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US government slaps visa ban on Uganda over LGBTQ law

KAMPALA –With over 54 service stations countrywide under Kobil, Delta, and RUBiS brands, RUBiS Energy, is becoming a dominant player in Uganda’s oil and gas sector. RUBiS has rebranded an additional 10 new service stations across Uganda, extending its affordable high-quality products and services closer to customers across Uganda. The newly rebranded service stations which include RUBiS Ntinda, Kamwokya, Bbira, Mengo, Kisenyi, Wobulenzi, Iganga 2, Bwebajja, Kigumba, and Namunsi are strategically located to offer a wide range of high-quality products and services comprising of UltraTec petrol and diesel fuels, convenience stores, Lubricants, and car service. RUBiS entered the Ugandan market…

BY ZURAH NAKABUGO The state minister for Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Kabuye Kyofatogabye, launched the car-free day on March 26 by encouraging residents to embrace it for health benefits. In his comments after flagging off the event, Kabuye advised the city dwellers to leave their cars at home for some days and walk to avoid non-communicable diseases, which are caused by unhealthy lifestyles such as not doing exercises. “We have introduced car free day, aimed at informing the public to walk on the streets as a way of improving their health since many people are dying of non-communicable diseases…

JULIET BAGGYA NSIYONA One of the communities known widely for the old-age tradition of saving is India. Popularly known for encouraging the saving of chunks of their income rather than consuming it, this tradition is instilled right from birth, so, ideally, each Indian child is aware of the advantages of delayed gratification. In most African countries, some of the most successful families are Indian. In Uganda, extravagance and showbiz have taken center stage in the lives of most natives. Spending money to make a statement has become the norm, and it is a vice that children unfortunately learn and emulate.…

OUR REPORTER KAMPALA – This year, the most vulnerable refugees and new arrivals will receive the highest recommended food rations, while the least vulnerable and self-reliant households will be weaned off the monthly General Food Assistance, the office of the Prime Minister, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), and UNHCR said in a statement recently. According to the statement, WFP will implement a progressive shift to needs-based targeting of general food assistance for refugees in Uganda in 2023. This comes on the coattails of an endorsement of the approach at the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) Steering Group meeting…

MOSES SSERWANGA Uganda’s strides toward developing a robust automotive industry soared in 2022. Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC) took the lead by producing electric and internal combustion engine (ICE) buses. This growth was fueled by the government’s strategic vision and commitment to invest heavily in the development of the local automotive industry to tap into the global market, now estimated at 2.86 trillion US dollars and projected to hit 9 trillion US dollars by 2030. There is a mad rush in the Global North to cash in on the lucrative automotive industry as automakers switch to electric vehicles. Around 4.3 million…

The World AIDS Day 2022 is being marked by WHO member countries worldwide under the theme Equalize aiming to end stigma. Top 30 Counties by percentage infections. Country/RegionAdult prevalenceof HIV/AIDS[1]Number of peoplewith HIV/AIDSAnnual deathsfrom HIV/AIDS[3]Year of estimate1Eswatini27.10%200000230020192Lesotho23.10%340000480020193Botswana22.20%380000500020194Zimbabwe21.40%14000002000020195South Africa13.30%75000007200020196Namibia12.70%210000300020197Mozambique12.10%22000005100020198Zambia12.10%12000001700020199Malawi9.50%110000013000201610Equatorial Guinea7.00%650001800201911Tanzania5.10%170000027000201612Uganda4.80%150000021000201913Kenya4.80%150000021000201914Central African Republic3.60%1000003800201915Gabon3.60%510001100201916Guinea-Bissau3.40%400001500201917Cameroon3.20%51000014000201918Congo, Republic of the3.10%1000004500201919Rwanda2.90%2300002800201620Cote d’Ivoire2.70%43000013000201621South Sudan2.40%1900009100201622Togo2.30%1200003000201623Gambia, The2.00%280001100201924Haiti1.90%1600002700201925Belize1.90%4900-201826Angola1.80%34000013000201927Bahamas, The1.80%6000-201828Ghana1.70%34000014000201929Sierra Leone1.50%780002600201930Liberia1.50%4700019002019 World AIDS Day 2022 hot air balloon

Mr Alionzi Lawrence aka Dangote has been declared winner of Makerere University guild race after beating seven other contestants, including NRM’s Hussein Ibra Alionzi garnered 5,839 votes in the online voting exercise that ended with him being declared the winner on Wednesday night while his closest contender Ibra Hussein got 2,079 votes. earlier article The Makerere Guild race was suspended by the University Council after a bloody violent campaign that even resulted in the death of a student. The voting and campaigns were moved online for fear of more violent acts from students. Several NUP members congratulated Alilonzi upon his…

The leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentam aka Bobi Wine has blamed the Deputy Speaker Tayebwa for blocking MP Zaake’s protest in parliament. Honourable Francis Zaake of Mityana Municipality was protesting what he called ongoing rampant abductions in the country but the deputy speaker did not allow him to go through with it. Bobi Wine expressed his discontent with the deputy speaker’s on his Twitter timeline. Mr. Tayebwa and other enablers of these human rights violations must know that what they call ‘drama’ is affecting real lives and destroying families out there. The Tayebwas should not…

The head of the judiciary of Uganda, Jsustice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has asked the prime minister, Hon. Robinah Nabbanja to keep in her lane and not interfere with judicial work that is protected by the Constitution. What took place in court that Monday was unfortunate, unacceptable, a total outrage,” said the Chief Justice amid applause from more than 400 magistrates and registrars who were attending their annual conference CJ Owiny-Dollo