The Supreme Court Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has set 18th March 2021 as the date they expect to deliver Judgement in the Election Petition filed by National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu challenging the victory of the incumbent, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. This was during the first hearing of the election petition where…
Uganda’s Finance minister, Mr Matia Kasaija, has refuted allegations of a plan by the government to start taxing cash withdrawals from banks. According to a February 9 letter written by Patrick Ocailip, the deputy secretary to the treasury in the Ministry of Finance directed to the Bank of Uganda Governor, the finance ministry is seeking…
A Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) helicopter piloted by two has crashed near Lido Beach in Entebbe. According to the UPDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen Flavia Byekwaso, the chopper crashed a few metres away from the Air Force base. “Today afternoon at about 2:15 pm a jet ranger piloted by two cadet trainees on a mutual…
A war is brewing between the Ministry of Lands and the Uganda Land Commission over the list of landowners that are supposed to be compensated using the Ushs 18bn supplementary budget tabled before Parliament. Parliament deferred the approval of a supplementary budget of Shs292 billion for the financial year 2020/21 after it emerged that a…
