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Police has arrested senior NBS TV anchor and journalist, Samson Kasumba. Kasumba was arrested Tuesday morning for a reason that is not yet known. He is currently detained at Kira Road Police Station. He anchored news at 9pm with Sheila Nduhukire only to wake up in handcuffs. Preliminary investigations indicate that Kasumba faces charges of Sedition. Sedition is speech meant to incite rebellion against authority. We still waiting for the official police Statement.
Fortebet has joined the rest of Uganda in offering the much needed support to the Covid-19 task force with a huge boost. Fortebet made its donation under the umbrella association of betting companies. This donation was handed over to the government of Uganda and received by Minister Mary Carol Okurut. 23 tonnes of maize and beans were donated. Explaining why Fortebet came up, the company executive manager, Bernard Rwakihembo said that, “We feel so sorry for everyone in Uganda and across the world. We are aware that Covid-19 has ravaged every component of life and therefore many people need a…
First son Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has spoken out on Chinese who are attacking Africans in China over coronavirus. “A lot of friends, comrades and associates from across East Africa have been urging me to say something about the hooliganism and racism being exhibited by a small section of criminals in China against Africans,” said the Presidential Advisor on Special Operations Monday. “I urge the great Chinese Communist Party to take action against these criminals.” He said China is a historical and reliable friend of Africa ever since the great Chairman Mao led the Chinese Communist Party to victory in…
The Uganda Police Force last evening arrested Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Hon. Francis Zaake Butebi for allegedly distributing food to his constituents. Zaake said on his Facebook page Sunday night that the military had broken into his home and was looking for him. “…they are breaking every door of my house searching to arrest me for the crime of sharing food with the starving people,” he said. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said that the youthful lawmaker was arrested on allegations of distributing food items to constituents in Buswabulongo, Busimbi Division in Mityana municipality contrary to the presidential directives. Police…
Suubula.com, Uganda’s fast-growing online marketplace, which provides space for listing of local products and also delivers ordered essential supplies to homes and offices, has welcomed the extension of boda boda’s operating hours to 5:00pm. The marketplace’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Camble Hope, said the president’s decision will “breathe new life in the delivery business” in the country during the COVID-19 lockdown. President Museveni yesterday said after a review, it was decided that bodas operate till 5:00pm. The motorcycles’ movements had been restricted to 2:00pm.Camble said “thousands of Ugandans were unable to make and receive their orders due to time constraints.”…
Leading opposition Figure Dr. Kiiza Besigye has joined hundreds of Ugandans to condemn government officials using the Covid 19 pandemic to enrich themselves. This comment follows a social media video from Salt TV leaked to the public where an elderly woman was complain about the relief food distributed by the National Task force. In a two minute video recoded in Bwaise a Kampala suburb, the elderly woman complain about the quality of bean. “Besides the beans being full of stones, they also don’t get ready! I have cooked the beans for more than two hours but till now they not…
Kampala – In the wake of multiple donations, National Resistance Movement (NRM) has, on Sunday, April 19, injected UGX380 million in the fight against COVID -19. Al-Hajji Moses Kigongo, the first National Vice-Chairperson of the ruling party, presented the donation to Chairman of the National Task Force Dr. Ruhankana Rugunda at the Office of the Prime Minister. Flanked by Party Secretary-General, Justine Kasule Lumumba and the National Treasurer, Rose Namayanja Nsereko, Al-Hajji Kigongo commended the task force for their efforts in ‘plateauing’ the spread of the deadly coronavirus in Uganda. “I urge Ugandans to respect and observe the fatherly guidance…
Popular Nigerian Man of God Prophet TB Joshua has said he was misled by the holy spirit to make a prophecy about the Coronavirus pandemic. The man of God who has come under attack from around the world for making a “false” prophecy that the coronavirus would end on 27 March has now come up with an explanation. According to him, when he said the virus would end, he wasn’t talking about throughout the world – he was only talking about Wuhan in China, where the virus first began. On Sunday, the Nigerian prophet had an exclusive interview with Emmanuel…
Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, has died, the highest serving political office holder to have succumbed to novel coronavirus pandemic. The Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Mr Femi Adesina, confirmed the death on Saturday in Abuja. The deceased had tested positive to the ravaging Covid-19, and had been receiving treatment. But he died on Friday, April 17, 2020.’’ Adesina said in a terse statement. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced that Kyari tested positive for Corvid-19 on March 24, 2019 but Buhari turned out negative. With a Bachelor of Arts Degree…
Kira Municpality lawmaker Hon. Ssemuju Ibrahim Nganda has challenged Ugandans to stop politicizing the entire Covid 19 tragedy. Speaking while appearing on the Capital Gang hosted by Oscar Ssemwaya Musoke early this morning, the Forum for democratic Change Spokesperson person insisted that all Ugandans need to get relief food. Ssumuju added that the pandemic effects have not discriminated in colour, Income levels or even religion, therefore its not right to give only people in Kampala yet people are suffering countrywide. “Even if Satan is the one bringing food, I am going to clap for it” Ssemuju noted adding that its…