Hannington Mbabazi, Author at Thecapitaltimes

Crime

Suspected Rustlers Steal Gun From UPDF Officer

The joint security forces in Karenga district have launched a manhunt for suspected Karimojong rustlers accused of stealing a gun from the house of a soldier in an army detachment. The incident took place on Friday night in Lobalangit sub-county in Karenga

December 12, 2022

ENERGY & MINERAL RESOURCES·National News·Uganda·World News

2023 Tariff Review Process: This Is What You Missed At ERA’s Annual Tariff Review Public Hearing

Uganda’s Power regulator, the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has conducted an annual public hearing aimed at getting views in the process to determine 2023 power tariffs. Engineer Ziria Waako Tibalwa the ERA Chief Executive Officer says, in the Fourth Quarter of the

December 11, 2022

East Africa·Politics·Security·Trending·Uganda·World News

President Museveni Calls For a Continental Media Outlet

Africa should strive and start a continental media outlet that would promote African interests, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said. He said this while delivering a lecture on opportunities to a visiting delegation of Senior Military Officers from the National Defense College

December 11, 2022

National News·Politics

ONC Boss ‘Hajjat Namyalo’ Launches NRM National Mobile Task Force, Reassures ‘Bazzukulu’ That President Museveni Will Meet Them When Health Situation Normalizes

The head of the Kyambogo based Office of the NRM National Chairman (ONC), Hajjat Namyalo Hadijah Uzeiye has revealed that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is aware of the demands by his Bazzukulu (Grand Children) to have an interaction with him but they

December 10, 2022

National News

ICT Ministry Finally Presents New Communications & National Guidance Policies To Streamline Government Programs

By Hannington Mbabazi Kampala: In an effort to resolve issues of mis-coordination in communication of government positions on various issues, the Taskforce on Government Communications and National Guidance has presented the final National Communications Policy and National Guidance Policy to the permanent

December 9, 2022

Politics

“To The Haters, We Are Ready For You And Your Hate Will Not Divert Us From Executing Mzee Duties” – NRM’s Namyalo Blasts Opportunists

The Office of the National Chairman head – Kyambogo, also Senior Presidential Advisor on Political Affairs Ms Hadijah Uzeiye Namyalo has scoffed at haters that they won’t divert her and the team from executing the mandate bestowed upon them by the NRM

December 9, 2022

National News·Uganda

DPP Drops Tycoon Basajjabalaba Tax Evasion Charges

The Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP has explained why charges against Kampala businessman, Hassan Basajjabalaba, and his brother Muzamiru Basajjabalaba, were dropped two months ago. In 2013, Basajjabalaba and his brother Muzamiru were sued in the Anti-Corruption Court after they had been accused

December 7, 2022

ENERGY & MINERAL RESOURCES

Parliament Calls For Countrywide Power Coverage

Legislators have called on the government of Uganda to ensure that electricity access across the country is improved for the benefit of citizens in different sectors of the economy. This follows a report tabled by the House Committee on Environment and Natural

December 7, 2022

National News·Trending·Uganda

Game Over! Depressed Lyantonde Residents Tasked To Cough Over 2.5 Billion In Legal Fees As City Lawyer Loses Land Case Against Tycoon Ben Kavuya

The 8-year-legal battle involving a city ‘lawyer’ Godfrey Rwalinda who had misled residents that their land had been encroached upon by city businessman Mr Ben Kavuya is coming to an end with more costs slapped against Kabula, Lyantonde residents. This comes after

December 7, 2022

Business·Uganda

Billionaire Sudhir Tops List of Top 10 Richest Investors On The Uganda Securities Exchange

Uganda’s GDP of $37.4 billion is one of the most undervalued, with a marginal representation of local investors as high institutional ownership crowds them out of the market. However, despite the fast growth of the local economy, the market capitalization of the

December 5, 2022