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Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) has suspended a gossip show, Wolokoso, that airs on a sister station Star TV. This is after the show presenter MC Ibrah Mukasa made offensive remarks towards singer Lydia Jazmine. Ibrah alleged on the show that Jazmine had conceived for Fik Fameika but he aborted the child.
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Uganda People Defense Forces Brigadier General Victor Twesigye has died. Twesigye died on Thursday morning after he, according to the defence spokesperson, Brigadier Richard Karemire, slid in the bathroom in his home in Nyarushanje-Rukungiri” Twesigye had just been appointed as the Uganda Defence Liason Officer at the East African Community Headquarters
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Cabinet will sit next week to devise a conclusive decision on the re-opening of city arcades. The arcades have been closed for close to three months. President Museveni made the call to close them to stem the spread of coronavirus in March. On Wednesday the Minister for Trade Amelia Kyambade received
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Finance Minister, Hon Matia Kasaija has been instructed by Parliament to fast-track payment of South Sudan traders within 10 days. The instructions come after a short-lived but intense debate on the matter following revelations by Kasaija in a statement to Parliament that the payment may, after all, have to wait for
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The creation of 15 new counties hit a snag following protests by several legislators who accused the Minister of Local Government, Hon Raphael Magyezi of unfairness in the selection criteria. This prompted the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga to refer the matter to the Committee on Public Service and Local Government
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Just a month after four of its senior officials resigned from office, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has reshuffled 211 staff under its customs department. According to a memo from Abel Kagumire, the commissioner for customs, 211 employees will have different positions within the department effective Wednesday, July 1. “Manager customs planning
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The Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs, Ms Betty Amongi, has extended the appointment of Eng. Andrew Kitaka in acting capacity as Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) executive director. In a June 25 letter seen by this website, Amongi asked Eng. Kitaka to continue monitoring operations at the KCCA as the
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The People Power leaders have called upon other opposition leaders like Col Kizza Besigye, ANT's Mugisha Muntu among others to rally behind their candidate Robert Kyagulanyi popularly known as Bobi Wine ahead of the forthcoming 2021 general elections. The People Power leaders their leader is the best in the race. Speaking
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Rappers GNL Zamba and Gravity Omutujju are at war. The two have taken to exchanging artillery on social media with each downplaying the impact of the other in the industry. “When I wrote Ani Yali Amanyi verses and sampled the Ugandan legend Elly wamala to bridge the gap of old and
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People Power'patron Hon.Robert Kyagulanyi popularly known as Bobi Wine’s togerher with his team have assured the supporters that they will win the upcoming presidential polls with an overwhelming 75 percent majority vote. Bobi Wine made these remarks on Tuesday, July 30 while unveiling new people power coordinators at the group's
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