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An entertainer known as Young C embarked on a daring challenge on Wednesday, May 8, by burying himself alive for 24 hours. He later shared his experience in a video after the ordeal.Young C, a Nigerian entertainer, captured the attention of many when he decided to undertake a self-imposed challenge of being buried alive for 24 hours. The Imo State University graduate documented the experience through live footage streamed from the coffin.After completing the challenge, Young C addressed his audience in a new video, revealing that his TikTok account was banned due to the nature of the challenge. Despite the…
URA will potentially collect more than 36 million from a textile smuggler that was intercepted in Jinja on Tuesday this week. The URA enforcement officers in Jinja intercepted a Toyota Kluger that was fully loaded with smuggled textiles from Kenya that was loaded with 300kgs of plain polyester textile from India and 800kgs of Kitenge fabric that is estimated to yield revenue worth UGX 36,531,844 in taxes and penalties. According to data from the World Bank, Uganda imported textiles worth USD 327,411.13 taking up 3.7% of imports in 2020. The majority of these imports come from China, India, Vietnam, and…
Rango Tenge Tenge shared his aspirations during an exclusive interview on Spark TV, displaying his desire to complete his two-flat building for his family, which is currently on hold as they face financial constraints. Tenge Tenge has been gaining positive attention, which had him meet several celebrities, and influence different brands, and commercial ads as he continues with his education too. We currently don’t have enough money to employ a support system, so we often do most of the work together with my father. I dream of completing this flat so my family and I can have a good place…
Black is beautiful and Beyoncé a renowned music star, will be remembered for her song with Blue Ivy where they encouraged Brown skin girls to love their melanin popping pearly skins. However, some ladies do not agree with this notion and for others, they’ve taken to altering their skin tone as a trauma copping mechanism. A lady, whom we shall call Brenda took to bleaching her skin because growing up they always bullied her for being “black”. She started with coarse methods of washing her body using detergent and bleaching cleaning agents, then resorted to the cremes such as Cocopulp.…
Five individuals from the Peace of Trumpet Ministry Uganda, a Balokole religious sect based in Lira, have been taken into custody. They are accused of disrupting the ongoing National Population and Housing Census. The suspects, namely Daniel Obangakene (30), Jesse Ogenrwot (20), Abel Emmanuel (27), Emmanuel Atekirwot (26), and Daniel Poyopira (19), were apprehended following allegations of preaching against the census. They cautioned that participation in the census might jeopardize one’s entry into the kingdom of God. David Kennedy Odongo, the Alebtong LC5 chairman, confirmed the arrests, citing sabotage of the census exercise that commenced on Friday. He indicated that…
Government is yet to release the balance of shillings 366.85 billion to National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) to finance the coming mass enrollment and renewal of National Identification Cards to Ugandans. The nationwide exercise is scheduled to kick off on June 1st, 2024 and will run until September 30, 2025. During the exercise NIRA is projecting to enroll 17.2 million people and to renew 15.6 million national identity cards. NIRA is also planning to deploy 2000 people in parishes in urban areas and between 800-1000 in rural areas. The exercise is part of preparations towards 2026 general elections. However,…
Many passengers suffered injuries on a recent Friday afternoon when a Kakise bus, en route from Mbale to Soroti District, fell into Kachumbala Bridge. The incident reportedly occurred because the bus was carried off the road by swift floodwaters resulting from a heavy downpour. Mr Epidu George, the Officer in Charge of Amus police post, confirmed the incident. It took place at Nyakoi village in Kwarikwar sub-county, Bukedea District. According to Mr Epidu, the passengers incurred minor injuries, but thankfully, no fatalities were reported. Mr Epidu also mentioned that the exact number of passengers aboard the bus at the time…
As the National Population and Housing Census got underway countrywide on Friday, an enumerator in Njeru municipality, Buikwe District, was reportedly pursued by three men and stabbed. Mr James Kalyango was supposed to enumerate residents of Namuwaya Village but decided to first relay some messages on a megaphone at around 6:30am in an attempt to rally masses for the national cause. Speaking from a hospital bed on Friday, Kalyango said: “Our supervisor last (Thursday) night told me to wake up early and relay an announcement on a megaphone, reminding locals that today (Friday) is a Public Holiday and that they…
An employee of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) in Kabale, Jude Twebaze, is currently in police custody. The accusation against him is that he disrupted the National census exercise. Twebaze, who works at the NWSC head office in Kampala, was apprehended while on a bus journey to Kampala. The national census began with the Census Night on Thursday. To ensure compliance with the exercise, roadblocks were set up to screen passengers. In Kabale town, the counting exercise was overseen by police patrols monitoring each bus. Andrew Akanyijuka, the OC station ASP, reported that Twebaze was arrested the previous…
President Yoweri Museveni is taking a firm stance to induce communication in Swahili language among government officials. In the weekly cabinet meetings, President Museveni has now directed for addresses and communications by ministers to be done in Swahili. Despite being designated as Uganda’s second official language two years ago, adaptation of the regional language has remained low among government agencies. This forced President Museveni, an East African integration aficionado to take firmer action. Hon John Mulimba, the State Minister for Regional Affairs told reporters that President Museveni has issued orders aimed at increased use of Kiswahili during cabinet meetings. “Starting…