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The public has been concerned about the news of Kampala Woman MP Shamim Malende’s health condition, and party leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, is among those who are worried about her condition. Bobi Wine visited the bedridden Malende this morning at the Aga Khan hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, and reported that the NUP MP is in a very serious but stable state of health. In a post shared on his social media pages, Bobi Wine said, “This morning, I paid a visit to Nairobi to check on our sister and comrade, Hon. Shamim Malende. The medical team has assured me that she is making good progress, despite still feeling weak. She appreciates all of you for your concern. Let’s continue praying for her quick and full recovery.” On November 13, 2022, Male...

The Chief Justice Alfonse Owinyi-Dollo has asked the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja to use her energy for better things other than interfering in the work of the judiciary. Speaking on Monday afternoon at Mestil Hotel in Kampala, while opening the annual Registrars and Magistrates’ Conference, Owinyi-Dollo went bare knuckles in responding to the actions of Nabbanja who last week stormed the Mengo Magistrates Court, and grilled Grade One Magistrate Amon Mugezi, who had ordered for the imprisonment of a widow of seven children due to a land dispute that had been decided ex parte. Amidst thunderous applause from the judicial officers, Dollo said Nabbanja’s actions are unacceptable in a country that has a constitution that recognizes the judiciary as one of three equal but independent arms ...

In order to attain the projected National Development Plan and Vision 2040 and to boost economic development, the government, through the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) is implementing 14 new power projects in various parts of the country, in a bid to expand the national Transmission Grid. The main objective of these projects is to increase power supply and reliability across the country through expanding the national transmission grid, which is the backbone of Uganda’s Power Systems that transmit electricity from main and small generation sources to the various Load Centres in several parts of the country which in turn supply the power to various consumers. The website has established from UETCL that most importantly, the project will kickstart with the grid exp...

Umar Kremlev, the International Boxing Association (IBA) President is set to visit Uganda, months after retaining office for his second term. Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) President, Moses Muhangi who invited Kremlev told URN that it will be a three-day visit from the 30th of November to the 2nd of December. Umar Kremlev was re-elected as President of IBA unopposed during day two of the IBA Extraordinary Congress held in Turkey in May this year. This came after his only opponent Van der Vorst of the Netherlands was declared ineligible. Muhangi says that Kremlev’s visit will be a boost in their journey to rejuvenate boxing in the country. He thinks that because of Kremlev’s position, he will be able to assist Uganda’s boxing community in finding solutions to persistent issues that have...

Residents of Mpata district in Mukono district are still complaining about the government’s lack of attention to them in terms of basic services especially clean piped water but the Katosi water station is pitted against them. At Mawotto, Buule, Ssozi and Mugomba villages, residents have to rent bicycles and boda bodas to get clean water and they all use only one well in the area and here you can find people doing laundry, especially children. Residents, especially parents, said they do not feel comfortable before their children return from the far away bushy spring wells because they fear that they might get problems on their way. Residents said it is unfortunate that they are using dirty water which has caused them to get sick, but the clean water that the people of Kampala enjoy come...

Katikiro Charles Mayiga with Goodsamaritan disabled children. Buganda’s Katikiro, Owek. Charles Peter Mayiga warned Buganda kingdom county chiefs against corruptions and mishandling the kingdom’s property Mayiga was handing over the 5 million checks and the trophy to Kyagwe county chief as the overall winner in the bulungi bwansi competition which runs annually all over the Kingdom At the event held at the county headquarters in Mukono, it attracted a number of people from Kyagwe County with lots of entertainment from schools. In his speech the kingdom premier warned that all the Kabaka’s chiefs caught involved in corruption and money misappropriation in their respective provinces will be arrested. “ I don’t want to see the corruption in the central government in the Buganda government...

Major Vincent Byaruhanga attached to the engineering brigade at Lugazi and his colleague Musisi Ssozi appeared before Mukono Magistrate's Court on charges of land grabbing that resulted in the death of one person amidst a land dispute. Earlier this month, youths were fighting over a plot of land at Kisowera village in Nama subcounty in Mukono district, and it is said that one group Major Byaruhanga was behind it and eventually one person was beaten to death who was Masinga Innocent The relatives of the late Masinga Innocent, led by his mother Nalongo Naume Nakayiza, rushed to the court holding placards demanding a fair trial. These said they are still being sought by various people and are still threatened with eviction from their land 13 acres. Naume Nakayiza, the mother of the deceas...

The Leader of Government Business, also the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja has been urged to expeditiously present a comprehensive report on the progress of financing of the Students’ Loan Scheme. Speaker Anita Among made the directive following media reports on the challenges affecting students in higher institutions of learning, including failure to sit for exams due to non-payment of tuition as a result of delayed disbarment of loans. “We need to help these students and that is why we are here. We are the voice of the voiceless so we should speak for them. We should make sure they do exams and we will expect a report on this matter,” Among said. The scheme is implemented by the Higher Education Students’ Financing Board (HESFB) established in February, 2014 by an Act of Parliament ...