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A Ugandan opposition MP has reported death threats from a rogue group of ‘tired’ security officers. In an anonymous letter, the group gave the female lawmaker three days within which to pay them Shs10m or wait to take four bullets. 

A number of degrees offered by Ugandan universities have been rejected in universities abroad, leaving many with them cursing. The list of expired degrees indicates that almost all the academic programs (courses) offered by the universities in the Pearl of Africa have since become obsolete and unacceptable in advanced countries abroad.

A fearless Ugandan driver risks losing his job at the country’s judiciary, which is supposed to be the custodian of justice in the country, for using a ‘wrong forum’ to complain about his low pay. Stanley Kisambira has been a driver at the Judiciary for the past 15 years but recently complained that his Shs235,000 salary was too low for him and his family given the high cost of living.

The NWSC Board has re-appointed Eng. Dr. Silver Mugisha as the corporation’s Managing Director on a five-year- term.

All Ugandan civil servants who will not be counted in an ongoing validation and validation exercise of government employees will not be paid salaries in the next financial year which begins in July 2023, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) has announced.

When Stanley Kisambira recorded audios venting his frustration over his Shs235,000 salary, he definitely was aware that his fearlessness would come with consequences. And the Ugandan state has reacted and yet is more to come for the driver who has worked with one of the arms of his country’s government for a cool 15 years.

Uganda’s Judiciary has confirmed increasing allowances for its drivers and other non-judicial staff to ensure that these employees take home over Shs1m every month, a figure above what the Museveni government pays each secondary school arts teacher.

Ugandan President Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has tasked the head of the Police Force, Inspector General (IGP) Martins Okoth Ochola to answer at least six questions related to the shooting of Indian money lender Uttam Bhandari.

A group of foreigners who have been working on a hydropower plant project have impregnated at least 31 teenage girls and left the country for Sri Lanka, local authorities have told The Pearl Times.