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Kikuube Resident District Commissioner Amlan Tumusiime has suspended Kikuube Sacco over theft of government emyooga funds. This is because of the simmering scandal over the theft of Emyooga cash from a SACCO bank account in the western district of Hoima. The RDC has also written to the bank stopping the disbursement of Emyooga funds to SACCO groups. In his April, ...

President Idriss Déby Itno of Chad has just died after re-election as president. Information making rounds is that he has died of injuries he sustained on the battlefield. Apparently, he was commanding his army against rebels in the north. This was announced by General Azem Bermandoa Agouna, the army spokesperson. The 68year old man was heading for his 6th term ...

South Sudan is looking to dispose of 60,000 expired doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The rollout of the vaccines has been hampered by public scepticism, a health ministry official said Monday. The African telecommunications company MTN and the African Union donated the vaccines late last month. “When it reached here, we later discovered that the (remaining) lifespan of this vaccine ...

Police annual crime report has shown an increase in domestic violence in Uganda. What does this mean? A sharp increase from 2019 was realised which is 13,639 cases to 17,664 in 2020. Domestic violence came in third place of the most committed crimes. The increase in this crime was attached to the lockdown during the peak of covid. Domestic violence ...

Namukwaya Hajara Diana alias Spice Diana has said she only has a Muslim name but she is not a Muslim. She said this while in a pressure conference after coming into the country from Tanzania. Journalists were trying to inquire whether she was fasting during this month of Ramadan. However, she only opened up that her mother gave her the ...