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Gen Katumba directs Uganda Airlines boss Bamuturaki to submit education papers to COSASE

By Francis Lubega 25th Aug 2022 The Minister of Works and Transport Gen Katumba Wamala has directed the Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Airlines  Jennifer Bamuturaki to urgently submit her academic credentials to the parliamentary committee of Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises-COSASE. Gen Katumba revealed this as he was responding to the concerns before the Members […]

Minister Katumba denies weighing COSASE powers into Uganda Airlines probe

By Francis Lubega 25th Aug 2022 The Minister of Works and transport Gen Edward Katumba Wamala has denied discrediting the ongoing parliamentary probe on Uganda Airlines.   This follows a video clip that went viral on social media in which the minister was watched undermining the powers of the committee and cautioning the manner in which […]

Govt to regulate illicit alcohol media advertisement

By Olivia Nabaggala 25th Aug 2022 Government has set up a ministerial committee to draft guidelines regulating media from advertising substances that are not certified by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards- UNBS.   This follows the death of several people at the weekend in West Nile after reportedly consuming ‘City 5’ a brand of Gin […]

High Court to kick-off hearing Journalist Kasirye’s case against security.

By Elizabeth Ankunda 25th Aug 2022   The High Court in Kampala has fixed October 10, 2022, as the date to start hearing the case in which Ghetto TV Journalist Ashraf Kasirye sued security operatives for causing bodily harm. On November 18, 2020 while in Luuka District, Kasirye was forcefully removed from a truck before assaulting […]