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An eight-year-old girl has died in Rubanda district after mudslides hit the house she was in on Tuesday morning. The deceased only identified as Promise, a daughter to Didas Kanyesigye a resident of Rutooma village, Kacherere ward, Kacherere town council was a primary two pupil at Kacherere primary school met her death at around 05:00 AM. Principal Ayinamaani Twijukye, her uncle, says that Promise was sleeping in a house when the heavy downpour started at around 03:00 AM. Ayinamaani says that at around 05:00 AM, mudslides destroyed the house which got covered under mud and rubble. According to Ayinamaani, Promise’s…
National Unity Platform- NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has launched the party’s Nationwide Membership Registration aimed at enrolling our supporters into the national Party register. Kyagulanyi launched the exercise on the second and last day of NUP registrars’ and Focal Persons’ training that took place at the party headquarters in Makerere, Kavule where he also dispatched materials that the registrars will use. Speaking at the gathering, Kyagulanyi said that despite the current status of the political space, they are supposed to be organized because the future belongs to those who are organized, and therefore asked all leaders to…
A section of residents at the Uganda-South Sudan border point of Elegu Town Council in Amuru District are using urine as ‘eye drops’ to treat conjunctivitis also known as red eye disease. This comes in the wake of the outbreak of the highly contagious eye disease at the bustling border town since the month began according to health officials. Patrick Luis Lamot, the Port Health Focal Point Person at Elegu Border Point said Monday that the disease has since affected 393 people between April 3, 2024, to date. The disease is characterized by inflammation of the conjunctiva, redness of the…
Jomayi Property Consultants Ltd, once Uganda’s most prominent real estate leader is sent into liquidation after being declared insolvent. The order to wind up comes after NC Bank failed to recover 868,250,000 Shillings from Jomayi and petitioned the court to declare the company insolvent and unable to pay its debts. In 2018, one Ssemwogerere John Baptist was the registered proprietor of land in Busiro Block 410 Plot 20 located at Ssisa, Wakiso District. The land was mortgaged to NC Bank Uganda Limited to secure loan facilities granted to Value Trading Stores Limited. The borrower defaulted on payment of its obligations…
The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has granted bail to a Tik-toker Ibrahim Musana Commonly known as Pressure 24 Seven. The court has barred him from mentioning the names of President, Yoweri Museveni, Speaker of Parliament and Kabaka of Buganda as part of his bail terms and conditions. The social media activist who is battling charges of hate speech appeared before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate Ronald Kayizi on Monday after spending 60 days on remand without the commencement of his trial. “I am guided by the above Constitutional provision and the above ruling on the Constitutional Court, I am…
Stanbic Bank Uganda is the platinum sponsor of the popular Vumbula Uganda Festival, a 3-day extravaganza that showcases Uganda’s rich tourism attractions, art, heritage, music, and culture. This year’s edition takes place between May 31st and June 3rd at the spacious Nile Nest resort in Jinja. Speaking during a recent news conference at Next Media Park, Israel Arinaitwe the Stanbic Bank Head of Personal Banking said the sponsorship package comes with discounts on tickets and other items like drinks and snacks. “Stanbic Bank, through FlexiPay, is proud to be the official digital payment platform, offering exclusive discounts on various items…
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has appealed to traders who are already registered on Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solutions (EFRIS) to popularize it. It emerges that those opposed to this solution think that it is a form of tax. Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solutions (EFRIS) is a digital tax administration introduced by the Uganda Revenue Authority to monitor transactions in VATable businesses. It is aimed at curbing VAT revenue leakage. The system, which interfaces with a business’s transactional operations and the taxman, has been utilized by larger taxpayers since 2021. Although over 35,000 eligible taxpayers have enrolled in…
Concerns regarding malpractices in the recruitment of enumerators are troubling the organizers of the upcoming Uganda National Population Census as it progresses into the materials distribution phase. The country’s 6th and inaugural digital census saw the dispatch of the first batch of tablets to be utilized in the enumeration process. This followed the comprehensive training of census officers at the national, district, and sub-county levels. The dispatched consignment was allocated to the districts of Alebtong, Amolatar, Apac, Gulu, Gulu city, and Otuke. During the flagging off of the consignment, the State Minister for Finance in charge of Planning, Amos Lugoloobi,…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday 25th April, 2024 commissioned the newly refurbished Nakivubo War Memorial Stadium. The multi-purpose stadium was developed by businessman Hamis Kiggundu famously known as Ham. During the commissioning, President Museveni congratulated and thanked Mr. Ham Kiggundu for the good work of giving Nakivubo Stadium a state-of-the-art face-lift. “First of all, Kiggundu is a young man who was born I think when the NRM had come to power, but he is a real NRM by being innovative and knowing that you can get prosperity in Uganda. This is what we have been telling you,” The President…
Heavy fighting between the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels and the Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers resumed on Friday in Masisi and Nyiragongo territories in North Kivu. Heavy gunfire exchange happened in Rwindi, North western part of Rutshuru territory, and Kironko in Masisi territory, according to local sources. The clashes caused massive displacement of locals. The DR Congo government did not release a statement about the latest fighting. Lawrence Kanyuka, M23 rebels’ political spokesperson released a statement indicating that M23 fighters are defending themselves and protecting civilians. “We strongly condemn the attacks perpetrated against civilian…