Hannington Mbabazi, Author at Thecapitaltimes

Sports

Barcelona 2-8 Bayern Munich: Barca Historically Humiliated By Bayern In UEFA Champions League Quarters

Bayern Munich sent out an emphatic and ominous message to their Champions League rivals with an absolute demolition of fellow European heavyweights Barcelona in a gloriously chaotic and utterly one-sided quarter-final tie in Lisbon. The high-pressing, energetic and ruthless German champions were

August 14, 2020

Sports

Monaco DL: Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei Breaks 5000M World’s Record

Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei has broken the 5000M world record while running at the 2020 Monaco Diamond League meet. The Ugandan ran 12:35:36 to break Kenenisa Bekele’s record set in 2004. Cheptegei has been in fine form since clinching 10000M gold at last

August 14, 2020

Health

Just In! Uganda Registers 12th Covid-19 Death As Cases Rise To 1,385

Uganda has on Friday August 14, 2020 registered one new COVID-19 death.‬ According to the Health Ministry, the deceased is a 65-year-old male resident of Kampala. He passed on at the China- Uganda Friendship Hospital, Naguru. He becomes the 12th person to die

August 14, 2020

Health

Crisis: Two City Arcades Closed As Covid-19 Cases Surge

Government of Uganda have closed two city Arcades with immediate effect after registering two Covid-19 cases. Ms Betty Amongi, the Minister for Kampala Affairs, on Thursday said Namaganda and Galilaya arcades registered one case each, adding that scientists were studying the two

August 14, 2020

Crime

Busted: How URA Customs Staff, UNBS Border Officials Collude To Smuggle Kenyan Kay Salt Into Uganda

Our investigators have unearthed a cartel of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) customs staff and staff from the National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), who are conniving to smuggle Kenyan Kay salt into Uganda. This is going on even after President Yoweri Museveni cautioned

August 14, 2020

Crime

BoU’s Untouchable Sekabira Snubs Police Summons!

Wanted Bank of Uganda’s director, Benedict Sekabira has snubbed the Police CID summons for questioning in connection with fraud. Sekabira on Monday snubbed police for the second time. He was expected to appear at the Kibuli based CID headquarters on Friday last

August 11, 2020

Crime

Kasekende Writes To DPP Defending Self Over Fleecing Defunct Banks Assets

Former Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor Dr. Louis Kasekende, has written to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Jane Frances Abodo distancing himself from the alleged dubious sale of over 2,700 land titles which belonged to closed commercial banks. This website has

August 11, 2020

Politics

Rwenzori Region Endorses Hon. Basaliza For Elderly Seat As Church Condemns Bishop For Breaching Their Decision

The Church of Uganda is in a crisis after a retired Bishop declared his interest to contest for a parliamentary seat on the National Resistance Movement (NRM) ticket, yet religious elders had endorsed Rtd. Col. Hon. Stephen Basaliza for the Elderly MP

August 11, 2020

Crime

DPP Confirms Prosecution Of BoU’s Sekabira, Bagyenda & Kasekende

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has confirmed charges against the former Deputy Governor Louis Kasekende, former Director of Commercial Banks Supervision Justine Bagyenda and the central bank’s Director for Financial Markets Development Coordination (FMDC) Benedict Sekabira. This has been confirmed after

August 10, 2020

Crime

Breaking! The Anglican St Peter’s Church Ndeeba Has Been Demolished

Christians with strongest emotional ties to St Peters Church Ndeeba were saddened to see the piece of history demolished in wee hours of Monday in presence of heavy police deployment. St Peters has been one of the oldest churches in Uganda, however

August 10, 2020