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The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities is engaging in activities to implement the Uganda Wildlife Act 2019. This was revealed by the Minister Hon. Tom Butime who said that the Ministry is currently working on implementing clauses 83 and 84of the act. The two provide for the creation of a Wildlife Compensation Committee and compensation respectively. The Minister while presenting a statement on the implementation of the Wildlife Acton Tuesday, 10 March 2020 said the ministry had begun processes of developing regulations to operationalise the compensation clauses but that the scheme was not yet active. “We could not start…
As Parliament concludes investigations into alleged illegal eviction of artisanal miners in the country, residents of Kitumbi sub-county in Kasanda district want Parliament to come to their aid on what they termed as ‘misplaced eviction’. Residents led by their area MP, Hon Michael Bukenya are aggrieved that whereas the 2017 Presidential directive on eviction targeted artisanal gold miners, the security operatives in Kitumbi sub-county instead evicted residents within communities surrounding mining areas who had nothing to do with mining. “We want you to tell the President that the people he sent to evict gold miners did not evict miners…
Singer Sheebah Karungi aka Queen Sheebah on Sunday March 8, 2020 joined the sanitary pads business. The venture launched on Women’s Day is Dubbed ‘Holic Pads’, at UMA Showgrounds held where the prestigious Diamond Potential Women’s Day expo took place. The expo graced by former Blu*3 singer Lillian Mbabazis, Irene Ntale and The Sundowners is featuring women in business lead by Tooro Kingdom Queen Mother Best Kemigisa. “4 years ago, God blessed me with this huge idea in my head but didn’t know how and when am going to pull it off but I trusted the process & believed I…
People Power leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has accused security of allegedly injections one of his supporters with unknown substances. Den City is not the first person to come out of military detention and talk of being injected with substances by security operatives, Bobi claimed on Monday. “I have personally experienced this. Some are injected & they black out only to wake up in unknown places. Tormented by those we pay to protect us!” On March 6, People Power spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi visited Dennis Senono (DenCity) at the hospital where he is getting treatment. Ssenyonyi said Den City was…
Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has commended the Missionary Sisters of the Queen of Apostles for supporting women in Jinja and promised to follow up support to the women groups in the area. The Speaker observed that the Missionary Sisters had empowered many locals living in the slums whose needs she said were often not addressed by the local government. “Thank you for filling the gap and helping Government to organize these communities. I want you to send me the names of the women groups here so that they can benefit from specialized funding from Government,” said Kadaga. She made…
Mastercard today released a white paper revealing that giving people the ability to pay only for what they use, as they need it, can lift millions of people across Africa out of poverty and make prosperity possible. The paper, titled Pay on Demand: The Digital Path to Financial Inclusion, explores how digital inclusion has been proven to provide better access to financial and other services. This ultimately drives financial inclusion which leads to improved economic possibilities for individuals and businesses. Mastercard’s report, based on research from in-depth face-to-face interviews with consumers across Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda, shows that a focused…
Parliament has legalised the use of technology in the management of general elections. The move is in accordance with a recommendation of the Supreme Court in the presidential election petition of Amama Mbabazi Vs Y. K. Museveni, Electoral Commission and others. In the ruling, judges observed that in the absence of clear legislative provisions prohibiting adoption of technology management in elections, the Court could not prevent the Electoral Commission (EC) from using technology to improve its efficiency. The use of technology in the management of general elections was contained in the Electoral Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2019 passed by Parliament on…
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has appointed Doreen Nyanjura Executive Secretary for Finance and Deputy Leader of Government Business of the Kampala Capital City Authority. Her office will supervise key areas of Treasury operations, Legal, Audit, Revenue collection, Human resources among others. Nyanjura recently lost an election where she was vying for the KCCA speaker. “I want to thank the Lord Mayor for the great trust that he has placed in me to serve at his pleasure as the Executive Secretary for Finance and Administration,” she said. “I understand the huge responsibility placed upon me and I promise that I…
Women Rotarians have appealed to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga to urge government to ratify the African Union cross border convention commonly referred to as the Niamey Convention on the premise that it will reduce the cross border conflicts. The Convention aims at promoting cross border relations at local, sub-regional and regional levels taking into account matters of demarcation, dispute resolution and socio-economic relations. Women Rotarians were concerned that lives and property have been lost due to cross border conflicts on Ugandan borders and that ratifying of the convention could be the solution. “We, the women in Rotary,…
Peter Kalibala aka Trap Kid has beaten off stiff competition to emerge as the inaugural winner of the MTN Pulse Rap battles. With this win, Kalibala (Trap kid) walked away with a cash prize worth shs15, 000,000 and a recording and management deal that includes mentorship for a period of six month as well as becoming an MTN Pulse ambassador. He will also have his music uploaded to Tidal, an global music streaming app that is available to MTN customers and is owned by renowned American rapper, Jay-Z. TamusaDisan aka Gibbon MC was the first runner up while Timothy Bauma,…