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Big Story: Another Joint Anti-corruption Operation Nets Jinja City Officials For Selling Schools’ Land Stealing UPE Funds Worth 1.4 Billion
Another massive raid led by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit in liaison with Uganda Police and ISO Anti-Corruption has netted some of the masterminds of the illegal sale of schools land – Spire Road Primary School and Lake Site Primary School all located within Jinja City. The racket in the Jinja City administration that was…
UPDF Officer Col. Nyakaisiki Carol In Trouble For Allegedly Conniving With Judicial Officers To Frustrate Widow, Grab Late Brother’s Property As Widow, Orphans Languish
Lt. Col. Nyakaisiki Carol Basalisa, who is involved in a bitter property wrangle with her relatives, has landed in hot soup after it emerged that she is using her position as a Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) officer to intimate and take advantage of the people she is supposed to help. Controversy arose about how…
“You exceeded your mandate and acted without jurisdiction, thus illegally,”- Court Dustbins COSASE Report On Asian Properties Already Handled By Court And Other Processes
Parliament’s committee on Sub-Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) have been dealt a blow after court ruled that its subcommittee did its work illegally as it tried to act as court in investigating properties under the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board (DAPCB). Mohamed Allibhai, the applicant had dragged the Attorney General to…
Property Mogul Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia To Tip Lawyers On Law & Investment
Uganda’s richest man Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia who personally built Ruparelia Group brick by brick is set to tip lawyers under the lawyer’s desk fraternity on law and investment. This has been announced by the Mr.Ronald Lukoma who happens to be the President Lawyer’s Desk. This meeting which will be held on Saturday, 9nd of July…
ANALYSIS: Did Kasekende’s Uncontrolled Desire To Replace Mutebile Lead To His Own Downfall? What Really Went Wrong?
How did Dr. Louis Kasekende, a man who was well on track to become a Governor end up spending the last 3 years of his 33-year career making headlines for all the wrong reasons? Law No. 1 of 48 laws of power: Never outshine the master! Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and…
Inside Sudhir’s Legal Team Against BoU: Meet The KAA Lawyers That Have Triumphantly Floored Bank Of Uganda – The Most Ruthless Regulator
Every case is as good as its legal strategy and every legal strategy is as good as the team on it. To defend himself against a UGX397 billion (USD106 million) suit from Bank of Uganda, arguably one of Uganda’s most feared, ruthless and cash-rich regulators, Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia, Uganda’s richest businessman had to go for…
Come & Study: Victoria University Bails Out Stranded Kayiwa International Students With Bursaries
Victoria University Kampala, Uganda’s leading transformational university has given bursaries to hundreds of Kayiwa International University students who were stranded on their academic journey after the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) shut down their institution for the breach of minimum operating standards. Victoria University, after a request from a section of students of Kayiwa…
It’s a Lucrative Business Which Only Few Ugandans Know About: Tycoon Rajiv On Pet Business In Uganda
Visionary tycoon Rajiv Ruparelia who many describe as Uganda’s economy explorer for his lucrative investments in various sectors has bemoaned the fact that only a few Ugandans have tested on profits from animal (pets) business opportunity. A pet, or companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person’s company or entertainment rather than as…
Parliament’s Recommendations On Departed Asians Property Are Illegal, Unimplementable and Could Cost The Government Billions In Court Suits—Attorney-General Advises
Earlier this year, the Government of Uganda’s Attorney General, Mr Kiroywa Kiwanuka warned that the recent recommendations by the Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts―Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises PAC-COSASE that the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board (DAPCB) should initiate processes to cancel repossession certificates previously issued by the Government/Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic…
EU Members Hail Museveni’s Lifting Of DGF Suspension
The Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) Development Partners has released a statement hailing President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the Government of Uganda for lifting the Suspension on DGF, a civil society funding body, whose activities were suspended last year. In June, 2022, President Museveni agreed to lift the ban he imposed on Democratic Governance Facility (DGF),…