By Dr. Kirunji Arthur Last week, the media was awash with a headline that took many by surprise; “MINISTRY OF HEALTH PS ATWINE ARRESTED FOR MISUSE OF SHS6BN”. To many who know Dr. Diana and her committed and unwavering stand against corruption, this was a big shock. To me as a health worker, I got […]
The Ruparelia Foundation will this Friday (December 6) break ground for the construction of sanitation facilities at Good Samaritan Primary School in Kamwokya. The school has more than 500 pupils but did not have adequate sanitation facilities. The funds to construct the facilities were got from the proceeds of this year’s Royal Ascot Goat Races […]
Speke Resort Munyonyo and Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort are offering their customers a chance to end the year in style by offering them discounted festive season accommodation packages starting from 13th December 2019 to 5th January 2020. The hotel management says they are doing this to enable their customers to celebrate and conclude the year in […]
As we get ready to enter the festive season, Sheraton Kampala Hotel cannot wait and is already celebrating Christmas with a time-honored tradition of Christmas Lighting and decoration to set the mood and tone for the festival. Although the calendar stills read November, there are so many pleasant, charitable and exciting things about this holiday […]
President Yoweri Museveni has asked tax authorities in Uganda to stop levying tax on subsistence economies as the people doing petty businesses merely eke for a living. “Someone is selling mangoes, roasting meat or gonja and the authorities want to tax them! Let these people earn some money and put it in their pockets. I […]
Pictures have emerged showing suspects accused of beating up a businesswoman to near death, taking selfies in police cells. The four suspects including a policeman Henry Byamukama a policeman, were arrested following a brutal iron-bar-hit-attack on a helpless woman last month. The other suspects include; Glorius Kyomugisha a girlfriend to the police officer, Brian Tibaremwa, […]
Uganda Police have arrested five people including a policeman at Katuna border to assist with investigations regarding an alleged hammer attack that left Kellen Rwengabo Tibehenderwa, a prominent business woman fighting for her life. Brian Ampeire, a Senior Superintendent of Police and District Police Commander Kabale district in South Western Uganda, told local media that […]
South African Airways (SAA) has cancelled flights scheduled for Friday and Saturday because of a pending strike by a majority of employees over a wage dispute and the state-run carrier’s plans to cut jobs. The airline had hoped to avert the walkout with a revised wage offer but unions rejected it in talks on Thursday. […]
New details have emerged about the ongoing construction of the bridge to link Kayunga and Kamuli districts. An investigation by TheUgandan reveals that the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) is making significant progress despite allegations by the speaker of parliament that the monies meant for construction were ‘chewed.’ The Works at Isimba started after a Tripartite […]
Police in Uganda say they have released 47 people who were arrested on Sunday night at a bar in the capital, Kampala, that is popular with the LGBTQ community. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango says a further 73 people are still being held in a police station and could be taken to court. Police […]