Uganda lost her final ICC World Cricket league Division 3 match to the USA, and have been relegated to the Fourth Division in 2018. Oman and Canada will play the final tomorrow and have been promoted to Division 2, while United States grabbed victory from the jaws of defeat, and …
Read More »Will URA achieve the Shs420bn revenue target from small businesses by 2018/19?
The taxman plans to increase sentisation to meet targets of the program Last financial year, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) set an ambitious target to collect Shs420bn from small businesses across the country but preminary performance shows that it is likely not to be as expected. Data from the URA shows …
Read More »Kob translocation successful at Murchison Falls National Park
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has this month completed the translocation of hundreds of Kob antelopes from Murchison Falls Park. Translocation is a way of increasing population of that specie of animal from one park to the other in order to boost numbers across the country. It also help boost tourism …
Read More »LIVE: Make-or-break for Uganda vs USA
DAY 5 Monday Malaysia vs Oman – Lugogo oval Canada vs Singapore – Kyambogo oval Uganda vs USA – Entebbe oval While the fate of Malaysia and United States has already been determined, Uganda and Singapore will hope luck and one final big push can keep their dreams alive, while Oman …
Read More »Nalufenya: Tortured mayor and others
Police brutality cases that shocked the nation The worst known victim of torture in the Nalufenya police dungeons so far is the LC-III chairman of Kamwenge town council, Geoffrey Byamukama whose case shocked the country when gruesome pictures, showing deep wounds on his kneecaps surfaced. The red open wounds looked …
Read More »Pamela Angwech wins EU Human Rights Defenders Award 2017
The Heads of Missions of the EU Member States, the EU Delegation and Norway have announced Pamela Judith Angwech as winner of the EU Human Rights Defenders Award 2017. The annual European Union Human Rights Defenders Award (EU HRD), now in its sixth year, is granted by the EU and its …
Read More »Nalufenya: Where innocents are tortured to confess
Stories from victims of police brutality put Kayihura, Muhoozi, Museveni on the spot March 23 started like an ordinary day for Godfrey Musisi, 52, until, out of nowhere, police officers descended on his compound in a Kampala city suburb. A few hours later, he was a prisoner in the notorious …
Read More »Adewale Fayemi: Growing influence in Uganda’s oil industry
In September 2015,Adewale Fayemi, became the General Manager of Total E&P Uganda with a clear job brief: Prepare and oversee Total’s operations in the Lake Albert basin transition from the exploration and appraisal phase to the development phase, writes Ronald Musoke Fayemi’s appointment came just nine months after the departure …
Read More »Bishop Twinomujuni consecrated, Museveni urges Church to moblize for wealth creation
Mbarara, Uganda | PPU | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called upon church leaders to encourage their congregations to create wealth. Museveni who was speaking at the consecration ceremony of the 4th West Ankole Diocese Bishop Rev Canon Johnson Twinomujuni at Bweranyangi Girls Secondary School asked the church leaders to …
Read More »Why Mulago patients will pay for specialized services
Patients at Lower Mulago Hospital will pay for the specialised services the section offers once it opens in October, Minister for Health Dr Ruth Aceng explained to journalists. The section of Old Mulago will remain open for free referrals. Aceng’s statement was made in the wake of a public outcry …
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