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Taxi drivers attack radio journalist

Drama ensued onDuster street in Kampala city today when a group of angry taxi drivers stormed radio one and Kaboozi FM demanding the head of a radio presenter popularly known as Basajja Mivule. The drivers accused Mivule of being biased whenever he discusses the issue concerning the transport business inKampala. The drivers complain that Mivule […]

Councilors call off meeting, Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago furious

Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) councilors boycotted a meeting called by the Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago. Lukwago had called the meeting to approve the fees for taxi operators working in Kampala. The meeting failed to take place on Wednesday at KCCA head offices in Kampala. Lukwago told journalists that it was the councilors who had […]

Bank of Africa to lower interest rates, to open new branches in east Africa

Bank of Africa has pledged to lower interest rates and to open up new braches in the East African Community states ofUganda,Kenya,Rwanda,BurundiandTanzania. The governments of the East African community block are therefore advised to push for lower bank interest rates on loans before Bank of Africa kicks local banks out of business. The warning was […]

Museveni again meets MPs over Mutebile’s fate

President Museveni has convened another meeting of the NRM legislators’ caucus at State House Entebbe in a bid to save the Bank of Uganda governor, Tumusiime Mutebile. The first meeting took place on Thursday last week. During last Thursday’s meeting NRM MPs were divided over exonerating Tumusiime Mutebile for his role in the 142 billion […]

Uganda to relocate capital city

Like Tanzania relocated its capital city from Dares Salaam to Dodoma, the republic of Uganda is also planning to relocate its capital city from Kampala to Nakasongola. Sources in government have told us that the ministers behind the idea of relocating the capital city to Nakasongola have already sold the idea to president Museveni who […]

American man dies of cocaine overdose, world mourns

  The world has mourned an American man who reportedly died of cocaine overdose in Uganda’s capital city Kampala. Jeff Rice died over the weekend and a postmortem report issued today indicated that he died of suspected cocaine overdose. America is one of the countries in the world that fights against the use of cocaine […]

Motorcycle riders threaten to kill policemen

It seems policemen in Uganda have been terrified after section of motorcycle riders threatened to kill them over arrests. The motorcycle riders locally known as boda bodas complain that the police over arrests them and impounds their motorcycles. One of the boda boda operators who preferred not to be named in this report in order […]

Government halts Pioneer Easy Bus project

The people who have been raising eyebrows and excited that the Pioneer Bus services are already in Kampala should first read this. Although the busses are now parked opposite Kampala Parents primary School in Kampala they are not expected to start operating on March 01 as it was earlier reported in the media. The Director […]

Uganda Government closes Kampala schools

We have landed on shocking information that the government of Uganda is planning to close all private and government aided schools in Uganda’s capital city Kampala. A source in government told us that one of the ministers of Education and sports has already directed Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to ensure that all schools inKampalaare […]

Muslims besiege Kampala mosque, police deployed

The police are deployed at the contested Masjid Noor mosque in Kampalato ensure that calm is maintained in the city. This follows a group of angry Muslims holding sticks, pangs and stones besieged Masjid Noor Mosque to guard it against Dreke Lubega who wants to demolish it to pave way for future development. Sheikh Noohu […]