Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All indications are that the Micho-FUFA saga will end today, with the Serbian football coach set to announce his next destination. Cranes national team coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevich confirmed to The Independent that he has called a 10.00am press conference Saturday at Kabira Club, just outside the …
Read More »MTN gives yellow boys KCCA FC Sh1.2 billion boost
Kampala, Uganda | KCCA FC MEDIA | Kampala Capital City Football Club (KCCA) and telecommunication giants MTN on Friday July 28th, 2017 entered a Sh1.290 billion partnership for the next three years. The treble winners from the 2016/2017 season KCCA FC and MTN unveiled a Sh430 million annual package to support the club’s football …
Read More »VIDEO: President’s relative implicated in Jinja land wrangle as probe resumes
VIDEO: President’s relative implicated in Jinja land wrangle as probe resumes Kampala, Uganda | NTV | The Commission of inquiry into land matters chaired by Justice Catherine Bamugemereire has heard that a Ugandan businessman Simpson Birungi fraudulently acquired plot 60 and plot 62 along Alidina Visrum road in Jinja municipality by …
Read More »VIDEO: Finance PS: Government has no money to run new districts
VIDEO: Finance PS: Government has no money to run new districts Kampala,Uganda | NTV | There is no money for the newly created districts, this according to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Keith Muhakanizi. He was appearing before the legal and Parliamentary affairs committee of Parliament. Also before …
Read More »VIDEO: Ruhinda county MP, Donozio Kahonda, granted bail but further remanded
VIDEO: Ruhinda county MP, Donozio Kahonda, granted bail but further remanded Kampala, Uganda | NTV |Minutes after Jinja High Court judge Eva Luswata granted bail to jailed Ruhinda County Member of Parliament (MP) Rtd.Captain Donozio Kahonda, pending hearing of his appeal challenging a 9-month imprisonment, the legislator was detained on …
Read More »VIDEO: MPs Order Government to Stock Fuel Ahead of Kenya Elections
VIDEO: MPs Order Government to Stock Fuel Ahead of Kenya Elections Kampala, Uganda | NBS |Parliament has urged government to stock enough fuel ahead of the Kenya election, warning that Uganda’s eastern neighbor could slip into unrest like it was in 2007. In a heated session chaired by deputy speaker …
Read More »VIDEO: Makerere Lecturers Grumble Over Pay
VIDEO: Makerere Lecturers Grumble Over Pay Kampala, Uganda |NBS | Makerere university academic staff have given the university senate and council two weeks to resolve salary disparities that do not commensurate with the National council for Higher Education guidelines. Through their association; Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA), the lecturers claim …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Chinese quit Museveni’s refinery deal
In The Independent this week: Chinese quit Museveni’s refinery deal COVER STORY: Chinese quit Museveni’s refinery deal: US$4bn project fails to get investor again THE LAST WORD Hubris of The Economist: How this British newspaper ignores Rwanda’s context in its neocolonial desire to define that country NEWS ANALYSIS Amending constitution …
Read More »Court rules FUFA elections to go ahead August 5
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The High Court in Kampala has dismissed an application that had sought to suspend the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) presidential elections on August 5, 2017. Justice Henrietta Wolayo based her ruling on the fact that grass root elections are already in advanced stages. Three FUFA fans led …
Read More »Jailed MP Kahonda granted bail, rearrested
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Minutes after Jinja High Court judge Eva Luswata granted bail to jailed Ruhinda County Member of Parliament (MP) Rtd.Captain Donozio Kahonda, pending hearing of his appeal challenging a 9-month imprisonment, the legislator was detained on similar charges. MP Kahonda still has pending charges before Luweero Chief Magistrate Charles Sserubuga …
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