President Yoweri Museveni has appointed the former head of Criminal Investigation Department – CID, AIGP Grace Akullo to head of Interpol. This comes a day after Akullo handed over CID office to Maj Tom Magambo. Akullo was on November, 22, 2011 appointed as the new CID director to replace AIGP Edward Ochom but on January…
The Electoral Commission has asked the Court of Appeal to dismiss Suleiman Kidandala’s appeal challenging the victory of Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya. Last year in January, the Electoral Commission declared Ssegirinya, the winner of Kawempe North Constituency with 41,197 votes against his closet challenger Kidandala who had 7,512 votes. Kidandala decided to petition the…
More than 90 percent of Ugandans who hold a bank account do not keep more than sh1 million at any one time on their accounts, an indication of the low savings levels in the country. There are an estimated 14 million bank accounts in the country. Of these, only about 2 percent have deposits totaling…
Immigration officials and Police are holding a doctor suspected to be part of a human trafficking racket that has been operating in Kasubi, a Kampala city suburb. Agnes Igoye, the deputy coordinator for the prevention of trafficking in persons at the Ministry of Internal Affair, has identified the suspect as Agnes Nsereko Katongole, of St. Agnes…
President Yoweri Museveni has met a group of 91 youths, formerly supporters of National Unity Platform (NUP) political party, who have been undergoing mindset change and leadership training at the Institute of Security and Intelligence Studies. Part of the 91 was commanders of different NUP youth-led groups who took part in the November 2020 riots…
World Class Speke Resort Munyonyo Hotel has been unveiled as the official hospitality partner for Nigerian singer Michael Adebayor popularly known as Ruger ahead of his much-anticipated music concert in Kampala. The grand revelation was made on Friday, February 11, at a press conference held at the swanky hotel premises in Munyonyo, Kampala. The ‘Bounce’…
The Supreme Court in Kampala has dismissed the appeal filed by Bank of Uganda – BoU ( in Crane Bank Receivership) against Businessman Sudhir Ruparelia and Meera Investments Limited as the five-year court battle comes to a grand end. In a ruling delivered on Friday, February 11, 2022, Supreme Court ruled that BoU reverts Crane…
Minutes after legally slaying Bank of Uganda, for the forth time, but this time for good, Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia, has hit at certain officials of the central bank for stealing his bank, unnecessarily dragging him to court and prolonging the case for selfish gains. “These people stole my bank. They shared the legal fees in…
The family of late Erukana Kuwe’s estate foundation has dragged a Uganda people’s defense force UPDF officer and police officers attached to Wakiso division to State House on allegations of conniving with serial grabbers to steal their land. The land in question is located in Wakiso on Block 306, plots 2612 and 6143 at Bbira…
Security has contained a planned Makindye Ssabagabo council meeting after the councilors attempted to demonstrate over what termed continued arrests,detention, torture of opposition members and supporters plus continued hike in fuel prices. About 25 opposition councilors had earlier in the morning converged at Makindye-Ssabagabo council head quarters from Kampala along Entebbe road off Namasuba to…
