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MPs Push For Release Of UGX 440 Billion For Entebbe Airport Expansion
The Parliamentary Committee on Physical Infrastructure wants the government to release Sh440 billion for the second phase of upgrading and expansion of Entebbe International Airport. The committee Chairperson David Karubanga says the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA has completed close to 80 percent of the first phase of the project which ends December this year. Karubanga told…
UPDF, ASTU Recover 240 Guns From Cattle Rustlers In Eight Months
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) have revealed that over 243 guns have been recovered from cattle rustlers in Karamoja since the launch of forceful disarmament in July last year. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ordered for forceful disarmament of Karimojong warriors in July last year after the area becoming…
Court Imposes Sanctions On Lawyers Who Reject Service Of Case Files
The Court of Appeal has ruled that in future, lawyers who refuse to receive court documents on behalf of their clients should be held personally accountable for their decision and pay costs in such cases. This land mark decision was made on Friday by a panel of three Court of Appeal Justices comprised of Elizabeth…
MPs Grill Naguru-Nakawa Land Investors
Parliament’s adhoc committee investigating the Naguru-Nakawa land row is probing the manner in which some companies and individuals acquired land. The committee interacted with some of the companies and individuals of interest including Anil Damani, a private investor. Damani told the committee chaired by Hon. Dan Atwijukiire that he acquired three acres of land in…
EAC Leaders Agree On Regional Forces To End DRC Insurgencies
The seven countries of the East African Community (EAC) have agreed to set up a regional military force to try to end decades of bloodshed caused by militant activity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya said. Despite billions of dollars spent on one of the United Nation’s largest peacekeeping forces, more than 120 rebel…
EAC: Ugandans Must Tap Into DRC Opportunities For Bigger Market -Kadaga
The first Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs, Rebecca Kadaga has welcomed the admission of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) into the East African Community (EAC), saying that the development provides huge economic benefits to the country. Kadaga said that admission of DRC gives the region a combined population of…
Unmasked: Security Exposes NUP’s Alexanderia Marino Lies,Sympathy Seeker As Torture Victim
The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) have clarified on claims by a one Marinos Alexandria aka Esther a woman being presented by the National Unity Platform leadership as a victim of torture by the state security operatives. Marinos claims she was punished for supporting Bobi Wine and defiantly playing his music even after she had…
Court of Appeal Upholds MP Wilfred Niwagaba’s Victory
The Court of Appeal has upheld the victory of Wilfred Niwagaba as the Ndorwa East Member of Parliament. Niwagaba’s victory was challenged by Dr. Protazio Begumisa, the former National Resistance Movement-NRM party candidate on allegations of bribery and falsification of results during the January 2021 elections. The Electoral Commission declared Niwagaba as the winner with 15,962 votes…
UPDF Dustbins NUP Supporter Rape Allegations
Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier Sgt Ali Hassan Matovu and a civilian Erias Ssengoba have denied kidnapping and raping National Unity Platform (NUP) supporter Alexandros Marinos. Marinos revealed to party members and journalists on Wednesday that she was kidnapped on March 30 and kept in the dungeons of Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) for…
Minister Anite Hails Tireless Tycoon Hamis Kiggundu For Changing Youth Livelihoods, Setting Up Modern Agro-processing Plant
The State Minister for Investment and Privatisation Evelyn Anite, has lauded property mogul, Hamis Kiggundu, for creating jobs and opportunities for young people in Uganda. The minister who was accompanied by a team of officials from the Free-Trade Zone Authority made remarks while touring the tycoon’s agro-processing plant in the Akright Estate, in Bwebaja along…