The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has criticized the Uganda communication commission UCC for failing to implement the laws passed by parliament which gives Lee way for some government entities to excessively exercise their mandate. Kadaga has been meeting the leadership of journalists covering parliament under their umbrella body Uganda Parliamentary Press Association (UPPA) led […]
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The Resident District Commissioner RDC Jolly Tibemanya has faulted Bushenyi police for conniving with vehicle number plate thieves who are rampant in the area. Commenting on why these culprits leave behind their telephone numbers but they cannot be arrested, Jolly noted that he has credible information that Bushenyi police are conniving with number plate thieves. […]
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Sudan’s military rulers on Wednesday suspended crucial talks with protesters on installing civilian rule, insisting that negotiations will resume only after demonstrators remove roadblocks put up in parts of Khartoum, protest leaders said. The suspension came after at least eight people were reported wounded by gunshots near a sit-in in the capital, shortly before decisive talks were […]
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Two people have been shot dead by marauding thugs in two armed robbery incidents in Nateete, a Kampala suburb. The suspects were able to flee from the scene without being identified last night. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman, Superintendent of Police, Patrick Onyango, confirmed the shootings and the death of two people that happened around 11.22pm […]
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Parliament has hired MTN, telecom service provider to provide mobile data and OTT tax for Members of Parliament to get free services for their iPads. The Parliamentary Commission recently embarked on a bidding process to identify the best service provider to provide mobile data and OTT tax for mobile computing devices for MPs. The bidding […]
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The Kitagwenda County MP Abbas Mugisha Agaba has been arrested over failure to pay Shs 16m debt. Agaba was arrested today on orders of the execution division registrar Deo Ninzeyimana in Kampala after he failed to pay fellow MP Herbert Kabafunzaki the said money he acquired as a loan. The arrest comes barely two months […]
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The National Identification and Regulation Authority -NIRA Information Technology Officer in-charge of Butanda Sub County in Kabale district Simon Twasiima has refunded 3.65 million shillings which he had extorted from locals. Twasiima was arrested on 25th April 2019 on orders of the Kabale Deputy Resident District Commissioner Gad Rugaaju Ahimbisibwe after 360 locals testified on […]
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Police in Kamwenge district are investigating circumstances under which a school night watchman was murdered as his body was found in school compound. The Kamwenge district police Richard Asiimwe, has identified the deceased as a 71 year old Deogratius Kuburibira a night watchman at Kihumuro primary school in Buhanda Sub-County- Kamwenge district. DPC Asiimwe condemned […]
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Registration of guns in Rwenzori West region has kicked off at Fort portal police barracks grounds in Fort portal municipality as a way of getting characteristics of each gun used in the region. According to IP Mugisa Solomon regional police community liaison officer, the exercise is called Electronic fire rams finger printing aimed at getting […]
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Government has suspended licensing and registration of new external labour recruitment companies to pave way for investigations into allegations that staff in the Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development are abusing the process. According to a notice issued by Pius Bigirimana, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, the move is intended to review internal processes and […]
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