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In a bid to revive culture and tourism sector that was badly hit by covid pandemic, the government through ministry of gender has earmarked shs10 billion as stimulus fund to the sector. Permanent Secretary Aggrey Kibenge told culture stakeholders during world culture day celebration in Kampala. He however called players in the industry to use the money well to rebuild ...

Kiira Municipality MP and FDC spokesperson Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda has come out to lash out at opposition party NUP for betraying the opposition in parliament. This comes after Ssemujju gathered only 15 votes in the recently concluded speaker of parliament election. The election was won by NRM’s Jacob Oulanyah followed by independent Rebecca Kadaga and Ssemujju in a distant third. ...

Mityana Municipality MP and NUP diehard Francis Zaake has come out to talk about how people judge him wrongly according to his beliefs and conduct. This was after a video of him surfaced yesterday shouting on top of his voice that “release our people” in connection with the NUP members that were remanded to Kitalya Prison. Court Martial in Makindye ...

A fire broke out earlier today at Royal Paint Factory in Makindye, a suburb in Kampala. Police in Kampala is still investigating the cause of the Wednesday morning fire that broke out and destroyed property worth millions of shillings. Mr. Hassan Kyanda, the Deputy Director of Fire Safety and Emergency Services said his team is still trying to establish the ...

Nigerians have taken to Twitter to criticize a British clothing retailer for trademarking their tribal word ‘Yoruba. Timbuktu Global is a company based in northwest England. In 2015, it filed papers to trademark ‘’Yoruba’’ with the UK’s Intellectual Property Office. This issue, however, only came into the limelight on Sunday. Gbemisola Isimi, the owner of a cultural organization in London, ...