Justice Jane Frances Abodo, the Director of Public Prosecutions has withdrawn terrorism charges against eleven people who were accused of killing Major Muhammad Kiggundu in 2017. The suspects are Abdulaziz Abdushakur Musoke, Sulaiman Wayaba alias Bashir Lukenge, Bashir Nyangisho alias Abdallah Katata Byansi alias Abdallah Katata, Sulait Majid Lukwago and Fikil Yusuf Alqaeda Abasi. Others…
Michael Maranga Mawanda the Igara East legislator has presented Constitutional Amendments Bill 2020 on the leadership composition at the Bank of Uganda (BoU). Mawanda’s bill comes after reports from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) and the special audit report of the Auditor General on the…
The Uganda U20 National Team is through to the semifinals at the ongoing Africa U20 Cup of Nations in Mauritania. The Hippos overcame Burkina Faso in the quarter finals on Thursday on kicks from the penalty mark after normal time had ended in a barren stalemate. A closely contested encounter saw no goals produced between…
Former Presidential candidate in 2021 general elections Eng. Willy Mayambala has requested Supreme Court to inherit National Unity Platform ‘NUP’ President Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi’s electoral Petition. In his letter dated February 25, 2021,Mr Mayambala has written to court that he is interested in taking over and continuing with the petition which Mr Kyagulanyi had filed…
There was a big sigh of relief in the Makerere University School of Law auditorium yesterday after the 99 year old institution of higher learning bowed to legal pressure and accepted to admit twenty nine students of the long-awaited Bachelor of Law Executive (LLE) programme who had threatened to sue for breach of contract, fraud…
Police at Entebbe are investigating a case of aggravated robbery and murder of one Nambi Bogiya, 30, a mobile money operator at Nalugala. The heinous act happened on Wednesday night at around 9pm few metres from her rented house in Nalugala Katabi town council . According to Deputy Kampala metropolitan Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire revealed…
The debate on the Constitution Amendment Bill 2019 has continued with a section of Members of Parliament speaking against the presence of the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) representatives in Parliament. UPDF forms part of the interest groups represented in Parliament, the others being women, youth, workers and now the elderly, who will start with…
The Senior Pastor of Bwaise-based Christian Life Church and proprietor of Top Radio Fm, Pastor Jackson Ssenyonga kicked Hon Luttamaguzi Semakula out of the Top Radio studios. It is not well between Nakaseke South legislator Hon Luttamaguzi Ssemakula PK and Top radio owner Pastor Ssenyonga after the latter ordered the former out of the top…
Fear and anxiety have engulfed most of government authorities’ staff after cabinet formalised a plan to merge a number of authorities/ agencies back to their parent ministries. The plan was approved on September 10 last year during a Cabinet meeting chaired by President Museveni. The proposed merger was part of a mega reorganisation plan aimed…
Tiger Woods sustained serious leg injuries on Tuesday after the luxury SUV he was driving struck the median of a road in Los Angeles County, crossed over into the opposite lane of traffic and rolled over several times before coming to a stop in a grassy area several hundred feet from where he had been…
