President condemns those making fake & exorbitant claims for compensation Mubende, Uganda | PPU | President Yoweri Museveni has condemned people who make fake and exorbitant claims as compensation for their pieces of land that government wants to acquire to pave way for infrastructure development programmes. The President made the comments when he featured …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Judicial officers salaries can’t be enhanced now, says Otafiire
Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | In a Sept.04 press conference government responded to demands of judicial officers who had for over a week been on strike over low pay. Maj.Gen Kahinda Otafiire, the Justice and Constitutional affairs minister urged the officers to go back to work as their issues will be …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Why Justice Kavuma, Court of appeal will handle over 60 cases a day
Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | Come Sept.11 Justice Stephen Kavuma will handle 31 cases whereas his colleague Geofry Kiryabwire will handle 30. This according to Judiciary Spokesperson Vicent Mugabo is meant to reduce case backlog at the court of appeal. This new mediation programme called appellant mediation Mugabo said has been …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Nakumatt leaving the Ugandan market!
Kampala, Uganda| THIS WEEK | Regional retail chain, Nakumatt Holdings, could soon be leaving the Ugandan market after Uganda Revenue Authority closed its head office at Kumambogo Gayaza and the main branch at Oasis Mall over tax arrears. The Kenyan supermarket chain, which started operations in Uganda in June 2009 pioneered the 24-hour …
Read More »Traffic jam paralyses city as Kampala Road closed
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Motorists heading to the city Saturday have been caught up in traffic for hours as it turns out Kampala Road has been sealed off for the opening day of the Jumiya ya Afrika Mashariki Utamaduni (JAMAFEST) festival. The number of motorists stuck on roads …
Read More »Uganda to start Diaspora Investment Fund to boost industrialization
Uganda to start Diaspora Investment Fund to boost industrialization Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Ministers of Industry from the 19 member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) have unanimously approved a COMESA industrial strategy with emphasis on local content as the stimulus for industrial …
Read More »Paidha dares KCCA in Super Cup
SATURDAY: KCCA vs Paidha, 4.00pm Kampala, Uganda | UPL.CO.UG | League champions KCCA and Paidha Black Angels, runners-up in last season’s Uganda Cup, face off on Saturday in the Super Cup at Wankulukuku. Both teams teams are expected to turn out with some new faces following transfer activity. KCCA are …
Read More »We are better equipped to defend our title – Mutebi
Kampala, Uganda | UPL.CO.UG | KCCA FC manager Mike Mutebi is confident his side will reclaim the Azam Uganda Premier League. The gaffer who has won two titles in the previous campaigns revealed this at a function were eleven new players were unveiled this week, six days to the kickoff of …
Read More »Thousands attend first Mogadishu night-time football match in decades
Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | Several thousand fans on Friday watched the first night-time football match to be played in Mogadishu since chaos descended on the Somali capital nearly three decades ago, raucously backing their respective teams in what the mayor called a “historic” event. The match — the final …
Read More »VIDEO: Popular 90s radio presenter Lochode barely coping
VIDEO: Popular 1990s, Lochode Peter Livingstone barely coping Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | “All Ugandans from A to Z, Habari Gani!”. That was how Radio Uganda presenter Lochode Peter Livingstone came on to the airwaves on his popular Listeners’ Favorite programme on Sundays. Today, his health has taken a turn for the worse …
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