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Just In! Another Scandal Hits REA As Energy PS Gives Ill-Advice To Min. Kitutu On Fake Statutory Instrument
In an unprecedented move, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development has run a riot code onto the Permanent Secretaries of the Ministries of Local Government and Finance, sending them scuttling by sneaking to cabinet one of the most incoherent Statutory Instruments (SI) in the History of Government. This came as an utter shock to…
Man Who Slapped Minister Ecweru Sent To Butabika For Treatment
The man who recently slapped the Minister of State for Works, Musa Ecweru has been sent to Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital for treatment. The 39-year-old Emmanuel Okurut was sent to Butabika Hospital on Friday. It followed his arrest last week for allegedly slapping the Minister as he was addressing Christians at St. Michael Catholic…
A Flashback on Sudhir Ruparelia’s Crane Bank Shattered By Greedy BoU Mafias, Later Revived By Supreme Court
In the year 2007, Crane Bank Limited announced that it was planning to expand into the neighboring countries and yes this dream was fulfilled and officially launched operations in 2014, but shortly after greedy Bank of Uganda (BoU) mafias swung into action with all sorts of dirty games to shut this development. The above step…
Business Mogul Sudhir Explains Why Luxury Goods Should Be Banned In Africa
It may not go down well with the rich and powerful, but Uganda’s richest man, Sudhir Ruparelia is advocating a ban on the import of luxury goods into Africa to help it ride out the gathering world economic storm. In an exclusive interview with Billionaire Tomorrow, Sudhir Ruparelia says he has seen it all in the last…
BoU Must Return Sudhir’s Crane Bank, Pay Dispute Costs – Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court in Kampala has ordered Bank of Uganda (BoU) to pay dispute costs after losing yet again in the aftermath of the closure and liquidation of Crane Bank Ltd, owned by businessman Sudhir Ruparelia. In a ruling delivered on Friday, July 1, a panel of three judges led by Justice Prof. Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza…
Over 30 Asian Nationals Arrested In Kampala Without Working Permits
The joint security force of Police and the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration over the weekend arrested more than 30 Asian nationals in Kampala City without working permits. The individuals mostly of Indian, Pakistani, and Chinese origin were arrested for working in the city centre without clearance of the immigration department. The spokesperson of the…
Man Shot In Buttocks As Armed Thugs Attempt To Rob Fish Factory In Kyebando
Uganda Police has confirmed that at least one man was shot at and injured with four other armed thugs on the run after attempting to steal from a fish factory in Kyebando, a Kampala suburb. The victim identified as John Opiyo was shot in the buttocks by the UPDF officer who was guarding the fish…
UPDF Breaks Silence On Reports Of Funding Tigray Rebels To Overthrow Ethiopian Gov’t
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Felix Kulayigye has dismissed allegations of the Ugandan government funding Tigray rebels to overthrow the Ethiopian government. Since May this year, a leaked intelligence report dubbed; First Forward xxx2xxx has been circulating in the Ethiopia media alleging that Uganda is behind the Tigray rebels that have…
Hon Hope Kajinja Cautions TCAU Members Against Decampaigning NRM Party Organs,Secures Meeting With SG Hon Todwong
The successful meeting at the NRM party secretariat plot 10 Kyadondo road yielded great fruits. Top Party leadership was represented by Secretary General Rt Hon Richard Todwong,the National vice chairman central region Al-hajj Moses Kigongo and the National vice chairman Eastern region Hon Capt Mike Mukula. Members raised issues like Cadre placement in Government projects…
How Controversial Faded Socialite Kavuma Was Set To Rot In Luzira Prison Over Fraud & Later a Suspended Sentence Granted Due To Deteriorating Health Complications
Last Month, Buganda Road Magistrates Marion Mangei and Siena Owomugisha convicted and sentenced faded city socialite Honest Kavuma alias Champagne Papi to 13 years in prison over fraud related crimes. According to court documents, Kavuma was charged with 60 offences of fraud, money laundering, forgery, obtaining money by false pretense as listed bellow; The Charges…