Three months after, Government of Uganda is still straining to clear its name on the international scene over the violence that marred the January 2020 elections. The election in which dozens of lives were lost and hundred thrown behind bars, has been described as the bloodiest the country has ever conducted, by some political players including opposition leader Col Dr Kizza Besigye. Government has since had to explain the election aftermath to the European Union, the United Nations, and most recently the United States of American. In a lengthy response to a report ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices:…
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State House has asked the Permanent Secretary/ Secretary to the Treasury (PSST) for permission to write off Shs 590,200,000 (Five hundred ninety million, two hundred thousand shillings) which was stolen by unnamed staff in the 2011/12 Financial Year (FY). State House Comptroller, Lucy Nakyoobe Mbonye, disclosed this during an interaction with Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday April 14, 2021. Nakyoobe was responding to PAC Chairperson Nathan Nandala Mafabi’s question as to why the above mentioned monies, categorized under receivables, have remained a constant figure in State House’s Books of Accounts. “Mr. Chairman, that receivable is due to the…
A group of female activists under different organizations have come out to show solidarity with the outgoing Kampala Woman MP Nabilah Sempala who has been going through a brutal and highly publicized marital crisis. The women’s movement comprising of organizations such as Akina Mama Wa Afrika (AMwA), Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP), FIDA-Uganda, Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE), Women’s Human Rights Defenders Network (WHRDN-U) among others, issued a joint statement describing the situation that the MP went through as a violation of her rights. Nabilah recently had a fall out which her husband Isaac Sempala, who accused her…
Kim Jong-Un has executed a North Korean government official after his department failed to hold enough video calls and complained about workloads, it has been claimed. The unnamed high-ranking education minister was reportedly sentenced to death by President Kim following an investigation into why his department was failing to make satisfactory progress. A report on the findings of the probe into the Ministry of Higher Education, conducted by the Organisation and Guidance Department (ODG), was seen by Daily NRK. It claimed not enough was being done to properly “implement the Distance Education Act”, the news outlet reported. The report said:…
The Acting Director General of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Fred Bamwesigye is fighting to be confirmed to the job despite his academic documents showing he has already clocked the mandatory age of 55 years. According to official documents, in his application for the job of CAA Director Human Resource and Administration, Bamwesigye said he was born on November 27, 1967. This means Bamwesigye is 54 years-old. Yet, on June 22, 2011, Bamwesigye applied for a visa to Canada using his passport registration number BO861672 – showing that he was born on November 27, 1963. The passport confirms he is 58…
dfcu Bank recently held a customer engagement workshop with prospective customers in the roads construction sector in Uganda. The workshop which ran under the theme, ‘Challenges and Opportunities in the Road Construction Sector,’ was aimed at raising awareness on financing opportunities for various players in the road sector and highlighting the possibilities that arise from partnering with dfcu Bank in terms of increased capacity to take on bigger contracts. This was supported by the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) which shared an outlook of the country’s road sector. Speaking during the engagement, the dfcu Bank Executive Director and Chief Commercial…
Doctors have at last shed light on the sudden death of the Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, revealing Monday that he succumbed to heart disease. Dr Charles Ssekitoleko who is also the Archdiocesan Health Coordinator of the Kampala Archdiocese told mourners this afternoon that Dr Lwanga had died of a condition known as “Ischemic Heart Disease” The death he said, followed a coronary artery thrombosis. “This means a heart attack that is due to a blood clot that was found in the artery that supplies blood to the heat,” he said “When this happens, it takes three to five minutes…
Star Times Uganda Premier League 2020-21 (Match Day 16) – Saturday, 3rd April 2021 Results: Express 3-1 Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Kyetume 0-3 Police Match day 16 of the 2020-21 Star Times Uganda Premier League officially climaxed with two matches in Kampala and Buikwe districts on Saturday, April 3, 2021. A ten man Express side overcame Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) 3-1 at the Bet Way Mutesa II Memorial stadium, Wankululuku. Eric Kambale scored twice and Godfrey Lwesibawa got the other goal for a dominant Express, all goals coming in the first half. URA pulled back a goal through striker Steven…
Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, announced the signing of an agreement under which Mastercard, a leading innovator and global technology company in the payments industry, will invest $100m in Airtel Mobile Commerce BV (“AMC BV”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Airtel Africa plc (the “Transaction”). AMC BV is currently the holding company for several of Airtel Africa’s mobile money operations and is intended to own and operate the mobile money businesses across all of Airtel Africa’s fourteen operating countries. The Transaction values Airtel Africa’s mobile money…
2020-21 Star Times Uganda Premier League: UPDF 0-3 Vipers KCCA 3-0 BUL Kitara 1-3 Soltilo Bright Stars Wakiso Giants 1-2 Mbarara City The 2020-21 Star Times Uganda Premier League round of 16 continued on Friday, 2nd April 2021 with four games on the menu. The reigning champions Vipers, KCCA, Soltilo Bright Stars and Mbarara City all won their respective matches. Vipers overcame UPDF 3-0 at the Army Military Stadium, Bombo. The same score-line was recorded in KCCA’s condemnation of BUL at the MTN Omondi Stadium – Lugogo. Towering Congolese forward Ceaser Manzoki scored twice and Paul Mucureezi (penalty) scored for Vipers on the road. KCCA scored their goals…