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Court Okays DPP To Withdraw Charges Questioning Bobi Wine’s Admission To Makerere University
Court at Law Development Centre (LDC) in Kampala has allowed the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lady Judge Jane Frances Abodo to withdraw charges against National Unity Platform President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bob Wine. Bobi Wine was dragged to Court by Mr Male Mabirizi in September, 2021 accusing him of having been admitted at…
MPs To Censor Hon.Francis Zaake As Parliamentary Backbench Commissioner
Members of Parliament have finalized plans to remove Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake as Parliamentary backbench commissioner. Hon Francis Zaake has been sent to the Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline for alleged misconduct and misbehavior. During plenary sitting on Tuesday, 15 February 2022, Members of Parliament accused Zaake of insulting the integrity of Parliament…
Court Orders Arrest Of Controversial Lawyer Mabirizi To Serve 18-Month Jail Term
The High Court has ordered the immediate arrest of controversial lawyer Male Mabirizi to serve 18 months in jail for contempt of court. Civil Division High Court, Judge Musa Ssekaana issued the orders after finding Mabirizi guilty of contempt of court for the second time. The ruling stemmed from an application by State Attorney, Patricia Mutesi…
Celebrate Your Marriage Anniversary In Style At Speke Apartments
Speke Apartments Wampewo is offering their customers a chance to achieve their love goals with two packages and offers to stay at the Wampewo Avenue based posh apartments – the anniversary package and the couple getaway package. Because of these offers, you can celebrate your marriage anniversary in style & luxury at Speke Apartments this…
Victorious Billionaire ‘Sudhir Ruparelia’ Gives More Headache To Troubled BoU; Bills Over UGX 200 Billion For All Costs
Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia who last week again floored Bank of Uganda in Court, has tabled a bill of UGX200billion for all the costs. Last week, Supreme Court ordered BoU to directly pay costs at all Court levels and ordered that the Bank be reverted to Sudhir and the stakeholders, a ruling that effectively settled a…
Wakiso DPC Fired Over Kuwe’s Land Grabbing Saga
The Inspector General of police Martin Okoth Ochola has reshuffled Asp Abraham Tukundane who has been Wakiso District Police Commander to Pader over allegations of conniving with land grabbers. The Police Chief has with immediate effect transfered Asp Tai Ramathan, DPC Paderw to Wakiso as new Police boss. Tukundane has been in spotlight after being…
Uganda Airlines Records Increase In Passenger Numbers As World Economies Open Up After Two Years Of Lockdown
Uganda Airlines has registered an increase in the number of passengers as economies across the world fully open up. According to Shakila Rahim Lamar, the Corporate Affairs & Public Relations Manager at Uganda Airlines has revealed that following the reopening of the Ugandan economy in January 2022, the response has been encouraging, noting that passengers…
No More Mandatory COVID Testing At Entebbe Airport
Travellers entering Uganda will no longer have to undergo mandatory COVID-19 testing as has been the case. The new measures took effect on February 16,2022. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Health, the decision to stop testing was made by Cabinet on Monday during its weekly meeting. This comes after the health…
Man Sentenced To Four Months Imprisonment For Disrupting Mutebile’s Burial
A resident of Kekubo village in Kabale municipality has been sentenced to a four months imprisonment for disrupting the burial service of the fallen Bank of Uganda Governor, Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile. Mutebile, 72, was buried on January 30, at his ancestral home in Muruhita-Rwakatojo village in Northern division, Kabale municipality. However, chaos ensued when a…
President Museveni Set To Launch Parish Development Model Next Week
President Yoweri Museveni will launch the Parish Development Model (PDM) on 26 February 2022 in the eastern district of Kibuku. The launch of Shs 490 billion PDM meant to eradicate poverty through execution of development activities at the parishes, was announced by the Minister of Local Government, Raphael Magyezi, during the House sitting on Tuesday,…