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Mityana MP Zaake Asks Court To Hear Impeachment Case Expeditiously

The embattle Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake has pleaded with Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera to expeditiously hear his application challenging his removal from the parliamentary commission. On March 10th, 2020, Parliament resolved to remove Zaake from the parliamentary commission for alleged indiscipline. This

April 3, 2022

Hot Take·Trending·Uganda

Attorney General Trims Departed Asians Property Custodian Board’s Powers

Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has guided that the Departed Asians’ Property Custodians Board (DAPCB) has no power to deal with any property for which the Finance Minister has issued a certificate of repossession. In a March 11 letter to the Finance Minister

April 2, 2022

Business

Pictorial: Inside The Mighty Nearly Completed Ham Palm Villas

City tycoon Hamis Kiggundu through his company Ham Enterprises Uganda Limited has made significant progress on his contemporary 500 modern housing project, Ham Palm Villas. The housing on a 200-acre land has a Clubhouse, swimming pools, Gym, Sauna and Steam, Salons and

April 2, 2022

Trending

Commentary: Chief Justice Owiny-Dollo’s Outburst Not Out-of-Character, Apology Not Accepted-Advocate Ssemakadde

The spectacle of humility displayed on Thursday, 31 March 2022, at Bulange requires comment and scrutiny. We need to know where we all stand. We need to know if this is an act of cynical beguilement or not. If so, and there

April 2, 2022

Politics

Court of Appeal Concludes Hearing Of Election Petitions

The Court of Appeal has concluded the hearing of election appeals. The court received 84 election appeals arising from the 2021 elections and subsequent High Court decisions. According to the Judiciary public relations officer Jameson Karemani, five cases have been disposed of

April 1, 2022

Crime·Security

Karamoja MPs Accuse UPDF Of Looting Livestock, Killing Civilian

Legislators from Karamoja sub-region have accused the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) of refusing to hand over 17,706 heads of cattle that they recovered from rustlers. The lawmakers made the accusations while responding to an earlier statement by the UPDF that the

April 1, 2022

Health·Politics

Oulanyah Burial Budget Revised To Shs1.2bn After Public Uproar

Government has revised the burial budget for the send-off of the late former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah to shs 1.2 billion after an alarming Shs2.5 billion allocation caused a public outcry over unnecessary expenses and projected cash bonanza. With the body of the

April 1, 2022

Politics

OP-ED: Questioning RDC, RCC & Their Deputies Appointments Is An Insult To The President

BY: JOSEPH KIYIMBA Kampala: The reshuffle of Resident District/ City Commissioners (RDCs/ RCCs ) might be a week behind us, but the fire from it continues to blaze with aggrieved circles spitting endless venom, mainly on social media. Line Minister, Milly Babalanda,

April 1, 2022

Religion

Human Rights Lawyer Ssemakaadde Punches Holes In C.J Owiny Dollo’s Apology To Kabaka

Ugandan Human Rights lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde of Legal Brains Trust (LBT) has trashed Chief Justice Alphonse Chigamoy Owiny Dollo’s apology to Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, describing it as a “Non-Apology” Apology. According to Ssemakadde, the Chief Justice’s apology cannot be accepted

April 1, 2022