PRO Kangave Greater Masaka police are investigating a case murder of a guard at Mo Gas Petrol Station. An officer who is part of the investigating team told this news site that CPL Mathias Mawanda attached to reserve Force was killed last night by unknown people. The assailants also broke in to offices, picked a…
The Inspector General of Police J.M Okoth Ochola has today passed out officers who have been under going the Non commissioned Officers refresher course at Police Training School Kabalye-Masindi. The 482 officers graduated included 253 Senior NCOs (Seargents) and 229 Junior NCOs (Corporals) and all completed the course successfully. The Deputy Inspector General of Police,…
Burnt gas Tank Truck Kampala Metropolitan Police has come out to clarify on the the accident which happened Friday about 11am at Naalya near Bethany High school along Northern by pass in Namugongo division Kira Municipality Wakiso district. Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire, said it involved a motor vehicle registration UAW 641D Fuso…
Ministry of Defence top leadership The Minister of Defence and Veterans affairs Hon Adolf Mwesige has said that the government of Uganda will continue to support training in the UPDF as a continuous means to achieving professionalization of the forces. He said UPDF is a professional force and training must be one way of maintaining…
Hon Gasta The Landlord and Tenant Bill, 2018 has finally been passed, with the payment of rent in US dollars now being outlawed, coupled with a cap on the increment on rent fees allowable within a year. The Bill was passed following a lengthy sitting on Wednesday, 26 June 2019. Debate on whether to…
Min .Kyambadde Members of parliament have given the Minister for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Hon. Amelia Kyambadde, two weeks within which to chart a way forward to curb losses incurred by sugarcane growers in Busoga sub region. “The Minister has requested that she be given time to come back with a comprehensive statement. Let the…
Ms.Kadaga and Amb.Haitham The construction of an industrial park at the lakeside town of Entebbe is in final stages. The park, which is to be opened in July 2019, is a partnership between an Egyptian firm and the National Enterprise Corporation (NEC), the business wing of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces. According to the Deputy…
A team of Councillors meeting speaker of Parliament R.Kadaga Kawempe Division Councillors have sought the support of Parliament in their fight against the property tax, which is set to be implemented by Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). The Property Rate, which is set to commence at the beginning of the Financial Year 2019/2020, has already…
A whistleblower has petitioned parliament’s committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) over alleged anomalies in the recruitment of staff at Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). The whistleblower alleges that the headhunting process is unfair and discriminative. COSASE chairperson Mubarak Munyagwa says that his committee has information that a number of individuals were…
Hon. Bahati Members of Parliament have raised concern over the incessant scandals plaguing the country’s central Bank following the recent mishap in which a consignment of printed currency flown into the country included extra cargo not on the bank’s documentation. The legislators on Tuesday, 26 June 2019, hinted on the unsatisfactory behaviour of the Bank…
