A parliamentary Bus registration UG 0391H which was carrying about 25 Covid-19 patients from Gulu to Kampala has caught fire. It is said that the bus caught fire at Koro along the Gulu-Kampala highway. Aswa region police spokesperson Patrick Okema revealed that fire brigade was dispatched at the scene and managed to put out fire.…
Police has started investigating murder case where three suspects hired a special hire driver one Batte Christopher, 58, a resident of Nyenje and stabbed him to death. According to the Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Luke Oweyesigyire, suspects hired a cab driver to take them to Bajjo village. While on the way, suspects decided to…
Moses Nkonge Kibalama, the man who sold National Unity Platform (NUP) party to Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has made a u-turn to take back his party saying that the latter failed to stand by his word. In a video making rounds on social media, Kibalama is heard saying that the USD5 million (Shs18.5 billion)…
High Court in Kampala dismissed an application for a temporary injunction in which presidential aspirant, Lt.Gen. Henry Tumukunde sought to have criminal summons against him by the Criminal Investigations Division halted. The former security sued CID director, AIGP Grace Akullo and the Attorney General seeking orders that the arrest threats issued to him through summons…
There are running battles between Police and People Power activists in Kamwokya city suburbs in Kampala protesting the continued provocation by music promoter, Charles Orema alias Sipapa. Police moved in to disperse the activists when they blocked Old Kira road right from the house belonging to Fred Ssentamu Nyanzi alias Chairman Nyanzi and the offices…
A joint team comprising members from the finance and gender committees in parliament has rejected proposed direct lending by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to the government. The committee members say that this is intended to avoid abuse of member’s funds and conflict of interest. This is according to the main committee report on…
Last evening news broke that prisoners from Moroto Central Prison had escaped and disappeared through Mountain Moroto. The incident happened at 4.30pm. Several reports made rounds about the escape. Frank Baine, the spokesperson of the Uganda Prisons has given account of the escape. According to Baine, prisoners escaped at a time when they were having…
Meera Investments Ltd which is part of Ruparelia group has dragged city architects FBW (U) Ltd to court, demanding for over USD 2,672,579 in damages and a refund of USD132,750 (approximately Shs 9,818,651,500 in total) which is money his company paid them for work they refused to do. According to the document seen by this…
“We are all aware that there is an ongoing case in the Courts of Law, but the existence of such a big case in Courts of law is an ongoing public concern that the regulator should be concerned about.” Over the years it’s been a well-known fact that a sound and workable financial system is…
A total of 278 criminal cases were registered in the recently concluded NRM primaries ranging from murder, unlawful possession of guns among others. Uganda Police Force has said. This was revealed by Charles Twiine the Criminal Investigations Department Spokesperson while addressing the media in Wednesday September 16, 2020. “Of the above stated cases, costed lives,…
