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Entebbe Expressway: Over Shs 13bn Collected in Toll Fees in 4 Months

By Our Reporter June 6, 2022 28 0

URN Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) collected a total of Shs 13 billion from tolling the Kampala-Entebbe expressway in the last four and a half months, the contractor Egis has revealed. Joy Nabasa, the public relations manager of French firm Egis which maintains the road and collects the toll on behalf of UNRA, says that […]Continue Reading

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Process of Electing the Speaker of Parliament

By Our Reporter March 24, 2022 246 0

Members of the 11th Parliament will on Friday, 25 March 2022 convene at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in the capital to elect their new Speaker. According to a communication from the Clerk to Parliament, Mr Adolf Mwesige Kasaija, MPs have been invited to attend this plenary sitting scheduled to commence at 10.00am. This results from a […]Continue Reading

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Fallen Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah to be laid to rest in April

By Our Reporter March 22, 2022 171 0

The fallen Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah’s body will arrive in Uganda on Sunday day 27th March 2022 at 2:00pm in Entebbe International Airport. Oulanyah died in Seattle, USA where he was admitted in February. Oulanyah died at a hospital in Seattle in the United States of America, following an illness that kept him out […]Continue Reading

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Speaker Oulanyah now ‘belongs to the ages’

By Our Reporter March 22, 2022 181 0

Just two days shy of his 57th birthday, Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah was announced dead by President Yoweri Museveni, sending the country into grief. Oulanyah died at a hospital in Seattle in the United States of America, following an illness that kept him out of duty since the beginning of this year. “Countrymen and […]Continue Reading

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CAU 2nd Assessment Show: A furry Affair

By Isaiah Mwebaze March 21, 2022 161 0

19th March 2022, the Canine Association of Uganda held its second Dog assessment show at the Kabira Country Club sports ground. Attended by hundreds, the show presented a new avenue for various Ugandan breeders to showcase their beautiful furry friends whilst providing entertainment for many dog enthusiasts who flocked the grounds to appreciate the various […]Continue Reading

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Uganda’s Covid Vaccine trials to start in March

By Our Reporter February 25, 2022 201 0

Scientists working on a Covid-19 vaccine in Uganda have told legislators on the Presidential Affairs Committee that trials will commence in early March 2022. Dr Sheila Balinda, a molecular virologist at Uganda Virus Research Institute said they have developed a vaccine using covid-19 strains that were experienced in the country. She added that the institute […]Continue Reading

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Law to streamline electricity sector in offing

By Our Reporter January 28, 2022 340 0

The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu, has tabled the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022 for first reading. The Bill seeks to amend the Electricity Act, Cap. 145 to among others increase funds allocated to the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) from 0.3 percent to 0.7 percent of the revenue received from generated electrical […]Continue Reading

Parliament asks Govt to explain shooting of Police officer

By Our Reporter January 28, 2022 296 0

Parliament has directed government to present a report about an incident in which a Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier shot a police officer and injured him. Police Constable Robert Mukebezi, was shot and injured on Sunday, 16 January 2022 as he attempted to tow a UPDF vehicle that was involved in an accident in […]Continue Reading

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Parliament blocks financing UPDF operations in Congo

By Our Reporter January 26, 2022 309 0

Parliament’s Committee on Budget has decided to stay allocations to ‘Operation Shujaa’, a code name for the Uganda People’s Defense Forces campaign against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in Congo, until the legislature is apprised of the operation. The Ministry of Defense had asked for Shs89.7 billion to finance the operations but MPs said briefing […]Continue Reading

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Panic as Police officer shoots himself dead

By Our Reporter January 24, 2022 306 0

The territorial Police at Kabalagala is investigating a suspected Suicide by shooting of No.25017 Coporal Drandi George a police officer attached to Very Important Persons Protection Unit (VIPPU). According to Kampala Metropolitan Police (KMP) Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire the Deceased shot himself dead today at about 4:00 am inside his place of residence at Nsambya Continue Reading

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Entebbe Expressway: Over Shs 13bn Collected in Toll Fees in 4 Months

Process of Electing the Speaker of Parliament

Fallen Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah to be laid to rest in April

Speaker Oulanyah now ‘belongs to the ages’

CAU 2nd Assessment Show: A furry Affair

Uganda’s Covid Vaccine trials to start in March

Law to streamline electricity sector in offing

Parliament asks Govt to explain shooting of Police officer

Parliament blocks financing UPDF operations in Congo

Panic as Police officer shoots himself dead

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