Author: Our Reporter
The Returning Officer Kasese District Atwijukire Ismeail has declared Mujungu Thembo as the duly elected Member of Parliament for Busongora County South constituency, Kasese District. Mujungu pulled the majority votes in a hotly contested race that saw 7 candidates nominated for the vacancy that went vacant after a court of appeal ruling. He floored his main rivals Mbajju Jackson Kathika of the National Unity Platform (6866 votes), Forum for Democratic Change’s Kighema Alozious Baguma (5564) and Democratic Party’s Businge Benadet (83), Mulindwa David Isimbwa an independent (2093).
The Committee on Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprise (COSASE) has embarked on a process of evaluating the curriculum vitae and qualifications of Uganda Airlines’ top management. This followed the failure of the airline’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jenifer Bamuturaki to present her academic papers before the committee chaired by Hon. Joel Ssenyonyi on Thursday, 18 August 2022. The committee is scritinising the Auditor General’s report on Uganda Airlines for the financial year ended 2021. In his report, the Auditor General cited issues to do with salary disparities, lack of an organizational structure and continued losses registered by the airline.…
According to the new research from our reporter, news coming in shows that east Africa is becoming a new conduit of gold smuggling, if nothing is done to cub this situation, it is stated that east Africa is on the verge of losing more than 100trilion dollars by the year 2030. There is a group of gold smugglers led by Gen. Paul Kadima and joseph Kabila jr of DRC Congo who conned the poor miners of Buluma community mining north kivu DRC Congo and took close to one tone (700kg) of gold on promise to pay back miners in less…
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By Alex Baluku and Innocent Kiiza Rwenzori sub-region in western Uganda is celebrating a game-changer development that contributes to development, environmental conservation, and improving living standards. The area was one of Uganda’s energy-starved and clean energy deficient parts until 2015 when the 9.2MW Nyamwamba Hydroelectric power station was constructed, also referred to as Nyamwamba Power Station. Construction ended in 2018. The power station is situated in Namuhuga Village, Kilembe Sub County, on the catchment of River Nyamwamba in the Kasese District. The project is being constructed by South Asia Energy Management Systems LLC (“SAEMS”), a renewable energy company. Leonard Omollo,…
The Commander of the UPDF 3 Infantry Division Brig Gen Joseph Balikuddembe presided over the hand/take over of the Office of the Second in Command of the 3 Division from Brig Gen David Mugisha to Brig Gen Felix Busizoori. Brig Gen Balikuddembe (C) witnesses Brig Gen Mugisha (L) handing over a report to Brig Gen Busizoori (R) The function was held at the Division Headquarters in Moroto on Wednesday 10th August 2022. This follows recent appointments, promotions and transfers made by the President and Commander-In-Chief of Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) H.E Gen Yoweri Museveni last week Brig Gen Balikuddembe…
West Nile put up a remarkable performance against Karamoja on Friday to send early signal in their quest for this year’s FUFA Drum tournament. In the round of 16 game played at Greenlight Stadium, Arua, West Nile put five past hapless Karamoja thus all but sealing their spot to the group stage. Defender Bright Vuni opened the floodgates, scoring the first goal as early as the fifth minute. The game would eventually turn out one-sided as the hosts went on rampage, scoring goal after goal. Midfielder Gadaffi Wahab doubled the lead in the 9th minute while Ibrahim Dada struck twice…
Before the thousands of fans that had come to grace this year’s MTN Busoga Masaza Cup competition, it had to be defending champions Kigulu and Bukhooli-Namayingo that sailed through to book a place in this year’s final. This follows their respective victories in the tournament’s semi-finals that were held yesterday at Bugembe stadium, following a postponement from Monday due to the heavy rains in Jinja town that hampered the matches. Bugabula is a two-time Busoga Masaza Cup winner and will be playing against Bukhooli- Namayingo in the upcoming final match that is set to be held on the 13th of…
Last week saw a mass exodus in the process of holding public events in lower learning institutions. This followed the ban by Ministry Of Education and Education on all performance of musicians in schools. It is said musicians especially female have exaggerated indecent dressing in front of students something the Ministry has described as dangerous to students, who are the leaders of tomorrow. Since after Covid -19 artistes has been performing in different platforms although banning came out when ministry of education and sports received a horrifying video showing some artist performing in front of students when almost is naked…
Comedy Store Uganda has announced a national tour which will see Kampala’s biggest weekly entertainment show hold live shows in 10 towns in the countryside. The tour will cover the Eastern, Central, Northern, Western and North Western regions of Uganda, with towns like Mbale, Busia, Jinja, Masaka, Entebbe and Lira. Others include Fort Portal, Hoima, Arua and Gulu. For all these towns, except Masaka, it will be the first time they are experiencing Comedy Store live. The first leg of the 2022 country tour saw Comedy Store make a debut live show in Masindi (March), before holding one in Mbarara…