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🇺🇬 Government requires Shs785Billion to acquire majority UMEME shares
📌Government will pay US 215 Million (Shs.785billion) to acquire majority shares in UMEME power distribution project following the latter's 20 year contract which will end in 2025. Irene Bateebe, the in charge of Natural Resources in the Ministry of Energy, during a Parliamentary meeting with the Committee of Environment and Natural Resources said that Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) requires US$158 million to enable it to...
Kibiri CoU Leaders Appeal for President Museveni’s Intervention over Land Grabbers Using State House Letters to Grab Church and School Land
Reverend Maxwell Ssebugwawo of Kibiri Church of Uganda (CoU), Makindye Ssabagabo, has appealed to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, seeking his intervention into a land wrangle they are embroiled in with the family of late Joshua Kibazo.
This follows increasing concerns from church leaders and Kibiri Cell A residents seeking help from authorities to protect their lives and save Kibiri CoU government aided school and church properties that the grabbers have destroyed using letters said to be from State House.
According to...
Lira City’s Waste: A Golden Opportunity for Vulnerable City Dwellers
By Winnie Auma
For Lira City, which generates almost two tons of waste plastic bottles in a day, its management has proven to be a huge opportunity for the population that lives hand-to-mouth.
The dwellers, mostly vulnerable women, and the street kids are seen roaming throughout the streets and in backyards with polythene bags from early morning to late evening, collecting plastic bottles for sale at the waste collection center adjacent to the Lira Works Department. These plastics are later transported...
IN TROUBLE: NUP agents in UAE face arrest for extorting, politicizing stranded Ugandan migrants
Following several complaints from stranded Ugandans in deportation centers, the United Arab Emirates police is looking for Nakalyango also known as Naka Wa Bobi and a one Jax for allegedly extorting and taking advantage of stranded girls.
According to the UAE police, the suspects work with Sherry and Kayima Shamim Nalumansi both former workers at Dubai airport who also are on a wanted list for dealing with some Ugandan counter parts to help the migrants run away from the law...
Mps criticise Govt as they Munch on 40M: Pretence and hypocrisy at the centre of MPs defence of teacher’s strike
A section of Members of Parliament have today 23rd June 2022, held a controversial press conference in which they voiced their ridicule against government over efforts to end the teachers strike led by UNATU.
The legislators who recently shamelessly took a hand out of 40 Million to pass the budget have exposed their hypocrisy after coming out in a stunt to portray themselves as to sympathise with the Arts teachers in Uganda.
Led by Buhweju Mp Mwijukye Francis, Mbwatekamwa Gaffa, Joseph...
BREAKING: SUSPECT PINS MUFUMBIRO IN THE IGANGA HIGH SCHOOL FIRE OUTBREAK
Revelations from Police that pin Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro in the involvement of the fire outbreak at Iganga High School that left students and school property in ruins have emerged.
In an investigation by Police detectives, Musa Kabanda revealed that a group of three people who remain anonymous due to the ongoing Police investigations approached him and introduced themselves as being sent by Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro, the Deputy Spokesperson NUP.
Kabanda, a resident of Ibulanku in Iganga District was arrested on Monday...
