Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Tennis great Serena Williams hinted Wednesday that she’s expecting her first child, posting a photo of herself on Snapchat captioned “20 weeks”. The photo, captured by US media, shows Williams in a yellow swimsuit with what appears to be a baby bump. The …
Read More »Crop-killing armyworm caterpillar reaches Rwanda, Kenya
Kigali, Rwanda | AFP | Rwanda’s government announced on Wednesday it had discovered fall armyworm on its crops, making it the third east African country afflicted by the plant-eating pest also recently spotted in Kenya. Uganda confirmed last month that fall armyworm had entered its borders after devastating crops in …
Read More »CHAMELEONE: There shall be no divorce
Joseph Mayanja aka Jose Chameleone has reacted to reports that his wife Daniella Atim has filed for divorce. She is reported to have filed for divorce on Tuesday afternoon. “What God put together, No man shall put apart!! We are not Angels so no one is perfect. It’s not the …
Read More »UPDF: Kony and LRA have been neutralised
Ugandan army says LRA ‘neutralised’, begins withdrawal Kampala, Uganda | AFP | The Ugandan army said Wednesday it has neutralised the Lord’s Resistance Army, as troops began withdrawing from the Central African Republic where they had been hunting the group’s feared leader Joseph Kony. “The decision to withdraw was premised …
Read More »TRAFFIC: India bans red car beacons to end elitist culture
New Delhi, India | AFP | India said Wednesday it will ban ministers and senior officials from using red beacons on their cars to cut through traffic, a longstanding privilege that has caused resentment and accusations of elitism. From May 1 only emergency services will be allowed to use …
Read More »Security forces deny access to site of US blast in Afghanistan
Jalalabad, Afghanistan | AFP | Security forceswere still blocking accessWednesday to the site in eastern Afghanistan where the US dropped a massive bomb on an Islamic State group stronghold six days ago. The US military dropped its GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, dubbed the “Mother of All Bombs”, in combat …
Read More »Chameleone hails artist ‘Prince Andrew’ for family portrait
Joseph Mayanja aka Jose Chameleone has hailed Ugandan artist Andrew Ainamani ‘Prince Andrew’ after he released his latest work, a portrait of the Chameleon family. The portrait includes wife Daniella and children Amma Christian Mayanja, Alfa Joseph Mayanja, Abba Marcus Mayanja and Alba Shyne Mayanja. “Every man is gifted differently! …
Read More »VIDEO: Ugandan maids abroad give shocking testimonies at parliament
VIDEO: Ugandan legislators were left in shock as Ugandan girls narrated how they were made to sleep with an entire household while working in the Middle East. The girls who were appearing before the Foreign Affairs committee of parliament, confessed how they were sexually harassed while at work in the Middle …
Read More »VIDEO: Buganda’s sitting tenants to get land titles
VIDEO: Buganda Kingdom launches a campaign to have all sitting tenants get titles for the land they are occupying. The campaign, dubbed ‘’ a land title in your hands’’ will see all sitting tenants on Buganda land secure land titles at a minimal fee. The 130,000 tenants who registered in the …
Read More »VIDEO: Bank of Uganda warns on Islamic banking
VIDEO: The Bank of Uganda has warned that the Islamic banking may fail in the country if it is abused by commercial banks. According to Justin Bagenda, the executive Director supervision at Bank of Uganda, the commercial banks that are to embrace the new form of banking need to be aware …
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