the group was sworn in during the opening function of the 25th Police Council meeting at the Police headquarters in Naguru overseen by the commissioner of oaths. Speaking after the…
Airtel Uganda has announced the addition of international Transfer Services on its Airtel Money platform to ease the remittance of money by its customers at home and across the globe. With the new service, Airtel Money customers will conveniently, safely and instantly send funds across borders to Tanzania and Malawi from the Airtel Money wallets and soon launching to Rwanda, Kenya and U.A.E at the most competitive rates and receive money from across the globe into their Airtel money wallets free of charge and will be able to receive money directly from Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, South Africa, Somalia, UK, USA, UAE,…