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The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson is expected to ask US President Joe Biden to keep American forces in Afghanistan beyond August 31. This will enable the evacuation flights to continue in order to rescue displaced Afghans. The UK prime minister is set to make his request at an emergency meeting of the world’s leaders from the G7 countries on ...

MTN Uganda recently named Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Football Club’s striker Steven Desse Mukwala as the best fans’ player of the season. Mukwala earned shs. 10,000,000 courtesy of MTN, the telecommunications giants for the achievement. Mukwala is currently part of the Uganda Cranes squad in camp at Cranes Paradise Hotel, Kisaasi preparing for the FIFA World Cup qualifiers. From there, ...

On Wednesday, December 16, 2020, President Yoweri Museveni appointed Maj Gen Paul Lokech the new Deputy Inspector General of Police replacing Maj Gen Stephen Muzeeyi Sabiiti. Maj. Gen Lokech joined the then National Resistance Army (NRA), which was later became the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) on 1st February 1987. After his training, they quickly called him to battle. As ...

The Coronavirus pandemic has set off a wave of scams around the globe ranging from sophisticated ones to the downright strange. All of these scams are encircled around bogus doses and fake vaccine passes as well as criminal cremations. Here are some of the topmost outrageous and nefarious frauds from the past few months. ‘Vaccination is optional.’ The French government ...

BREAKING NEWS; News reaching our desk indicates that the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech is dead. Apparently, Lokech is said to have died of a blood clot at about 10:15 am on Saturday morning. He passed on at his home. UPDF fraternity regrets to announce the passing on of the Deputy Inspector General of Police Maj ...