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Nikita Pearl Waligwa who starred as Gloria in 'Queen of Katwe' has passed away this morning. She had been battling a tumour for about 3 years.
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BREAKING: H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan is the new Chairperson of the East African Community.
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BREAKING: The Parliament of Uganda has passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023.
The Bill was supported by 73% of all legislators.
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Congratulations to our very own Solomon Serwanjja who has been named winner of the 2019 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Mr Serwanjja becomes the second Ugandan after Nancy Kacungira, to win the award and will spend the next three months at the BBC in London. 👏👏🇺🇬🇺🇬
JUST IN: Ugandan Pastor and businessman, Aloysius Bugingo has reportedly been attacked by unknown gunmen.
He is currently admitted at Mulago Hospital, ICU.
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JUST IN: His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has assented to the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023.
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Hon. Ssemujju Nganda: Can I borrow your pen Prof. Kamuntu?
Prof Ephraim Kamuntu: Yes, sure.
Hon. Ssemujju Nganda: I want to write the 23% success commitments that NRM has registered so far according to their manifesto.
Ephraim Kamuntu: Okay, get your own pen.
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Hon. Ssemujju Nganda: Even children in Nursery do not reason like Nandala. Parliament has a procurement system that gives travel and there are processes before one travels. But, Nandala did you go to school?
Hon.
@NandalaMafabi
: I did
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Ibrahim Ssemujju: I want to donate blood but I want an assurance that the 'Mabaati' thieves won't steal this blood.
Rt. Hon.
@AnitahAmong
: You are talking about 'Mabaati' like it has been the first thing to be stolen in this country. Many things have been stolen.
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BREAKING: Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli is dead. The announcement was made by Vice President Samia Suluhu.
Details to follow.
Courtesy Photo.
#RIPMagufuli
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JUST IN: RDC of Kasese district Joe Walusimbi has confirmed reports that 25 students of Rubiriha Secondary School have been killed, eight students seriously injured and many others abducted.
Details to follow.
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BREAKING: The Head-of-State, H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reversed, with immediate effect, the directive that all government advertising must be through UBC.
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@HonSsegirinya
: I am the only Member of Parliament in Uganda who had a 5-year manifesto but executed all of it in 2 months. I am still surprised that The Guinness World Records hasn't acknowledged this achievement.
#NBSEagle
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QUOTE;
Bobi Wine: "It’s not that I don’t fear. I’m a natural human being but I know there is something more powerful than fear and that is the future and destiny of our country."
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BREAKING: Rtd. Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye has been arrested outside his home as he attempted to move to town in protest of the unreasonable commodity prices and alleged "political succession".
Details follow shortly.
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Ugandan citizen Samuel Kimbowa who fetches water for a living donated UGX5000 to aid the government in the fight against
#COVID19
.
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Minister Rebecca Kadaga: I will not be able to attend the other functions because of other obligations, but I want to say farewell to my friend, colleague and partner.
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#RIPOulanyah
BREAKING: Dr. Eunice Apio Otuko, the UPC flagbearer, has been declared the winner of the just-concluded Oyam North by-election.
The Oyam North seat fell vacant following the death of Col. Charles Engola.
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.
@JoelSsenyonyi
: Nobert Mao has had more tweets in the last two weeks than votes he had in the last General Election. That's why I have restrained myself from commenting.
The other issue could just be excitement from the praises from Mr. Museveni's son.
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Hon. Ssemujju Nganda: Museveni's family is building new alliances with the people of Lango and Acholi. Museveni wanted Mao more than DP because he needed to get the whole of Acholi through Mao.
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Hon. Ssemujju Nganda: The one area where you need to give Mr. Museveni credit is that he has never defaulted on paying people's salaries. He can delay a bit but he will pay.
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Hon. Ssemujju Nganda: You want me to discuss NRM with Tanga? This one is a worker, he was picked from MUASA. I want to discuss NRM with people like Dr. Kizza Besigye, Gen. Mugisha Muntu, and the like.
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Hon. Ssemujju Ibrahim: Look at the quality of leaders that were in NRM and the ones in NRM now. When you see the Prime Minister, you will laugh before she says something.
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Hon. Ssemujju Nganda: Col. Akiiki must explain. If ADF is in Congo and you (UPDF) have gone to fight them, it would take a lot to convince us that it wasn't your weaknesses that led to the attack. The ADF left you (UPDF) in Congo and attacked Uganda.
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Hon. Ssemujju Nganda: It was tempting to leave FDC in the last election because in the area where I am, people were voting for the umbrella even without knowing who was behind it. I didn't walk away from FDC, I stuck by my party because I believe in it.
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George Weah, the 25th and current president of Liberia has today announced that the University of Liberia and all other Public Universities are tuition-free for all undergraduates.
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JUST IN: A security guard whose name is yet to be identified has shot himself dead at Mukwasi House, Lumumba Avenue.
Police have taken his body to Mulago Hospital.
Details to follow.
@francis_isano
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Hon.
@MathiasMpuuga
: I'm here to state that I'm a founder of NUP. I did not join NUP, I was a part of the founding blocks of NUP where I serve as a Deputy President in charge of Buganda. I'm here to reaffirm I'm not leaving NUP.
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BREAKING: President
@KagutaMuseveni
has appointed Col.
@edthnaka
as Head of the State House Investors Protectorate Unit.
Details to follow in our subsequent bulletins.
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@AndrewMwenda
: I am your advisor.
Hon. Ssemujju Nganda: No, you're not.
Andrew Mwenda: Okay, I am your friend.
Hon. Ssemujju Nganda: No! You're not my friend.
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H. E.
@KagutaMuseveni
: All my girls have been married. I am a big grandfather now but I'm the one who pays the bride price for them when they get married.
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Hon. Muhammad Ssegirinya: After I was sworn in as an MP, I received UGX 200 million for the car that I used to buy an ambulance, rented a place where I set up a hospital, and got start-up medical equipment and medicine.
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Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda: Every time they talk about the issue of attendance, I raise the question of Minister Kataaha who doesn't attend Parliament. Even her vetting was done on Zoom. Even my good friend Otafiire never attends parliament.
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Hon. Ssemujju Nganda: If people provoke me, all the evidence I have will come out. I don't want anyone to provoke me now.
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PHOTOS: The father to the late Mr. Tusubilwa Ibrahim aka Isma Olaxes in Zzana as they await to take Isma’s body to Nkokonjeru, Mukono, for the final send-off at 4 PM.
@francis_isano
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Hon. Ibrahim Semujju Nganda: I am happy that the President has fulfilled his Constitutional obligation by assenting to this law (Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023).
@SNabakooza1
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Mubarak Munyagwa: If a secret ballot were organized between Kyagulanyi and Muhoozi at the NUP headquarters in Kamyokya, Kyagulanyi would likely receive four votes, including one from Zaake.
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Hon Ssemujju Ibrahim: When we demand competence, we don’t do so because we are against some people. When you have the Hon Cecelia Ogwal representing Uganda internationally, everyone will be happy than when you pick people who are just experienced in milking cows.
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Hon. Ssemujju Nganda: Parliament should be reduced to less than 200 MPs because the work is done by less than 100 legislators. Villages have been turned into constituencies.
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Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda: I'm surprised Full Figure was not in the new cabinet. Hon
@norbertmao
should retire soon otherwise he will serve with Full Figure in the same cabinet someday.
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BREAKING NEWS: Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah is dead.
This has been confirmed by President Yoweri Museveni in a tweet.
Details to follow.
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Nnaabagereka Sylvia Nagginda: Prior to our marriage, I didn't think a lot about what I was getting into. I was 35 and ready to get married.
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Beti Kamya: Some people were calling for my resignation because of the statement I made, but even the next IGG will get that car I am driving and won't feel the potholes. The next IGG will also travel in business class when traveling out, that's the reality.
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Kyabazinga of Busoga, William Gabula Nadiope IV: I want to thank my mother Rebecca Kadaga for all that she has done including the mentorship classes she has offered me to be the person that I am today.
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Dr
@SpireJim
: People say Mugisha Muntu is an ideal presidential choice but they can't vote for him. This is because our politics is now about who can remove Museveni rather than the ideal person.
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BREAKING: UPC's Sarah Aguti Nyangkori has been declared the winner of the just concluded Dokolo District Woman Member of Parliament by-election.
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President Yoweri Museveni has dropped Lt. Gen. Muhoozi as Commander of Land Forces and promoted him to full General after a series of tweets about Kenya. What is your view?
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Odonga Otto: NUP gets UGX 4 billion from the government, give us accountability. How much does
@HEBobiwine
earn?
@AMufumbiro
: Let's assume that he gets UGX 30 million per month. Bobi Wine used to earn UGX 7 million per show. He is a rich man.
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President Yoweri Museveni directs the Attorney General to draft a law preventing the use of National Identification cards as collateral for loans. What is your view?
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BREAKING: Busoga Kingdom has officially announced the Inebantu (Queen of Busoga), Jovia Mutesi.
The Isebantu (
@KingNadiopeIV
) will officially present her to the Christ Cathedral in Bugembe for the celebration of Holy Matrimony on Saturday, 18th November, 2023.
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JUST IN: Politician Alhaj Nsereko Abdul father to Hon. Mohamed Nsereko Member of Parliament for Kampala has passed away.
Details to follow.
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Hon. Ssemujju Nganda: The trouble I have with farmers like Museveni who has 300 plus cattle is that his veterinary doctor is paid by the state, and security personnel are the ones grazing the animals. Which kind of farming is that?
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BREAKING: Former Makindye West Member of Parliament Hussein Kyanjo has succumbed to long-term illness and passed away this morning in Kibuli Hospital.
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@Archbp_COU
: The Kyabazinga of Busoga William Gabula Nadiope IV supports the youth and also supports Arsenal.
When he chose Arsenal, which is also my team, I knew he is a man who knows how to make choices.
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Microsoft to support Ghanaian teacher who teaches Microsoft Word using a chalkboard; Owura Kwadwo will be equipped with a device and will given access to Microsoft Certified Educator (MCE) program & free professional development resources
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@FrankGashumba
: I saw a clip where Kyagulanyi was telling the people of Bunyoro that Bunyoro could have been like Dubai.
Hon Betty Nambooze: Do you know how Dubai started?
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Minister Chris Baryomunsi: The solution to this economic crisis is to tighten our belts.
Hon. Ssemujju Nganda: Can you buy us these belts.
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Hon. Allan Ssewanyana: We have communities of Congolese in Makindye, Kibuuye II Parish. We have Eritreans in Lukuuli, Nsambya Parishes and even Somalis in Kampala Central. They are almost overtaking the population of the residents there.
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It’s school fees week. Which school is your son, daughter, sister, or brother studying at? How much is the school fees there?
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VIDEO: Meet Turamuhawe Christine Joy, the university student who is defying stereotypes by cleaning people's houses for a living.
@ugawoman01
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Hon. Ssemujju Nganda: With or without the money, I think Nandala is the worst leader I have ever seen. If Nandala ever gets into power, people should go into exile. How do you stop your party Chairman from addressing the press? How do you run a party like a kiosk?
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Mubarak Munyagwa: I warned Kyagulanyi about this. He once asked me to join NUP, but I advised him to first analyze the opposition.
I asked him if he had spoken to Kizza Besigye. He responded by saying that one King Saha is better than four Kizza Besigyes.
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BREAKING: The Anti-corruption Unit has found beans, maize flour and other items at the home of Martin Owori, one of the officials in the Office of the Prime Minister that was arrested yesterday.
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