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News

Budding Lawyer Bob Kasango Candle Burns Out In Prison

Jailed city Lawyer Bob Kasango has died of heart failure in Luzira prison according to the authorities. Uganda Prisons Service spokesperson Frank Baine confirmed Kasango’s death on telephone interview. “For the last two weeks,he has not been well health wise but our

February 28, 2021

News

Museveni Instructs Lawyers To Let ‘His Beloved Muzukulu’ Bobi Wine Withdraw Election Petition

President Yoweri Museveni has accused Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi Wine of giving the Supreme Court false, irrelevant and contradictory reasons for withdrawing his election petition. Museveni’s response is contained in an affidavit of Oscar Kihika the Director Legal Affairs of National

February 27, 2021

Crime

ESO, CMI Join Probe Of Local Singer Arrested With Over 45 Passports

External Security Organisation (ESO) and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) have joined the probe of local singer, Ameria Nambala, who was found in possession of 48 passports whose owners cannot be traced. The artist was arrested from Sheraton Hotel in Kampala

February 27, 2021

Business

Sexy Fairway Hotel Waitresses Make Men Drip With Blessedness After Staging Seductive Dances On Valentine’s Day

There was a stampede at Fairway Hotel on Valentine’s Day, after a bevy of dazzling waitresses and skilled waiters decided to stage an exotic dance show, as a special treat for their guests. The dance show, which was composed of contemporary musical

February 26, 2021

Politics

Ofwono Opondo-‘US Has No Right To ‘Lecture’ Uganda Over Elections’

The US should to “fix its own elections” rather than give “lectures” to Uganda about its elections, Ugandan government spokesman Ofwono Opondo has been quoted by the state-linked New Vision as saying. His comments came after the US said it was considering

February 26, 2021

Politics

Panic As MPs Propose Removal Of Resident District Commissioners

Members of Parliament Thursday proposed the removal of the office of the Resident District Commissioners (RDCs). This was proposed by Hon Wamanga Wamai who also wants ministers to be appointed from professionals and not from among Members of Parliament. Wamai noted that

February 26, 2021

Crime·Uganda

PAC Grills Internal Affairs Ministry Officials Over Missing 2.8 Billion UNDP Funding

The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has directed the accounting officer in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to present performance and accountability reports regarding the funding of a UNDP supported project. The committee chaired by Budadiri West MP Nandala Mafabi was meeting

February 26, 2021

Uganda

UBOS Seeks Shs138bn For 2022 Population Census Exercise

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) has revealed that it will carry out the national population census next year, 2022, two years earlier. Uganda last carried out a population census in 2014. Supposed to happen every decade, the census had delayed over

February 26, 2021

Crime

Eight Fraudsters Arrested Over Fake Gold, Counterfeit Dollars In Munyonyo

Detectives from criminal investigations Department ‘CID’ at Kibuli have raided one of the posh houses in Munyonyo, a leafy Kampala suburb and arrested con men. The suspects have been identified as; Dorcus Chibasi, Samson Onyango Wesonga a Kenyan national; Godfrey Kadimba, a

February 26, 2021

Security

IGG Awaits NUP’s Bobi Wine To Update The Anti-Corruption Body On His Questionable Wealth

The Inspectorate of Government is waiting for National Unity Platform president Robert Kyagulanyi to update the anti-corruption body on his wealth since information circulated that he had got a donation of an armoured (bullet-proof) car. Bobi Wine unveiled his ‘armoured’ vehicle at

February 26, 2021