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@chimpreports Fri, 05 Jan 2024 15:27:24
MTN Uganda’s Trailblazing Year: A Review of 2023’s Milestones in Connectivity, Innovation & Social Impact
In the extraordinary year of 2023, MTN Uganda reached notable milestones, marked by remarkable innovation, impactful community initiatives, and an unwavering commitment to social responsibility. Through strategic partnerships, deliberate technological expansions, and the introduction of transformative solutions, MTN Uganda not only solidified its position but emerged as a central force shaping the intricate contours of …
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@chimpreports Fri, 05 Jan 2024 15:31:27
CSCOP2024: Two Opposition MPs denied Access
At least two opposition legislators have allegedly been denied access to the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Commonwealth Parliaments (CSCOP), happening at Munyonyo Common Wealth Resort. Muwada Nkunyingi, MP Kyadondo East, and Nakaseke South legislator Semakula Lutamaguzi have come out to complain and accuse SFC soldiers of blocking them from accessing the speakers …
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@chimpreports Fri, 05 Jan 2024 15:36:04
Report On Pastor Bugingo Attack To Be Delayed – Minister Otafiire
Minister for internal affairs, Gen Kahinda Otafiire, says the report entailing the findings from the investigation about the attack on City Pastor Bugingo is not ready yet. Otafiire says reports about murders are usually delayed, due to the amount of investigation that needs to be done. He expects the report to take at least more …
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@kfm Fri, 05 Jan 2024 15:39:43
Uganda-China trade hits $1 billion
The Chinese government says the bilateral trade volume between Uganda and China has increased by 16.1%, hitting a record of 1.1 billion US dollars within the last 12 months. The Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zhang Lizhong says the bilateral trade increased to 1.1 billion US dollars, up from 800 million US dollars in 2017. He says this is being attained because of the peace and stability that the country has experienced for a long time. “China and Uganda have witnessed an increase in trade volume for six consecutive years. According to the latest statistics from January to October last year, the total volume of bilateral trade increased by 16.1% to 1.1 billion US dollars of which Uganda’s exports to China […]
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@kfm Fri, 05 Jan 2024 09:21:42
S.Africa’s Pistorius released on parole 11 years after murdering girlfriend
By AFP South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was released from jail on parole Friday and “is now at home”, authorities said, almost 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that gripped the world. Having served more than half his sentence, the 37-year-old double-amputee was quietly whisked away from the Atteridgeville prison on the outskirts of the capital Pretoria, avoiding the hordes of media gathered outside. “He was admitted into the system of Community Corrections and is now at home,” the department of correctional services said in a statement. Pistorius has been restricted to staying within the Pretoria district of Waterkloof, where his uncle lives, although precise information on his whereabouts has not been […]
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@chimpreports Fri, 05 Jan 2024 14:30:35
Ex-FUFA Marketing Expert, Esther Musoke is dead
Esther Musoke, the former marketing manager at the Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA), is dead. Musoke was pronounced dead on the evening of Thursday, January 4, 2024, at Mengo Hospital in Kampala. The ultimate cause of her untimely demise is, however, yet to be determined. “FUFA is saddened to learn of the passing of …
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@kfm Fri, 05 Jan 2024 08:25:04
Sudan recalls Kenya envoy in protest after Ruto’s meeting with Hemedti
By AFP Sudan recalled its ambassador from Nairobi Thursday in protest at Kenyan President William Ruto’s hosting of talks with paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, its acting foreign minister said. Daglo, whose Rapid Support Forces have been at war with the regular army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan since April, has been touring African capitals on his first visit abroad of the conflict. He already visited Uganda, Ethiopia and Djibouti as well as Kenya and is currently in South Africa, to the anger of Burhan, whose administration has lost ground to the paramilitaries in recent months and is eager to deny them international legitimacy. In a statement carried by the official SUNA news agency, Sudan’s acting foreign minister Ali al-Sadiq […]
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@matookerepublic Fri, 05 Jan 2024 13:48:21
Man sent to prison for entering Nakasero State House to pick scrap
A 28-year-old man, identified as Abraham Muhumuza, has been remanded to Luzira Prison for allegedly entering State House Nakasero in Kampala to pick scrap. Muhumuza, a resident of Wakiso district and a scrap dealer, appeared before Buganda Road Court Grade One Magistrate Winnie Nankya Jatiko. He faced charges of trespassing in connection with an incident […]
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@kfm Fri, 05 Jan 2024 12:47:11
Uganda to pay billions to DRC in court awards
Government is planning to pay billions of shillings to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in court awards for the resources plundered during the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) deployment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to the national budget framework paper for the 2024/25 financial year, government has planned to pay Shs247 billion for the aforementioned cause. A 2001 UN report found Uganda’s army, guilty of looting minerals, coffee, timber, and livestock during an earlier deployment in DRC. In February 2022, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Uganda to pay $325 million (Shs1.234 trillion) to DRC.
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@kfm Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:31:27
Govt reduces power tariffs
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has announced a reduced annual tariff base and the tariffs for the 1st quarter from January to March 2024. Announcing the approved tariffs at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, the Electricity Regulatory Authority Board Chairperson, Dr Sarah Kanaabi said the determination of these tariffs was based on a number of assumptions. She says one of them is the assumption that the Karuma Hydro Power Plant would be commissioned this year and that the ongoing preparatory activities will ensure smooth transition of the distribution network to the new operator at the end of the Umeme concession in March 2025 among others. Dr Kanaabi explains that for domestic consumers, the cost of the first […]
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@matookerepublic Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:07:51
MP Ssewungu trolled for giving a calendar to a blind woman
Kalungu County West Member of Parliament, Joseph Gonzaga Ssewungu, is under fire on social media, particularly on X (formerly Twitter), for an unconventional gift – a calendar – presented to a blind woman. In a video posted by Ssewungu, he is seen gifting the elderly woman with a 2024 calendar, captioning it, “The joy of […]
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