𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

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𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏

𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐

𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 D𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝟒𝟖

Kassanda RDC, Phoebe Namulindwa has revealed that the confirmed Ebola cases have increased to 48 and that the majority of the cases are from Kikandwa village in Kalwana Sub County. Namulindwa says they have 944 contact persons undergoing surveillance. She blames the surging problem on politicians and boda boda motorists who have continued to defy the lockdown regulations.

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬

Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zhang Lizhong confirms that the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council of China yesterday granted zero-tariff treatment to 98% of taxable items from 10 least-developed countries in a bid to promote an open global economy. Starting from December 1 2022, China will waive all tariffs on 98% of the related imports from Uganda, Afghanistan, Benin and Burkina Faso.

𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐬𝟒.𝟒𝟖𝐦

Uganda Country Operations Manager for Royal Mabati, a steel manufacturing company, has been remanded to Luzira prison until 22nd November for allegedly defrauding a customer of UGX4.48m. Esther Wanjugu is accused of refusing to deliver the iron sheets to Mercilus Opio Katandi for which he had deposited the money with the company. Wanjugu appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Esther Nakirya on Wednesday and was charged with obtaining money by false pretence.

𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

According to Rodney Ahabwe, the head of the IGG regional office in Fort Portal, Frank Bangirana, a senior treasurer at Kitagwenda Town Council in Kitagwenda district has been arrested by the office of the Inspector General of Government (IGG) over forged academic documents that were allegedly used to acquire a job at Kitagwenda district local government as the chief financial officer when he was not qualified. Bangirana formerly served as the Chief Finance Officer at Kitagwenda district local government and is currently serving as the senior treasurer at Kitagwenda Town Council.

𝐊𝐈𝐔 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐬

A notice that asked Ugandan female students at Kampala International University taking midwifery and nursing courses to take pregnancy tests or be banned from taking exams has later been withdrawn. This was after Catherine Kyobutungi, the Executive Director of African Population and Health Research Center, shared it on her Twitter page and caused an online uproar.

𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐌𝐂𝐀

Kenneth Arinaitwe, the Ecobank manager in charge of direct banking explained that Ecobank Uganda has extended its financial literacy lessons to students at the Young Men Christian Association Comprehensive Institution (YMCA), as part of its 2022 theme of financial inclusion. He noted that Ecobank has pledged to fill the financial gap among the youths and for every Ugandan, through educating young people on financial literacy.

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭

Adagchil, a new product has been introduced to help farmers access the inputs they need on credit and then pay later.

It is a “buy now, pay later“  product for farmers to access agricultural inputs, built by Juliet Aturinda who seeks to simplify the process that farmers go through to get inputs, ranging from seeds, irrigation services, micro insurance, fertilizers, among others without worrying about having money upfront.

𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐞e𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜

Animal feed manufacturers under their umbrella body, Uganda Animal Feed Manufacturers Association (UGAFMA) have started the process of starting up the first agricultural polytechnic in the country. Speaking during a meeting of the members, UGAFMA Secretary General, David Waliggo said one of the biggest problems facing the local feeds industry is in terms of quality and quantities but stemming from lack of education for both dealers and farmers.

 

𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

The Minister for Labour, Betty Amongi has called for more investment in research around identifying skills to tackle unemployment globally, especially among the youth. Amongi made the call at 346th session of the governing body of the International Labour Office, being held at the International Labour Organization (ILO) headquarters in Geneva.

 

𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐮 𝐑𝐃𝐂 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐔𝐍𝐑𝐀 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐨- 𝐁𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝

The Kanungu Deputy Resident District Commissioner, Ahimbisibwe Gad Rugaju has asked the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to work on Kanyantorogo-Bwindi road which is a tourism road to Bwindi National Park. Rugaju made remarks in a meeting with the Road Development manager of UNRA after monitoring the tourism road.

 

𝐁𝐔𝐍𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐁𝐔: 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐡𝐬𝟑𝟕.𝟑𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬

ASP Vincent Twesige the Rwenzori west region police spokesperson affirmed that police in Bunyangabu district is investigating cases registered by UMEME that includes vandalism of electricity wires in the last one year that saw UMEME lose over Shs37.3m. According to UMEME managing director, Mr. Selestino Babungi, vandalism of electricity infrastructure in Western Uganda has hit alarming levels with vandals stealing over 133km of cable in just 12 months and causing

unprecedented disruption of electricity supply.

 

𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐀: 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

Mbarara City Security Committee (MCSC) headed by Resident City Commissioner (RCC) has resolved to gazette all boda-boda stages and register the riders to fight the increasing crimes related to the boda-boda business in the city.

 

𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑S

 

𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄: 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲

Yesterday, France announced that it will allow a migrant ship stranded off the Italian coast in the Mediterranean with 234 migrants on board to dock at Toulon’s military port, after Italy refused to allow the NGO rescue ship to dock at one of its ports.

France’s Interior Minister has sharply criticized Rome for refusing to allow the ship to dock at an Italian port. He announced France is suspending plans to take in 3,500 migrants from Italy.

 

𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐀: 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

Russian authorities on Thursday summoned Maris Riekstins, the Latvia’s ambassador to the country to deliver a note of protest against what Moscow considers “illegal actions” related to the removal of monuments dating back to the Soviet era.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it has conveyed its strong protest to the head of the Latvian diplomatic mission in the country over vandalism the government has engaged in, while dismantling the monuments.

 

𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃: 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 not r𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲

Scottish largest teaching union on Thursday announced that teachers in the country have voted overwhelmingly to strike in a dispute over no pay for their services . Any strike action by teachers would now require a fortnight’s notice.

 

𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐀: 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬 $𝟔𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭

A Kenyan court on Thursday allowed a request by the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji to withdraw a $60 million corruption case against the Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, citing insufficient evidence. Gachagua and his several co-accused were charged with corruption in July last year.