Year: 2020

Last month, Parliament passed the Shs304 billion supplementary budget which included Shs10 billion that was shared amongst Members of Parliament. ...

HOAX ALERT: Disregard all fake stories about Muhoozi asking for a DNA test of Juliana’s baby

On May 14, 2020, one of the most celebrated female artistes in East Africa Juliana Kanyomozi released after-labour photos holding ...

Investment Minister Evelyn Anite inspecting the factory. COURTESY PHOTOS/Evelyn Anite.

Museveni to commission Uganda’s first certified surgical mask and PPE factory today

In his early addresses to the country about COVID-19, President Museveni repeatedly mentioned that Uganda would soon be able to ...

Uganda COVID-19 cases rise to 222 as Health Ministry confirms 10 new infections from yesterday’s tests

Yesterday, the Ministry of Health confirmed 10 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases from 1189 tests. All the 10 confirmed cases are ...

ICT Minister Judith Nabakooba. COURTESY PHOTO.

ICT Ministry to provide 300 more free MyUG WiFi locations around the country before December

In 2016, the government of Uganda through the Ministry of Information, Technology and Communication (ICT) and National Guidance introduced the ...

NEMA orders closure of Gaba, KK, Ddundu beaches as L. Victoria water level continues to rise

Although concerns about the rising water level of Lake Victoria peaked last month, the Uganda Media Centre reported that the ...

Pastor Ssempa: Prophet Mbonye is leading a Kibwetere type cult; his followers think he’s a god

Barely a week since Pastor Jackson Ssenyonga of Christian Life Ministries church labelled Prophet Elvis Mbonye a false Prophet, Pastor ...

Tanzania President, John Pombe Magufuli.

Tanzania President Magufuli to reopen entire economy after “significantly reduced cases of COVID-19 patients in the country”

Since the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Tanzania in March, Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli consistently downplayed its ...

Photos of guests at 'Embaga ya Ddamula' in June 2013 at Katikkiro Mayiga’s private residence in Lweza.

The truth about Katikkiro Mayiga’s Lweza residence

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