Matia Kasaija, the Minister of Finance has appointed new board members for the National Social Security Fund(NSSF). They will serve until 2024. They are going to be headed by Dr. Peter Kimbowa, who is a corporate governance and management expert. Kimbowa has replaced Patrick Byabakama Kaberenge. Byabakama’s reign expired on 31st August 2021. In his maiden speech, Kimbowa said he ...
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President Museveni has said that alcohol is only bitter and there is nothing good about it. He said this while at the pass out ceremony of cadets, Assistant Superintendents and non-commissioned officers for Uganda Prisons at Kololo independence grounds. “I had never tasted alcohol before, then one of my friends convinced me to. I tried beer; it’s so bitter like ...
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Assistant Inspector General of Police, Asan Kasingye has said the police is on top of the situation in Masaka. He has therefore urged the people of greater Masaka to have hope in them because they are going to bring down all the criminals behind the killings. Currently, the AIGP is in Masaka. This is part of his rectification and ideological ...
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Following the presidential directives, schools and churches have one month to go before they reopen. However, reports also indicate that the government plans to reopen them in two weeks. Looking at the conditions that the president put for schools and Churches to reopen, we are not half way through the journey. Much as vaccination is ongoing, most of the population ...
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The solicitor general has cautioned the government to keep the details of the oil pipeline deal confidential. He says the deal contains a lot of information that they don’t have to be disclose. Last month, Uganda, Tanzania and the two oil companies of Total E&P, and China’s CNOOC signed the East African Crude Oil Pipeline deal. “All the three contractual ...
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