By Ariinda Twaikya. EDUCATION: Former students of the Islamic university in Uganda under their umbrella of the IUIU Alumni Association have launched an investment club. The club launch was led by the chief guest he’s excellency president Yoweri Museveni represented by Hon. Hajjat Minsa Kabanda, Cabinet Minister of Kampala Capital City Authority, during the annual alumni dinner which was held at females’ campus Kabojja under the theme ‘’investment through social synergies’’. The chairman Alumni association Mr. Abdunur Sekindi highlighted that the association established and launched a scholarship fund intended to help needy but deserving students to pursue their education at…
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Kampala, Uganda: Renown TV personality Etania Mutoni is a Covid-19 lockdown product. She was one of those people who emerged during the lockdown and it seems she is not about to return to her cocoon. From hosting events at several bars under Muchachos, to becoming a TV presenter on The Mix Show that airs every Friday on NTV to finding a new love in deejaying, Etania is onto something else. She is now a radio presenter at NRG Radio doing the Circle UG programme. Asked whether she is just hosted on the programme, she told us they are finalising with…
Kampala, Uganda: The concert was set to take place yesterday at the Lugogo Cricket Oval. However, a heavy downpour ensured within the very area, breaking all tents and setting of the venue. Boda Boda cyclists in Seguku have asked legendary musician, cum Politician Jose Chameleon to apologize to them all if he wants his Gwanga Mujje concert to be a success. Upon reaching the venue, Chameleon immediately postponed the event to February 24th sending pundits of pessimism into enormous laughter. “We shall be back on February 24th, bigger and better.” Chameleon said. Musicians such as Gravity Omutujju who have been…
Kampala, Uganda: Taking to his tweeter account, Uganda’s four-time presidential candidate, Rtd. Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye stated, Seeta High School is the top performing UCE School in Uganda, and it’s other campuses are among the top “performing” schools! They’re PRIVATE schools owned by Hon John Chrysestom Muyingo, Minister for Higher Education! “Good” coincidence!! What is Dr. Besigye’s urgent?? In his tweet, Dr. Besigye said, Many Qs: Would he put in all the effort necessary and fight hard for resources to improve USE schools? Can the results of his schools be withheld by UNEB to check exam malpractices as they do…
GOSSIP: Early this week, social critic Frank Gashumba denied meeting Sheilah Gashumba’s boyfriend Rickman following photos that made rounds online indicating that the two were in close vicinity at his daughter’s glam shop opening. In an interview, Frank Gashumba initially stressed that the photos that went viral online were photoshopped. By MBU He went ahead and staked Shs50m for anyone who comes up with conclusive proof of the pair meeting at her daughter’s launch of her glam shop in Kampala. “I did not face him (Rickman) at any one moment yesterday. I didn’t see him at all. I do not…
Arua, Uganda: Disgruntled members of the Greater Arua Kony War Victims Association are now calling on the government to provide them with guns in order to hunt for the rebel leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, Joseph Kony after their attempts to get compensated for the lives and property that were lost during the LRA insurgency in Northern Uganda appear to have failed. Kony and his LRA rebel group invaded the region and attacked a large number of people, primarily targeting the highways in the region where businessmen and women travel to conduct business, from 1993 to the early 2000s,…
Kampala, Uganda: Robert Kayanja-the Miracle Centre Cathedral senior pastor has threatened to sue National Drug Authority (NDA) and Abiaz Rwamizi, the Authority spokesperson over defamation. Pastor Kayanja through his lawyers Katende, Ssempebwa and Co. Advocates (KATS), the pastor has given Rwamiri 72 hours to withdraw a tweet in which he revealed that the pastor promotes a fake acaricide dubbed ‘Tickoff’ which contains outdated dangerous chemicals to livestock and humans. The lawyers say Rwamiri’s tweet damages their client’s reputation as a senior citizen with international relations. In a statement released on Tuesday, NDA said the chemicals were being mixed with animal…
Kampala, Uganda: Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro-the National Unity Platform party deputy spokesman has slammed a group of opposition MPs who allegedly snuck into the Entebbe state house to negotiate with President Museveni. While appearing on Pearl FM on the political talk show ‘Namwatulira’ which he regularly hosts each week, Waiswa said they had obtained credible reports that some opposition NUP MPs had been targeted by the Speaker of the Parliament Rt. Anita Among to negotiate with Museveni at State House Entebbe. “I have always told you that no one can silence us like the weak. I will only allow myself to…
Kampala, Uganda: The West Ankole Diocesan Bishop Johnson Twinomujuni has been airlifted from Bushenyi to Kampala’s Nakasero Hospital for treatment of his illness. The West Ankole Diocesan information officer Bright Niwaha said the Bishop got complications in the chest and the stomach. Bishop Twinomujuni is known for having instigated reforms in the West Ankole Diocese since his election as the 4th Bishop of West Ankole Diocese in April 2017. According to our source, the Man of God arrived at Nakasero Hospital on Thursday evening. At his fifth anniversary as Bishop, Rt Rev Twinomujuni said “The diocese has faced and was…
Kampala, Uganda: Jose Chameleones’s highly anticipated show at cricket Oval today has been postponed to February 24, 2023, due to unavoidable circumstances. After the Friday afternoon downpour, the stage that Chameleone was meant to sing on collapsed due to the heavy rains. The gigantic stage mounted and beautiful stage that was set up by Fenon Events couldn’t withstand the strong wind, collapsing to the ground destroying property worth millions and injuring a few Fenon employees. After a lot of anticipation of what would happen, Chameloene appeared at Cricket Oval and confirmed that the show had been cancelled and postponed. “We…