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Government Finalizes UGX. 147b Convention Centre Project With Sudhir

Government Finalizes UGX. 147b Convention Centre Project With Sudhir

The government of Uganda and businessman Sudhir Ruparelia have joined forces to build a modern Convention Centre. The Centre will host the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit. The Ministry of Finance has finalized the budget and presented a supplementary request of UGX. 86.4 billion to Parliament. These funds will be used to co-invest in the project. Reports have it that the ...

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Kyambogo University Secretary Struggling For Contract Renewal

Kyambogo University Secretary Struggling For Contract Renewal

Kyambogo University ’s administration is caught up in a tag of war with the University Secretary. The struggle is happening over the renewal of the latter’s contract as they trade accusations of favoritism and tribalism. Mr. Charles Okello, the University Secretary has on various occasions tried to get his contract renewed. This started last year when his contract expired but ...

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President Museveni Says Ugandan Troops Are In Congo For Peacekeeping

Ebola Outbreak; President Museveni To Address The Nation

President Museveni has explained circumstances under which Uganda deployed more troops to Congo on Wednesday. In a Thursday statement, the president, who is also the commander in chief said the move aimed at peacekeeping. Many had speculated that the 1000 troops had been sent there to attack the M-23 rebels. “… in that effort, we are not going to battle ...

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Grand Jury Indicts Donald Trump Over Hush Money Payments

Grand Jury Indicts Donald Trump Over Hush Money Payments

Following the days of anticipation, on Thursday Donald Trump was charged criminally in a hush money case involving a porn star. This was a historic vote that was decided to indict the former president over allegations of hush money payments made to adult film Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence over sexual encounters the two had. However this indictment ...

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Chile Confirms First Human Case Of Bird Flu

Chile Confirms First Human Case Of Bird Flu

Following a recent statement released by the ministry of health in Chile, the case was found in a 53 year old man who had signs of severe influenza though he was relatively stable as reported to Reuters. However since last year, Chile has only documented cases of the H5N1 bird flu in wild animals. Chilean authorities reported a bird flu ...

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