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Minister Amongi accorded Peace Award.

Minister Amongi accorded Peace Award.

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Minister Amongi receives her award from Prof. Syed Abidi of Makerere University. The Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon. Amongi Betty Ongom, has today been honored with a Peace Award in recognition of her exemplary tolerant and reconciliatory approach to performing national duties. Amongi, who is also the Member of Parliament for Oyam South constituency, was celebrated for being peaceful and understanding in the quest for national development. “We have tracked her performance and observed that she employs a work method that promotes peace. You will recall that she was determined to bring peace back to northern Uganda during the Peace negotiations and she has carried on with promoting tolerance and reconciliation,” Moses Musana, the Chairman for Always be Tolerant Organ...
Trump announces 2024 presidential Bid.

Trump announces 2024 presidential Bid.

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that he will run for the White House again. “I am tonight announcing my candidacy for President of the United States,” the Republican said from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump, 76, also filed his paperwork establishing his candidacy to run for the U.S. presidency in 2024 with the Federal Elections Commission on Tuesday. The announcement came a week after the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, in which all 435 seats of the House of Representatives and 35 spots in the 100-member Senate were among those up for grabs. Democrats have been projected to retain control of the Senate in the next U.S. Congress while neither party has won enough seats to be the House majority as of Tuesday night. Trump on Tuesday night tout...
Museveni issues new directives on trucks, Bodas

Museveni issues new directives on trucks, Bodas

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President Yoweri Museveni has banned trucks carrying timber logs from entering or leaving Mubende and Kassanda districts the epiceter of the Ebola outbreak. In a televised address to the country Tuesday night, Museveni said although he had allowed the movement of trucks carrying cargo including timber, some of the drivers have abused the window and instead engaged in transportation of people which has led to the spread of Ebola to districts such as Wakiso, Kampala, Masaka and Jinja. “All trucks carrying logs are restricted into Kassanda and Mubende for 21 days with immediate effect. If the operators of these trucks were sensitizing their drivers not to mix with people but to camp like we used to do with Kenya drivers during Covid But they are not doing that therefore, for now, don’t move...
M7 appoints 3 new judges to Supreme Court.

M7 appoints 3 new judges to Supreme Court.

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President Museveni has appointed three new judges to the Supreme Court. According to State House, the president appointed Justices Christopher Madrama, Elizabeth Musoke and Stephen Musota to the highest court in the land. “In exercise of powers vested in the president by Article 142(i) of the Constitution, I have acting on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission appointed justices of the Supreme Court,” the instrument dated October, 31 reads in part. In the same vein, the president has also appointed the NRM director for legal affairs Oscar Kihiika to the Court of Appeal. The names have since been sent to parliament for vetting. About the judges Born 60 years ago, Justice Christopher Madrama studied law at Makerere University where he graduated in 1989 with a bachelors degree in ...
Eddy Kenzo nominated for 2023 Grammy Award.

Eddy Kenzo nominated for 2023 Grammy Award.

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Renowned singer Edirisa Musuuza alias Eddy Kenzo, has been nominated in the 2023 Grammy Awards under the ‘Best Global Music Performance’ category becoming the first Ugandan artiste to get a nomination at the prestigious awards. Musuuza has in the past won BET, Nickelodeon awards among others. He has on several occasions made headlines on a number of issues both politically and musically. He has been nominated in the Best Global Music Performance category alongside Arooj Aftab and Anoushka Shankar, Burna Boy, Rocky Dawuni and Blvk H3ro, and Bayethe Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode. The nominations for the 65th annual Grammy awards were announced on Tuesday ahead of the ceremony that will take place on February 5 2023 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Several artists...
Museveni set to meet Biden amidist Nup protests.

Museveni set to meet Biden amidist Nup protests.

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The United States of America President Joe Biden will meet his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni next month on the sidelines of the US-Africa leaders’ summit. The meeting will take place at the White House in Washington DC in December with the two leaders expected to discuss among other things, the security situation in Africa This meeting comes after several letters from the Chairperson of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Robert Menendez petitioning Biden to withdraw Museveni’s invite. Menendez’s letter was informed by another petition from opposition forces in Uganda led by the National Unity Platform (NUP) accusing Museveni of gross violation of human rights Menendez argued that Museveni has twice changed the constitution to suit his needs, impeded democratic processe...
Fortebet rewards it’s customers.

Fortebet rewards it’s customers.

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Fortebet in collaboration with NBS Sport TV, hosts the most popular Lunchtime sports show in various Fortebet branches across the country. The show starts every Thursday between 1:30 pm - 2:00pm where the host will interview Fortebet’s staff and their clients. The clients will be able to mingle with their favorite presenters and also get to win fabulous prizes. All are welcome to be part of the show! The previous show was held at Owino Main branch whereby Fortebet’s clients got a rare opportunity to participate in the sports show. Fortebet dished out goodies like cool mobile phones, sports jerseys, T-shirts, pens, wristbands and many more. The Bodaboda riders who were present got reflector jackets to help in road safety. On this coming Thursday, NBS Sport TV and Fortebet team will be a...
Why It was a mistake to sacrifice the livelihoods of Ugandans in the guise of safeguarding their lives with a Lockdown.

Why It was a mistake to sacrifice the livelihoods of Ugandans in the guise of safeguarding their lives with a Lockdown.

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If we can Survive Ebola Without a Total Lockdown, That of Covid-19 was Recklessly Imposed on Ugandans It’s now months since the deadly Ebola hemorrhagic fever struck the country. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), as of 2nd November 2022, there have been 131 confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease, including 48 deaths The government has since imposed a mini-lockdown on the areas of Kasanda and Mubende, with some restrictions in and out of those gazetted areas, prompting residents to protest the said restrictions. The protests are borne out of the fact that the residents don’t feel that the lockdown is justified since the infection rates are not as alarming as feared earlier. They insist that the situation should be restored back to normal for people to resume life as it wa...
Increased vandalism of electricity infrastructure causes losses to Gov’t.

Increased vandalism of electricity infrastructure causes losses to Gov’t.

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The attention of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) has been drawn to the increased vandalism of the electricity infrastructure. For a while, the vice occurred randomly within isolated black spots but on a small scale. However, the scale and scope of vandalism have intensified into a systematic and well-coordinated organised crime syndicate. The increase in the vice's magnitude affects completed lines and ongoing projects. Over the weekend, two 132kV transmission lines from the Jinja-based 180MW Nalubale and 200MW Kira Hydropower Plants were vandalised, leading to extensive power blackouts in Central and Western Uganda. The 132kV Owen Falls-Lugogo Transmission Line was vandalised at Kivuvu village in Mukono district, leading to four towers falling on the ground on Sat...
Inside MIU’s scientific NRM Manifesto, PDM monitoring & Validation Tours.

Inside MIU’s scientific NRM Manifesto, PDM monitoring & Validation Tours.

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The MIU technical team in a group photo with Butebo Local Government leaders during the Manifesto monitoring tour in the district BY Richard Kintu The Manifesto Implementation Unit (MIU) of the office of the president has embarked on a drive to monitor and validate government programmes in Eastern Uganda. According to the MIU Director Willis Bashaasha, the field tours are in line with the unit’s plan for FY 2022/2022 which is largely anchored on continuous monitoring, validation and popularization of the manifesto achievements. Bashaasha noted that key among these programmes is the Parish Development Model (PDM) given its strategic importance as the core vehicle for accelerating wealth and job creation as well as improvement of service delivery to the Ugandan citizenry. “The NRM Manifes...