Kenya President Asks For Forgiveness On TV
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for forgiveness and reconciliation during his state of the nation address. "If there was...
Month: May 2018
MPs Reject ‘Different Pay’ For Teachers
Members of Parliament have rejected the proposed salary enhancement of secondary school teachers saying that the glaring disparity between the...
CAF Donates Player Fitness Devices To Member FAs
Following the decision of the CAF Executive Committee at its meeting on 10 January 2018 in Casablanca, Morocco, each Member...
Police’s CID Gets Measly Budgetary Allocation
Ministry of Finance has allocated the Directorate of Criminal Investigations and Intelligence only Shs 9 billion out of the required...
Medical Interns Strike Over Allowances
Medical interns in Uganda have withdrawn their labour from 29 regional hospitals citing failure by government to pay their outstanding...
Kanye West Says Slavery ‘Sounds Like a Choice’
Before the last one had a chance to simmer down, Kanye West caused another stir, calling American slavery a “choice”...
Avicii Cut Himself With Broken Wine Bottle, Bled To Death
Avicii was found dead in Muscat, Oman on April 20 at the age of 28. While his death was at...
CAOs Demand Shs13.5M Salary Raise
Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) have demanded a monthly gross pay of Shs13.5 million up from the net Shs1.7 million they...
Proposed Social Media Taxes Reduced By Half
Government has tabled new proposals to the Tax Bills in a bid to lower the proposed Excise Duty on Over...
Expedite Witness Protection Law, Says Oulanyah
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, has emphasized the need to protect court witnesses before, during and after the...
Singapore Airport Tests Facial Recognition
Singapore's Changi airport is testing a facial recognition system it hopes will speed passengers through the facility. It is expanding...
WORLD CUP: African Teams To Get $2m Fifa Advance
Football's world governing body, Fifa, will advance $2 million in prize money to each of the five African teams that...
Musician R Kelly Denies Sex Pest Allegations
R Kelly's management has robustly defended the singer after the Time's Up movement pledged support for the #MuteRKelly campaign. A...
Rice Farmers Protest Cheap Imports
Ugandan rice farmers and dealers have cried out to government to rethink her shifting policy towards encouraging more rice imports,...
Gulu Guild Polls: Loser Challenges Results
James Onono Ojok, the loser in the Gulu University guild race, says he will challenge the results of the elections...
Police Visit Suspected Magara Murder Scene
A team of operatives from the Flying Squad Unit and the Counter terrorism Directorate has reconstructed the scene of kidnap...
Police Buy Three More Aircrafts
Uganda Police Force has acquired two more helicopters and a fixed wing aircraft from Italy. The purchase of the two...