The trial of a city business man Mathew Kanyamunyu which was slated for today at the High Court registry has been adjourned to October 27, 2020 . Mr Kanyamunyu is charged alongside his girlfriend Cynthia Munangwari and his brother Joseph Kanyamunyu for murdering a social worker Kenneth Akena on November 12, 2016 along Lugogo by…
Police in Mubende have commenced the investigations into the death of seven children in Rwenkabi village Kitenga Sub county Mubende district. According to Wamala region police spokesperson Rachael Kawala revealed that unfortunate incident happened on Monday evening when the deceased children took shelter in a tent which had a burning charcoal stove. Later on,fire engulfed…
As schools financially struggle to reopen after seven months of lockdown, President Yoweri Museveni has donated 100 million Shillings to a primary school in his village of Rushere in Rwakirura district. In a press statement issued by the presidential press unit, Museveni on top of giving the money to Rushere Primary School also gave 50…
With the 2021 general elections fast approaching, different security authorities are preparing themselves to make sure there is nothing like election violence like it was in the National Resistance Movement (NRM) primaries or if it is there, it is kept at the very minimum. One way of preparing for this is to recruit more law…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has congratulated the all new female leadership of the Uganda Law Society (ULS), a body uniting advocates in the country, upon being elected into office urging them to be impactful and deliver above their responsibilities. The Speaker said female lawyers have come a long way in as far…
The recent shameful conduct, in some cases, during the recent NRM primaries is most annoying to the patriots. However, it is, nevertheless, a great success, historically speaking. Why and how? It is because Africa has been misgoverned and misdirected for the last 500 years, to its peril and huge losses. Let me start with the…
Simbamanyo Estates Limited has lost another property, Afrique Suites Hotel over a $10.8 million loan acquired from Equity Bank. Recently, the Estate lost Simbamanyo House located on plot 2 Lumumba Avenue after it failed to service the loan. The building had been mortgaged by its owners with Equity Bank but after failing to pay, the…
Equity Bank Uganda denied having ever facilitated or engaged in facilitating any illegal cover to have Equity Bank Limited and Bankone Limited engage in financial institutions business in Uganda. Peter Kamya, an architect, has asked Justice Boniface Wamala to disqualify himself from hearing Simbamanyo House cases, citing bias. “The judge has not conducted himself in…
Kira Road Police Station has rescued a five-year old child, who was about to be sacrificed by his father using a machete over unknown reasons. During the rescue, the officer discharged a bullet to disable the father, Suleiman Male, 28, but it fatally injured him. The incident happened on Saturday at around 11am in Kyebando,…
Student leaders from public and private universities have called on government to pay salaries for teachers in private schools for at least a year after re-opening academic institutions for only finalists due to Covid-19 pandemic. The guild student leaders from Makerere University, Kyambogo University and Uganda Christian University who presented a joint petition to Speaker…
