Stories :: User: Joan Akello :: Accepted date: June 2022

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• Tourism Ministry Identifies 11 Acres of Land for Mahatma Gandhi Convention Center

  27 Jun 2022, 07:52 Comments 302 Views Entebbe, Uganda Tourism Politics Environment Report

  Charles Magumba, the Town Clerk for Entebbe Municipality, says that the center will now be built in Bugonga village in Entebbe. He says the center will among others boost revenue for the municipality from tourism and the hospitality sector and also create jobs. The convention center was expected to sit on a 32-acre piece of land.

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• Murder Suspect Exhumes Body of Woman Who Went Missing Six Months Ago

  24 Jun 2022, 16:11 Comments 497 Views Entebbe, Uganda Crime Human rights Security Report

  Nkurunziza led over ten police officers attached to Entebbe Police Station to a garden with beans, bananas and sweet potatoes in Nkumba-Bukolwa village on Thursday evening and pointed to the spot where he said he buried Twinomugisha's remains, indicating where the head and feet were located.

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• NARO Blocks Return of Motorsport at Entebbe Botanical Gardens

  24 Jun 2022, 10:16 Comments 218 Views Entebbe, Uganda Environment Sport Tourism Updates

  But the Federation of Motor Sports Associations of Uganda-FMU had requested permission to host a rally on July 24, 2022, in the Gardens, an event last held in 2013 before it was stopped by NARO over security and environmental concerns. According to FMU, the event, now one month away is a fundraising drive for Rally Ace Yusuf Bukenya, whose vehicle caught fire during a rally in Fort Portal, four years ago.

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• IGG Arrests Former Uganda Airlines CEO Muleya For Snubbing Summons Top story

  21 Jun 2022, 18:09 Comments 1157 Views Entebbe, Uganda Crime Politics Business and finance Updates

  A statement by the Deputy Inspector General of Government, Dr. Patricia Achan Okiria, shows that Muleya was picked up for failing to heed their summons. "Muleya has been arrested and charged with the offense of failure to attend before the Inspectorate of Government when so ordered," reads the statement.

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• Lands Ministry Needs UGX 63 Trillion to Map Entire Country

  21 Jun 2022, 17:05 Comments 413 Views Entebbe, Uganda Politics Human rights Agriculture Report

  Dorcus Okalanyi, the Permanent Secretary in the Lands Ministry says obtaining the money at once is impossible because the ministry receives less than three trillion Shillings every financial year.

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• Tanzania's MV Wankyo Gets Stuck on Lake Victoria for Over 20 Hours Top story

  19 Jun 2022, 16:25 Comments 1073 Views Entebbe, Uganda East Africa Business and finance Environment Report

  "We were scared that the vessel might sink since there are strong winds which form large waves over lake Victoria at the moment. These winds are very strong from April to June every year so sailors and passengers must be careful because boats and vessels can sink if they get problems like engine failure or engines getting stuck in fishing nets," Kalemba says.

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• 40,000 Ugandans to Benefit from New UGX 54Bn Biogas Project

  19 Jun 2022, 14:31 Comments 881 Views Entebbe, Uganda Environment Business and finance Agriculture Report

  On top of fueling deforestation, Lokeris say the heavy use of charcoal and firewood pose health effects associated with indoor air pollution, estimated to lead to more than 18,000 deaths every year and also fueling gender based violence among women and children in the search for firewood. As a result, he says the new Biogas Project will promote awareness about the need for renewable energy, provide 8,000 bio digesters to 40,000 Ugandans country wide and also offer incentives such as low cost loans to Biogas enterprises.

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• Uganda Airlines Secures Landing Slots at Guangzhou Airport Top story

  19 Jun 2022, 11:10 Comments 988 Views Business and finance Politics Tourism Updates

  Guangzhou is a major hub located in the Chinese Province of Guangdong. According to aviation figures, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic having handled 43.8 million passengers in 2020.

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• Lawyer Aboneka Sues Govt Over Lack of Street Lights Along Entebbe Expressway

  18 Jun 2022, 15:37 Comments 544 Views Entebbe, Uganda Court Human rights Business and finance Report

  He now wants court to declare that the ministry and UNRA "are in breach of their statutory duty and obligation by omitting to install streetlights on the Northern Bypass, Kampala-Entebbe Expressway and all other national roads and highways". He wants court to also order government to install the streetlights along the expressway, highways and national roads across the country within two years. Aboneka is also claiming for shillings 100 million in general damages "as compensation for the grave inconveniences and dangers exposed to the Plaintiff by the Defendants' failure to provide streetlights on the above roads."

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• We Must Stop Adhoc Rescue Operations On Water Bodies - Minister Katumba

  18 Jun 2022, 11:03 Comments 462 Views Entebbe, Uganda Politics Environment East Africa Report

  Katumba noted that the composition of the committee and subcommittees are timely because most of the search and rescue missions on water have been adhoc. He cited the example of November 24th, 2018 when MV Templar sank, killing 33 passengers while 26 people were rescued mainly by the local communities including a village chairman and fishermen.

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• Man Jailed 2 Years for Attempting to Defile 5-year-Old Girl

  16 Jun 2022, 10:21 Comments 390 Views Entebbe, Uganda Court Human rights Crime Report

  Muhangi met the victim at her father's bar in Kajjansi town council in March and lured her to a nearby coffee garden where he attempted to have sexual intercourse with her.

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• Security Intercepts Suspected Narcotics Packaged as Coffee Samples Top story

  15 Jun 2022, 07:33 Comments 910 Views Entebbe, Uganda Security Business and finance Crime Report

  The UCAA Spokesperson Vianney Luggya, says that the suspicious cargo was disguised as coffee samples in branded packets of African Premium Coffee for export. It was detected during screening at 10:10 pm on June 13, 2022.

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• Activists Protest As Rosebuds Ltd Expands Namulanda Farmland into Lake Victoria Top story

  14 Jun 2022, 18:00 Comments 544 Views Entebbe, Uganda Environment Business and finance Agriculture Report

  The group established the Namulanda farmland in 2000 covering 13 hectares. In May 2013, the company secured permission from the National Environment Management Authority-NEMA to use 50 of the 98 hectares of Lutembe Bay wetland. Lutembe Bay wetland sits at the edge of Lake Victoria in Katabi Town Council.

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• Man Fined UGX2m For Attempting to Traffick Workers

  9 Jun 2022, 11:35 Comments 434 Views Entebbe, Uganda Court Human rights Business and finance Report

  Sharif Mbabali, a resident of Kanawa, Wakiso district, was arrested last month after eleven girls were intercepted at Entebbe International Airport.

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• Boat Operators, Private Developer Feud Over Landing Site Top story

  5 Jun 2022, 11:50 Comments 680 Views Katabi Town Council Headquarters, Entebbe, Uganda Environment Business and finance East Africa Updates

  But Mujuni accuses the fishermen and boat operators of trespassing on his land, which he claims covers part of the lake.

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• Govt Collects UGX 13Bn From Tolling Entebbe Expressway in Four Months

  3 Jun 2022, 10:28 Comments 535 Views Entebbe, Uganda Business and finance Politics Tourism Updates

  Joy Nabasa, the Public Relations Manager of French Firm Egis, which maintains the road and collects the toll on behalf of UNRA, says that they collected the money between January 8, 2022, and May 24, 2022, when the exercise began.

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• URA Opens Air Cargo Control Unit at Entebbe Airport Top story

  3 Jun 2022, 07:59 Comments 731 Views Entebbe, Uganda Crime Business and finance Security Report

  Abel Kagumire, the Commissioner of Customs at URA opened the unit together with Sharon Nyambe, the Head of Uganda- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime-UNODC Office, and Nadia Cannata from the European Union Delegation in Uganda Wednesday.

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• Pictorial: Pilgrims Keep Vigil at Munyonyo Martyrs Shrine Top story

  3 Jun 2022, 07:04 Comments 804 Views Munyonyo Martyrs' Shrine - Uganda Martyrs Basilica, Kampala, Uganda Religion Politics Tourism Slideshow

  Fireworks were displayed at midnight to usher in Martyrs Day, which is celebrated on June 3rd annually to commemorate the 45 boys and men who were killed on the orders of Kabaka Mwanga between 1885 and 1886.

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• Thousands Attend First Martyrs Midnight Mass at Munyonyo Minor Basilica Top story

  3 Jun 2022, 06:58 Comments 479 Views Munyonyo Martyrs' Shrine - Uganda Martyrs Basilica, Kampala, Uganda Religion Lifestyle Report

  Fr Wojtek Ulman, alias Male, the rector of Munyonyo Martyrs Shrine-Minor Basilica, said he was impressed by the huge turnup for the midnight mass.

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