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President Salva Kiir has pardoned jailed activist Peter Biar Ajak and philanthropist Kerbino Wol Agok in a Presidential decree read on state-owned SSBC-TV on Thursday evening. They are among 30 inmates released from prisons across the country with effect from January 1, 2020. Some of the freed inmates are juveniles. During a visit to Juba Central Prison on Christmas eve, Kiir had promised to set free some inmates who committed minor offenses and showed “good conduct.” Kerubino was sentenced to 10 years, for violating section 67, 72, 79 and 47 of the penal code of 2008. He was also sentenced…
Committee of Parliament is set to meet today to vet the nine presidential nominees to the different sector ministries. The session chaired by the Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga will take place at the August House where lawmakers including Hon. Raphael Magezi, Beatrice Anywar, Hamson Obua, Peter Ogwang among others will make a debut. Using the Powers vested in the President by Articles 99(1), 108(2), 108A(1), 113(1) and 114(1) of the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, in pursuance of the goals of the NRM and Ugandans in general, made minor changes…
A 16-year-old girl in Gok State was reportedly beaten to death by her brothers on New Year’s Eve after getting pregnant to a poor man before marriage. The teenage girl’s father had purportedly arranged to marry her off to another man who had accepted to pay an unknown number of cattle as dowry-an amount of property or money brought by a bridegroom to his in-laws. According to Mamer Nyinnypiu who is a cousin brother to the victim, the girl reportedly went missing only to be found at the home of another man who had impregnated her. “The parents happen to…
The ‘Stanbic Uganda Cup’ is back bigger and better with yet another increase in prize money for participating teams and exciting rewards for football fans. Winning Prize money has been increased to a total of UGX 132 million up from UGX 120 million for the final sixteen teams with the winning team walking away with UGX 40 million, the Runner Up UGX 20 million, the semi- finalists UGX 12 million each, the quarter finalists UGX 6 million each and the teams that finish in the Round of 16 UGX 3 million. The prize money for the tournament has been increasing…
The year of 2019 was rapped up with another episode of the controversial Bebe Cool List, where the celebrated singer names successful musicians and performers of each year. According to the Kiwatule boy, Fresh Daddy, Fresh Kid, John Blaq, Eddy Kenzo and others made it to the list but singers turned politicians like Jose Chameleon and Kyadondo East’s Kyagulanyi Robert Ssntamu aka Bobi Wine were left out. Unlike how protests are always done where people always complain of why someone was left out, People power supporters celebrated the fact the Kasukali Singer made no debut. The excited fans vowed to…
To understand the new smart watched and other pro devices of recent focus, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, assesses the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cook’s “sitting is the new factor” line. Diana saves Steve Trevor who has crashed on Themyscira. He warns her of the great war, World War I, raging across the globe. Wonder Woman…
To understand the new smart watched and other pro devices of recent focus, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, assesses the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cook’s “sitting is the new factor” line. Diana saves Steve Trevor who has crashed on Themyscira. He warns her of the great war, World War I, raging across the globe. Wonder Woman…
The wind of change in the great lakes region seems to have also slightly shaken the celebrated Bush war General. With the declaration of Rwanda’s Paul Kagame not seeking reelection once his term of office elapses, President Museveni has also given a hint on when he intends to leave State House. According to sources, Museveni said that he will not contest for power in 2036, that is close to Fifteen years from now. It is said that he made this decision because his vision for the country will be obscured by poor vision as a result of old age, citing…
Gagamel singer Moses Ssali aka Bebe Cool Wednesday January 1, 2020 released his list of top Ugandan musicians who ranked high in the year 2019. Notable among those missing on the list are legends Jose Chameleone, Bobi Wine and Juliana Kanyamozi, among the big names. “Using the moral authority vested in me by the 20 years experience in the music industry, I hereby present to you my best choices for the year 2019,” he said. Here is the list: 1. John Black (Obubadi, Do Dat, Byalagilwa, Makanika). Like Fik Fameika did a few years ago, he has made a big…
Fellow Countrymen and Country women. Greetings to all Ugandans. The year that is ending had good things and bad things. The bad things included crime like the killing of Nagirinya, land-slides and floods. Crime had gone up mainly because of the corruption and laxity in the Police force and the other security agencies. There was also the historical under-equipping of the Police. When, earlier on, I addressed Parliament on the 20th of June, 2018,I laid out the 12 points of handling crime. Some of the steps outlined in that speech have been worked on ─ especially some aspects of the cameras…