Stories :: Accepted date: October 2020

Updated: 25 Oct, 01:3501:35

• Construction of Kitooro Modern Market Nears Completion

  24 Oct 2020, 20:10 Comments 238 Views Entebbe, Uganda Business and finance Local government Report

  Patrick Rubongoya, the project manager, says the 24.6 Billion Shillings market is at 99 percent completion rate. Namuyangu says that the vendors have as a result created trade disorder for other traders, road users among others. The construction of the market which started in April 2017 is under the Markets and Agriculture Trade Improvement Projects-MATIP-2

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• UMSC acquires Television to overcome covid-19 Barriers

  24 Oct 2020, 20:10 Comments 202 Views Religion Media Breaking news

  Haj Ramadhan Mugalu the UMSC Secretary General and acting secretary for information broke the news to Muslims at the Old Kampala Based National Mosque, saying that although it has been their plan for the past few years to establish a national Muslim television channel, covid-19 fueled the idea of speeding up its realization.

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• Losers in NRM Primaries Boycott Reconciliation Talks in Kabale

  24 Oct 2020, 19:10 Comments 219 Views Kabale, Western Region, Uganda 2021 Elections Politics Breaking news

  At the meeting held at White Horse Inn Hotel in Kabale Municipality, all losers who were nominated as independent candidates did not turn up for the meeting.

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• Conservationists Reject Removal of Marabou Stork Nestlings from Parliament

  24 Oct 2020, 16:55 Comments 277 Views Kampala, Uganda Environment Parliament Updates

  Conservationists have asked Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA and Members of Parliament to first address the problem of garbage and pollution instead of the removing the storks.

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• NWSC Investigating Irregular Water Bills

  24 Oct 2020, 15:17 Comments 329 Views Kampala, Uganda Business and finance Updates

  The investigations follow complaints from customers about high water bills incurred during the on-going Katosi Water Works that have led to continuous water shortages in many parts of Kampala.

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• Experts Predict Drop in Health Insurance Premiums Due to COVID-19

  24 Oct 2020, 13:47 Comments 231 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  Dr Ian Clarke, the Chairman Clarke Group and Uganda Healthcare Federation told the annual conference of the Insurance Brokers Association of Uganda on Friday that for instance, he had to review and trim on the number of employees that can still benefit from the corporate insurance package.

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• How Cyber Criminals Access Company Systems Top story

  24 Oct 2020, 12:41 Comments 443 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime Updates

  Bruno Mwebaze an ethical hacker and tutor at the Institute of Forensic and ICT Security, says that there are simple things organisations usually ignore yet they are being explored by hackers to comprise systems.

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• Kasese District Fails to Relocate Victims Displayed by Raising Water Levels

  24 Oct 2020, 09:41 Comments 361 Views Kasese, Uganda Environment Updates

  Last month, the District Disaster Management Committee resolved to relocate the victims, but the process was halted due to limited resources.

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• Uganda Lobbying to Host EAC Statistics Bureau

  24 Oct 2020, 09:26 Comments 288 Views Entebbe, Uganda East Africa Business and finance Report

  Dr Albert Byamugisha, the Board chairman of Uganda National Bureau of Statistics, says that Uganda is best placed to host the bureau since the UBOS office in Entebbe was established in 1946 to collect and disseminate statistics for the East Africa Protectorate under the British colonial government.

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• URA to Assess Impact of Tax Exemptions

  24 Oct 2020, 08:48 Comments 429 Views Kampala, Uganda Business and finance Updates

  Milly Isingoma Nalukwago, the Assistant Commissioner Research, Planning and Development URA, the study will seek to assess the impact of tax exemption which will inform policy formulation.

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• Police Asks Candidates to Respect Campaign Guidelines

  24 Oct 2020, 08:22 Comments 484 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Politics Report

  The Spokesperson of Criminal Investigations Directorate, Charles Twine said that to avoid confrontations with the police and other security personnel candidates should urge their supporters to comply with the guidelines.

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• Cost of COVID-19 Tests Reduced

  24 Oct 2020, 08:19 Comments 466 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  Dr Diana Atwiine, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health argues that the reduction in the price was as a result of reductions in transporting laboratory testing kits and other supplies from the point of manufacture to the country due to resumption of international flights.

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• Radio Stations in Lango Deny Blocking NUP Candidates

  24 Oct 2020, 07:56 Comments 421 Views Kampala, Uganda Politics Report

  On Tuesday, Joel Ssenyonyi, the spokesperson of NUP claimed that a number of their candidates from Lango sub-region were being denied air space. He, however, declined to mention who the aspirants are.

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• Dr. Karuhanga Withdraws from Igara West Parliamentary Race

  24 Oct 2020, 07:22 Comments 180 Views Bushenyi, Uganda Parliament Election Updates

  In a letter addressed to the NRM party vice Chairperson Western region, Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, Karuhanga notes that his withdraw from the race follows wide consultations with the party Chairperson President Museveni and other senior members of the party.

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• Misspelt Word on Billboard Sparks Outrage in Fort Portal

  23 Oct 2020, 23:29 Comments 747 Views Fort Portal, Uganda Business and finance Updates

  On the billboard, the Lavita plastic bottle seems to be on top of the Karuziika palace, a graphic design that has drawn sharp criticism from Batooro who took to social media to express their dissatisfaction.

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• Man Given Life Sentence for Abducting, Murdering 5yr Old Boy

  23 Oct 2020, 20:55 Comments 612 Views Wakiso, Uganda Court Report

  Mukisa was sentenced on his own plea of guilty when he told court that he murdered the boy himself. The plea of guilty however came after prosecution had produced a number of witnesses pinning Mukisa for having committed the offence. It was the convict who led the police and other security agencies to the scene where he had dumped the boy's remains.

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• Commemorate Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday by Emulating Him, Muslims Advised

  23 Oct 2020, 20:17 Comments 440 Views Religion Lifestyle Breaking news

  While leading today’s Juma Prayers at Old Kampala National Mosque, Uganda Muslim Supreme Council Deputy Imam Sheikh Imran Ssali said Prophet Muhammad is the best example to rely on if any community needed guidance on how to treat others equally in rights and dignity.

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• City Boda Boda Riders Camp at Police After Being Fleeced by Conmen

  23 Oct 2020, 20:08 Comments 521 Views Crime Business and finance Breaking news

  Their story started three months ago when fake companies visited their respective stages in and outside Kampala, and started registering whoever wanted to acquire a Motorcycle on a loan scheme while collecting 300,000 shs from every subscriber.

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• Creating Districts Takes Away Opportunities from Our People - Pader Chairman

  23 Oct 2020, 19:36 Comments 377 Views Northern Education Local government Updates

  According to Oringa, this will affect the number of people that will have the opportunity to attain higher learning at university level, which is a big loss to the district, since many parents cannot afford to pay for university.

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• Bunyoro Rejects New DPC for Teargassing Catholics and Baganda

  23 Oct 2020, 19:22 Comments 675 Views Kampala, Uganda Court Updates

  The kingdom has officially written to the Internal Affairs minister and the Inspector General of Uganda Police opposing the posting an officer with questionable discipline to be in charge of law and order in Hoima city, which is the seat of Bunyoro kingdom.

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