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Jan272023 by Abel Kawere & keefa NuwaherezaNo Comments

Parliament names select committee to probe NSSF

The Mbarara South Division Member of Parliament, Hon. Mwine Mpaka has been named Chairperson of the select committee to investigate operations and management of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). The other committee members include are Workers’ Representative, Charles Bakkabulindi, Karim Masaba (Indep., Industrial Division Mbale City), Michael Kakembo (NUP, Entebbe Municipality), Fortunate Nantongo (DP, Kyotera District), Laura Kanushu (NRM, PWDs) and Amos Kankunda (NRM, Rwampara County). The committee was named during plenary sitting chaired by Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa on Wednesday, 25 January 2023. According to the terms of reference, the committee will examine corporate governance structures at the NSSF, examine circumstances surrounding appointment of the fund’s managing d...

Jan272023 by Abel Kawere & keefa NuwaherezaNo Comments

Fortebet paints Jinja, kiyindi, Mbikko, Bugembe with amazing freebies

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Again, Fortebet did one of the things it does best; rewarding its clients with amazing gifts. This time, Fortebet team, led by the company Brand Ambassador, Alex Muhangi and the media manager, John Nanyumba decided to colour some areas of Kiyindi, Jinja, Mbikko and Bugembe with lots of the usual freebies like smart phones, jerseys, T-shirts, and caps among others. Most of all however, Fortebet reached up to Lake Victoria Lake shores and donated to Kiyindi fishermen life jackets worth millions of shillings. Shortly after the jackets’ handover, Muhangi told the recipients that, “You very well know how slim the chances of survival are the moment you go to the waters, especially when the lake runs riot. The best thing to do therefore is to take caution and this is what Fortebet is helping you ...

Jan272023 by Abel Kawere & keefa NuwaherezaNo Comments

KIREKA ACCOUNTANT HITS 425M FROM 1K!

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When you hear people talking about luck, remember that it exists, just as this lucky winner won himself 425 million from just 1K! He selected 29 games on ticket number 2302143460016753. Except for one game which was cancelled and of course didn't affect the other, other 28 games, which went as he wished thus winning him 425,838,993 shillings. You can say this was really his time to win big as he simply went for Fulltime home wins, Fulltime Away wins and a few games for double chance and all these games were for one day. On picking his winnings from Fortebet head office, Kireka Accountant said, " FC Porto almost denied me money. Am telling you I have been betting for some time but never had I won such a huge amount with my biggest before this being 7M I'm planning to do some investments, mo...

Jan272023 by Abel Kawere & keefa NuwaherezaNo Comments

Robot Boii thrills revelers at the Smirnoff Fiesta.

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Performing at the Smirnoff Fiesta last Wednesday, Robot Boii who appeared on stage a few minutes past 11, got the crowd in a frenzy when he introduced himself with the popular phrase “Roboto Roboto” in his song Salary Salary. Clad in black and his signature bucket hat look, Robot Boii delivered an energetic but rather brief performance that got revelers jamming to Oksalayo and everyone’s favorite, Salary salary. Joined by DJ Lindash, the versatile Robot Boii ably pulled off the show coupled with Amapiano dance moves that only Amapiano lovers danced along to, making his performance worth every minute.

Jan272023 by Abel Kawere & keefa NuwaherezaNo Comments

Woman ordered to pay back Sh9.4m after rejecting to marry man who paid her school fees.

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The Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kanungu had ordered a woman who refused to marry a man who had paid her school fees, to refund Shs9.4 million spent on her. In 2015, Fortunate Kyarikunda, a teacher who had come to the same school for teaching practice, was introduced to Richard Tumwine, according to court documents. The two eventually fell in love. The two eventually made a commitment to getting married in 2018, and Tumwine promised to pay for the defendant’s Sh9.4 million-costly studies at the Law Development Center. Tumwine testified in court that Kyarikunda rejected the proposal after agreeing to set up an introduction ceremony in February 2022 on the grounds that he was too old for her. The Magistrate Grade One, Asanasio Mukobi, told Kyarikunda to refund the money as well as pay legal c...

Jan272023 by Abel Kawere & keefa NuwaherezaNo Comments

Nkoko Bridge Contractor Warned Against Shoddy Work.

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Leaders in Mukono district have cautioned the contractor Al- Mubarak Contractors Limited who has been awarded the repair works of the Nkoko bridge on River Ssezibwa in Kasawo Sub County, Mukono district against doing shoddy works. The warning follows a handover of unstandardized work by a contractor of the fish house constructed in Kame valley market in Mukono municipality. The Mukono Resident District Commissioner-RDC Fatuma Ndisaaba Nabitaka tasked the contractor to ensure that they deliver the work that they have pledged to do. “We have seen situations where contractors are given designs for projects and they deliver their own things, I, therefore, expect to see the same design being replicated at the end of the contract next year,” she said Ndisaaba also warned the area chairpersons ag...