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Former Presidential candidate and FDC flag bearer, Col. Kizza Besigye has said that people should not focus on the closure of Nalufenya prison because it is just a building and yet there are very many more other places where people are being tortured from. “I don’t know why people are paying attention to what IGP Ochola said about closing Nalufenya, it was only a building, there are many places were torture goes on including the many safe houses around the city,” he said. While appearing on NBS, Besigye said that his struggle from the start was about those who…
Ugandan young entrepreneurs, Christine Namubiru and Gilbert Opondo Odondo are currently the talk around town for using their creativity to pimp up people’s rides with African fabrics. Christine Namubiru together with Gilbert Opondo came up with the business idea and together they brainstormed and designed a perfect plan while at campus. They immediately implemented it after school and started their business and named it 1620 footsteps . According too Christine, she says that she realized that very many people were using African fabrics for their personal clothes and yet no one had thought about the idea of using it to…
Jubilation hit maker, Eddy Kenzo was selected by the Uganda Tourism Board and awarded role of acting as the Uganda Tourism Ambassador. As an ambassador, Kenzo is expected to export Uganda’s tourism across borders using his fame and music to influence tourists to visit the Pearl of Africa and also promote the Uganda wildlife conservation “It was a pleasure working with Kenya Tourism Board(KTB) #MagicalKenya thank you for trusting me KENYA. As we all know, East or West home is the best. Today we embark on a new journey as I sign as the UGANDA TOURISM ambassador. I shall work hand…
Pay TV operators in Uganda have refuted allegations made by the Uganda Communications Commission that claims that Pay TV operators have failed to comply with the broadcasting laws. In a joint press release by Pay TV operators, they argue that they have jointly complied with the applicable broadcasting laws and procured all the necessary licenses for the past years and do not agree with UCC for labelling them as non-compliance because they are still discussing the new licensing procedures before agreeing to them. “The UCC is in the process of developing a new licensing framework on which we were in…
Popular female artiste Zanie Brown premiered her new video for the song titled ‘Muggulu‘ in a grad Dinner on Saturday at Garden Hotel, Entebbe. The dinner was mainly attended by fans, media personalities and government officials who pledged their support to the artiste and all the programs she intends to run. Very many people willingly attended the premier because they were inspired by the artiste’s charity organization. Much more, the government officials like Juma Seiko who attended promised to solicit funds from the State House in order to support her ‘Zanie For Schools’ project. Zanie Brown says that she was impressed by…
Two students of Makerere university were arrested at the parliament gate as they moved to petition the Speaker to force the minister of education to resign over incompetence. According to the students, they were protesting against the incompetence in the education system and were headed to parliament to petition the speaker to force the minister of education resign. The students argue that the Minister of education, Hon. Janet Museveni is failing to respond to the unfair policies of that are being introduced in the university by the university vice chancellor, Prof. Nawangwe. “The first lady should resign because she has…
UCU Lady Cardinals booked a quarter-final dock following a 2-0 away win over Gafford Ladies in Kanyanya on Sunday. This shows an improvement for UCU since they lost last season at the semi final stage. Hasifah Nassuuna and Maureen Kinavudoli were on target during the match. “Let us see what happens as the tournament progresses. We are playing well in the league and still on course with our targets’ said Hasifah Nassuuna. Full time results from the weekend FUFA Women’s Cup round of 16 She Corporates 2-1 Isra Soccer Academy Western United 2-1 Lady Doves She MAK 0-2 Olila…
Kampala Tycoon known as Bryan White has asked government for more security persons to protect him because he he believes that he is a very important public figure. According to Bryan White, he says that he means so much to very many Ugandans and he plays a vital role in improving their lives and so his safety should be taken into high consideration. Much more, Brian White argues that very many people crowd his car whenever they see him which causes a security threat to his life and his property. He believes that he should be having a convoy like…
Commonwealth game Medalists have arrived at Entebbe Airport today. They have been given a heroic welcome and were received by the First Lady and sports Minister Janet Museveni. Stella Chesang won for Uganda a Gold medal in the Women’s 10,000m final and Merceline Chelangat also secured bronze in the same race. Maj. Juma Seiko could not control his excitement and he ended up carrying golden boy Joshua Cheptegei who won two gold medals. Solomon Mutai won a silver medal in the men’s marathon. Uganda managed to finish in the fifteenth place with six medals. Government officials…
The Inspector General of Police, Okoth Ochola has confirmed the move to close Nalufenya due to the multiple complaints about the brutality shared by the people who are detained there. Okoth Ochola has said that he is in the final stages of closing the most dreaded place by very many politicians in Uganda. According to him, he says that he is following all the necessary legal processes so that he can finalize the process and close Nalufenya immediately. Much more, Ochola adds that the police officers that are in Nalufenya will also be assigned to many other places around the…