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Traffic jam reigns as students get stranded in bus and taxi parks

  Hundreds of students, pupils and general passengers have been seen stranded in taxi and bus parks across the country as heavy traffic jam affected the easy movement of vehicles. The situation was chaotic in Lango sub region. Most of the students and pupils from there who study in Buganda kingdom schools remained stranded atLiraBusParkas […]

Former MP Nabeta suffers from high blood pressure

Former Member of Parliament for Jinja Central, Nathan Igime Nabeta we have heard he has developed high blood pressure. His pals have told us that yesterday he failed address a by election rally at Jinja Industrial area because he is undergoing treatment.  His pals also tell us that Nabeta developed the pressure on the day […]

Candidates in Jinja Central MP by election campaigns warn against militarization of campaigns

  The candidates in Jinja Municipality MP by election campaigns have warned the government against militarization of campaigns. Paul Mwiru, the FDC candidate in the race says that the government has militarized campaigns and added that winning polls inUgandaon an opposition ticket is harder than passing through the hole of a needle. Mwiru claims that […]

Museveni orders KCCA to suspend Agaba

President Museveni has ordered Kampala Capital City Authority director, Jenifer Musisi to suspend the City’s Physical Planning Director, George Agaba after he was arrested on Sunday following an incident in which his bodyguard shot and killed a person and injured scores of others during a demolition exercise on Port Bell in Kuzira,Kampala.  Agaba was arrested […]

Crested Cranes vows to beat Dr. Congo

Crested Cranes, Uganda’s female national football team has vowed to beat their counterparts of the Democratic Republic of Congo when they meet up in Kinshasha on January 28. The team manager of Crested Cranes, Mariam Kaliga says that they have started preparations for their 2nd leg meet with the Democratic Republic of Congo at Njeru […]

Jinja Municipality MP by elections set for February 9

The voting day for the Jinja Municipality East parliamentary by elections will be held on February 9th this year according to the programme the electoral commission has issued. The nomination exercise is already over.  The seat went vacant after the High Court nullified the election victory of Nathan Igime Nabeta over voter bribery.  Over three […]

DP vows to win NRM in Jinja East MP race

The Democratic Party vows to defeat NRM party in Jinja East parliamentary by elections come January next year. The seat fell vacant last week after the high court nullified the victory of Igime Nabeta (NRM) over lack of academic qualifications and voter bribery. The DP president General, Norbert Mao says that DP has got money […]

Police deploys at Busoga kingdom palace over attack threats

Ultimate Media The police under the command of Jinja police commander, Ben Mubangizi have deployed heavily around the Busoga palace in Bugembe town, Jinja district following threats of attacking it by the Anti-King Wambuzi’s group. The throne of Busoga Kingdom is facing controversy about who is the right successor of late Wako Muloki. Fredrick Kakaire […]

9Degrees bar boss fired over booze

The marketing manager of 9degrees bar on Jinja road, Mr. Valen Aggrey has been fired by his employers over booze. We hear that his employers chased him because he was boozing too much while on duty. In fact some of the workers say that Aggrey was boozing more than the customers he was meant to […]

Car buying craze at Red Pepper

It is like every staff at the Red Pepper made buying a new car by the end of the year his/her year’s final resolution. With a month and so weeks remaining to close the year 2011, most of the workers are busy selling off their old cars and rushing to acquire new ones. In the […]