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Famous activist Frank Gashumba has hailed the Uganda Police for arresting Andrew Okoth a UMEME employee suspected for murdering his girlfriend Fahima Natoolo. Speaking in Video he posted on his Facebook page, Gashumba decried the degree of heartlessness portrayed by Okoth urging that whatever the case it might have been, he wouldn’t have taken someone’s life. Gashumba credited police and called upon all departments to ensure that relevant information is collected so that the criminal is brought to book. Early this week, police discovered the body of 32 year old Fahima Natoolo, an employee of Tropical Bank of Africa, Masaka…
When the Uganda Cranes team preparing for the 2018 TOTAL CHAN two legged qualifier against Rwanda convened on the second day of non-residential training, 12 more players joined the session. The 2 hour session was held at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole on Thursday evening. The players who joined on Thursday having missed the opening day session are; Isaac Muleme, Frank Tumwesigye, Tom Masiko, Deus Bukenya, Rashid Toha, Muhammed Shaban, Erisa Ssekisambu, Nico Wakiro Wadada, Moses Wasiwa, as well as goalies Tom Ikara and Ismail Watenga. Coaches Fred Kajoba and Moses Basena took the players through the paces as usual. Whilst…
The Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court on August 02, 2017 heard a testimony from a witness in the USA via video Link. Audio- Visual Link refers to giving or receiving of evidence through electronic means without a person being physically present in court. Hon. Justice Lawrence Gidudu, the Head of the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court heard the testimony of Mr Thomas S. Elmore, an American, in the case against former Works Minister, Hon Abraham Byandala and six others, accused of defrauding government of Shs 24.7b. The money was meant for the upgrade of Mukono-Kyetume-Katosi-Nyenga road from gravel to bitumen standard.…
Cultural leaders from 17 recognized cultural institutions in Uganda today pledged their support to end cultural practices that are harmful to breastfeeding. At a gathering at Golf Course Hotel in Kampala, the cultural leaders signed a Declaration that advocates for all tribes in the country to carry out and support government recommended breastfeeding practices. Present were representatives from the kingdoms of Buganda, Bunyoro Kitara, Tooro, Busoga, Ankole, Alur, Acholi, Kooki chiefdom, Adhola Chiefdom, Buruli, Iteso Cultural Union, Rwenzururu, Bugwere, Masaba, Bawamba, Lango Cultural Foundation, and Karamoja Elders’ Association. According to the ministry of health, breastfeeding should start within one hour…
Mukono municipality legislator Hon. Betty Nambooze has described president Museveni as a person with the worst character that only concentrates on individual benefits at the expense of the state. Speaking during the campaign against the proposed land amendment bill held last week in Nakulabye a Kampala suburb, Nambooze bitterly added never to call the head of State after his name or title but instead vowed to address him as Ssetoole a Luganda word meaning a glutton. The shadow cabinet minister further noted that the format government is using to consolidate power and event plot to steal people’s land is not…
The move that seemed like pure fantasy has morphed into reality. Neymar, Barcelona’s young world-class gem, has officially joined Paris Saint-Germain after weeks of speculation, the Parisian club announced on Thursday. The 25-year-old Brazilian joins the powerful, energy-rich club for a world-record transfer fee of over $250 million, which PSG had to pay to meet the player’s release clause, shattering what Manchester United paid for Paul Pogba last summer. Neymar, who signed a five-year contract, is expected to receive approximately $35 million a season after taxes and has received a “major signing bonus in excess of his net annual sum,”…
Famous presidential adviser Tamale Mirundi has warned the general public and vowed to crash whoever plots to attack him. Citing an example of William Ntege aka ‘Kyuma Kya Yesu’ a journalist who clobbered Hon. Semeo Nsubuga at the Buganda Kingdom event in Mityana, Tamale threatened to break people’s jaws. Mirundi made these states while appearing on Beat FM a local Radio Station, where he added that government should tighten the laws so that officials are not threatened by every ‘Tom and Jerry’. “If that boy Kyuma Kya Yesu had attacked me, I would have smashed his head into pieces, even…
As Rwanda continues to vote for its next president, many of the country’s 12 million citizens are still too scared to take a stand against the powerful ruling party, a disqualified presidential hopeful has claimed. Twenty-three years after the east African nation’s genocide, Diane Rwigara, a businesswoman turned politician, says that the Rwandan Patriotic Front, led by President Kagame, has instilled terror into ordinary citizens over speaking out about common problems in the country. “People deal with so much — poverty, injustice, lack of security, lack of basic necessities — but they do not dare talk about it out of…
The Butambala legislator Hon. Muwanga Kivumbi has also asserted all his weight behind the fight against the 2017 constitutional amendment. Kivumbi made this move on Thursday night while appearing NBS Television Frontline program. Putting more emphasis on the scheme to lift presidential Age limit, Kivumbi expressed his worry citing that President Museveni might be doomed by insisting to retain something that he never inherited from his father. Kivumbi added that some legislators have been betrayed by the President himself who is persuading then to support the move to scrap article 102 but it’s unfortunate that they cannot see what is…
Attempts by Justine Lumumba Kasule, the NRM party General Secretary to convince two candidates in the Kalungu LC V Chairperson by-elections to drop out in favor of the party candidate, Richard Kyabaggu have failed to yield results. On Monday, Lumumba convened a meeting at Kalungu district headquarters to defuse tension between NRM party supporters and persuade them to support Kyabaggu. During the meeting, Lumumba reportedly asked the NRM supporters to support Kyabagu despite his weaknesses. She noted that the intrigue among the NRM party supporters would cost them the seat. Lumumba also asked David Luyombo Busagwa and Mathias Kintu Musoke,…