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NATIONAL: David Muledhu has been appointed National Executive Commissioner of the Uganda Scouts Association (USA). Muledhu replaces Richard Okello who succumbed to kidney failure at Kiruddu Hospital in May after serving the scouts body for 15 years as the top boss. Muledhu, who beat several other top contenders to the coveted position, commended the Scouts board for choosing the right person. “ I would like to thank the Chief Commissioner Gen. Katumba Wamala for betting on me. The board for taking me through a rigorous process and ensuring that the right person occupies the office,” Muledhu said. The passionate scout pledged…
A mob in Jinja city has lynched a suspected thief suspected to be part of the gang terrorizing Jinja city residents. It is believed that the gang jumped over a perimeter wall and entered the compound of one of the residents at School Lane in the wee hours of Monday morning. They were, however, intercepted and one of them was stoned to death by an irate mob. The rest of the gang managed to escape and are still on the run. By press time, police had arrived at the scene to take the body to the mortuary. Jinja city has…
A team of visiting evangelists from the United States of America (USA) have pledged to work closely with local communities to improve education in Buyende District. Led by Senior Pastor Karl Hofheinz of Radford Baptist Church in Georgia, the 16-member team is in the country to preach the gospel, check on the progress of different projects as well as provide medical care to the community with emphasis on dental and eye care, among others. They were, however, moved by the appalling condition in which the over 170 pupils of New Life Academy Buwaidha were studying. Upon visiting the school on…
IGANGA- A raging fire has gutted Iganga High School boy’s dormitory destroying property worth millions of shillings, this website has learnt. By press time, efforts were still ongoing to save students’ property. The cause of the fire is not yet established. The school headmaster Godfrey Waiswa said the school authorities will work closely with the police to establish the cause of the fire that started at about 7:15PM on Sunday. He said there is no cause for alarm, adding that no life has been lost in the fire. Fire incidents are becoming rampant in the recent past. Less than a…
Rugby Cranes Head Coach Fred Mudoola has named two Jinja-based players among the 28 that will represent Uganda in the Rugby Africa Cup in France. The list seen by this website has Jinja Hippos players Jacob Ochen and Emong Eliphaz named among the 28 travelling to France for the Rugby Africa Cup tournament. They are the only players selected outside Kampala. The tournament that will take place in Marseille and Aix-en-Provence in France will kick off on July, 1st and will be concluded on July 10th. A total of eight African teams are participating in this tournament. They include Algeria,…
By Winnie Nabude, Shamirah Nassozi & Paulah Musiime JINJA CITY — Jinja: Scouts in Jinja are holding their annual Scouts Camp. The three day event which started on Thursday is taking place at the B.P Buwenda Training and Camping Ground. The traditional event has attracted over 400 campers from schools around Jinja district and others from Iganga district. Speaking at the sidelines of the camp, Mr Edgar Kabaale, the district assistant commissioner in charge of programs said the district will select the best scouts to represent it the national scout competitions to be held later this year at Kaazi. …
The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among donated $10,000 (about shs37m) at the thanksgiving ceremony for former army commander and Transport minister Gen. Katumba Wamala. The event was held in Nakifuma, Mukono district on Saturday. Among’s contribution was delivered by deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa who also led the fundraising drive and groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new church building at St. Mark Kikandwa COU in memory of Gen. Katumba’s daughter. In June last year, gunmen attacked Gen. Katumba in his car killing his daughter Brenda Nantongo and driver Haruna Kayondo. Gen. Katumba survived with injuries. “Gen. Katumba…
A man has collapsed dead in his car infront of Akamwesi Shopping Mall gate in Kyebando, Kampala on Sunday morning. Police have identified the deceased as Dr Godfrey Kamugisha, a resident of Buliisa district. Dr Kamugisha was reportedly found dead in his car Reg. No. UBJ 241Y. He has been working at the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) as the supervisor of Animal production. Unconfirmed report indicate that the deceased succumbed to high blood pressure.
BUGEMBE — The Commander of the Land Forces in UPDF, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba on Sunday paid a courtesy call on the Kyabazinga of Busoga William Gabula Nadiope IV at his Igenge Palace in Bugembe, Jinja City. Gen Muhoozi was welcomed by Busoga Kingdom’s Prime Minister Joseph Muvawala, who was accompanied by his deputy Owek. Osman Ahmed Noor and the kingdom’s spokesperson Owek. Andrew Ntange. While in the palace, Muhoozi and Kyabazinga held a private meeting and after which the Kyabazinga gave him a guided tour of interior of the Igenge Palace. The kingdom did not immediately communicate the detail…
BUGEMBE — The ObwaKyabazinga Bwa Busoga (OBB) has today launched the distribution of 15,000 hoes to all the 11 chiefdoms that make up Busoga to enhance food security in Busoga Sub Region. The launch for distribution of the hoes was done by OBB’s first deputy Katuukiro Prof. Dr. Muhamadi Lubega Kisambira on May 24th, at the Kingdom headquarters in Bugembe, Jinja City. OBB also distributed seeds that included Cabbages, Tomatoes and Dodo to enable people grow vegetables. The hoes were a donation from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to OBB which has also embarked on distribution to…