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Libya’s flood disaster, which killed thousands in the city of Derna, also displaced more than 43,000 people, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday. A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing river dams upstream from the coastal city after the Mediterranean Storm Daniel lashed the area on September 10. It razed entire neighbourhoods, sweeping untold thousands of people into the sea. The official death toll stands at more than 3,300 — but the eventual count is expected to be far higher, with international aid groups giving estimates of up to 10,000 people missing. “An estimated 43,059 individuals have been displaced by the floods in northeastern Libya,” the IOM said, adding that a “lack of water supply is reportedly driving many displaced out of Derna” to other...

Police have exhumed for proper burial, the body of the school director who was killed in a guesthouse in Nansana. The body of Godwin Ninsiima, 47, the owner of Victoria Secondary School in Nansana who was killed early this month and body dumped in a bush under mysterious circumstances in Kakiri, 18 kilometres away was on Thursday exhumed after a DNA test matched with those of the relatives. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango said at first, Kansiime’s body was buried in a cemetery in Bukasa since no one had claimed it, noting that after relatives appeared, they were subjected to a DNA test. “Since the body had been buried in a cemetery waiting for relatives, when they appeared, we took DNA samples from them and from the body. Results have come out showing the samples ...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged the people of Tororo District to join the money economy in order to fight poverty. “We have told you, please working only for the stomach is not good. You must all join the money economy because you have got needs of the stomach and non-stomach needs. So how will you solve the non-stomach needs like education if you are looking at only the stomach?” President Museveni noted. The President who was accompanied by the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Maama Janet Museveni, made the appeal today as they commissioned a Church and a two-classroom block at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and Siwa Primary School respectively at Siwa Sub County, West Budama, Tororo District. The facilities were donated by Tororo Cement Ltd. The President inform...

Old Mutual Investment Group launched the first ever dollar unit fund in Uganda, a move aimed to diversify and add to the quality of the investment opportunities on the market. A unit trust is a collective investment scheme that pools contributions from investors who share a common investment objective. The pooled funds are strategically invested in a diversified portfolio of financial securities, including equities (shares), bonds, cash, bank deposits, and more. The UAP Old Mutual Investment Group MD Simon Mwebaze, noted that in recent years Unit trusts have gained traction on the local market as a low risk, cost-effective access to both fixed income and stock markets investment option. “Investors are to diversify their risk and gain access to investments they might not have been ab...

MTN Uganda’s recent rollout of a mobile-based supply chain platform that allows businesses in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) to place orders, generate invoices for deliveries, pay and collect returns in real-time, has demonstrated its commitment to driving digital solutions for the country’s progress through partnerships. The telecom company has in the past 10 years unveiled several digital solutions to meet customers’ needs and help transform the economy. Following the launch of the MTN Mobile Money platform in 2009, MTN has stirred the development of new digital technologies with the latest being the FMCG Digital Suite riding on the power of partnerships. MTN’s Technology Business partnered with the fintech arm, MTN MoMo to develop a digital platform for the distribution of produc...

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has withdrawn charges of disobedience and common nuisance against Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba. The trial Chief Magistrate at Buganda Road Court, Mr Ronald Kayizzi withdrew the charges after prosecution presented a withdrawal form signed by the DPP, Justice Jane Frances Abodo. “I have perused through the withdraw form, the DPP has decided to withdraw the charges against Muhoozi Kainerugaba and I have also heard the reasons given by the state that a year now there is no credible evidence by the state rightly stated by the complainant, and under Article 23(d) of the Constitution, I accept the withdrawal and the charges against Muhoozi are hereby withdrawn,” Mr Kayizzi ruled. When the case came up for...

The Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) Executive Director, Mr Daniel Odongo, has announced plans to hire 60,000 individuals across the country to monitor the upcoming Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE). The announcement was made during a meeting with district, municipalities, and city school inspectors who are responsible for coordinating the administration of PLE. According to Mr Odongo, PLE is one of the most challenging exams conducted by the board due to the large number of candidates. “While PLE is conducted over two days, it feels like a month for us due to the vast number of participants.” Mr Odongo said. PLE is organised and coordinated by district inspectors of schools in collaboration with Uneb. More than 200 district inspectors attended the meeting at Uneb offices in Kyam...

Kawempe North Member of Parliament (MP) Muhammad Ssegirinya has returned to Uganda after being discharged from Amsterdam Universitair Medische Centra Hospital, Netherlands, where he has been receiving treatment. The legislator has been hospitalized since August after his health worsened, months after being released from prison. His health challenges encompass a trio of ailments: skin cancer, lung infections, and liver swellings. Over the weekend, Ssegirinya was discharged from the hospital and he decided to travel back home. This afternoon, he arrived at Entebbe International Airport and was received by a group of his supporters who were waiting with an ambulance. Speaking to journalists at the airport, Ssegirinya, who looked weak, said he was feeling much better. “I’m feeling somehow okay...