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NSSF To Spend UGX 50 Billion Each Week For Mid-term Access
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) will pay 50 Billion Shillings every week for the first five months to beneficiaries of the midterm access. This was revealed on Thursday by Betty Amongi, the Minister for Gender, Labor, and Social Development while announcing the guidelines, regulations, and processes of receiving their payments. According to Amongi, since…
Private Prosecutor,Judge Ssekaana Conniving Against Me-Ssemakadde Tells Court
Before the hearing of the case in which a private prosecutor accuses award-winning public interest lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde of insulting High Court Judge Musa Ssekaana on Twitter, the accused lawyer has filed a separate application charging the private prosecutor and Judge Ssekaana of conniving to oppress him. Rutaro Robert Muhairwe, a lawyer with Elgon Advocates,…
Human Rights Lawyer Ssemakadde Asks Court To Halt Trial For Lack Of Jurisdiction
Award-winning Human Rights Lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde has asked Buganda Road Magistrates Court to halt hearing of the case in which he was summoned to be charged with offensive communication until the determination of an application where he is challenging the legality of the proceedings. Ssemakadde was summoned to appear before court presided over by Grade…
Three Remanded Over Theft Of Gov’t Drugs Worth UGX 21 Billion
The Makindye Magistrates Court has remanded three people including employees of Joint Medical Stores on charges related to theft of government drugs worth 21 billion Shillings. The three are: Jane Frances Oling, the Executive Director Women in Development, a community based organization, and two employees of Joint Medical Stores – JMS, Ivan Luswata, a customs…
Axed Dr. Baterana Petitions Court To Quash State House Health Monitoring Unit Report On Mulago
The interdicted Executive Director of Mulago National Referral Hospital Dr. Baterana Byarugaba, wants court to throw out the evidence and charges brought against him by the State House Health Monitoring Unit on the basis of lack of jurisdiction. This comes after the hospital director was this week charged with embezzlement, fraudulent accounting, abuse of office,…
Electricity Players Back Proposal To Fine Power Thieves UGX 400M
Energy Generators and Distributors Association of Uganda have asked Parliament to approve the proposal by Government to fine people who indulge in illegal power connections Shs400M or have culprits jailed for 10years in order to curb rampant illegal electricity connections. The Association made the plea while appearing before Parliament’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee that…
UGEFA: Green Businesses Given Last Chance To Grow & Transform Economy With EU Funded Accelerator
The EU-funded Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator (UGEFA), which provides sustainable Ugandan enterprises with support to scale and contribute to a green and inclusive economy, has today announced that it is accepting applications for its fourth and final cohort to join its programme. UGEFA is seeking high-potential small and medium-sized enterprises looking for debt finance to…
ANDREW MWENDA: Sale Of Crane Bank To DFCU Will Go Down In History As The Most Fraudulent Transaction By BoU
On February 11, businessman Sudhir Ruparelia won yet another victory in the Supreme Court against Bank of Uganda over the fate of Crane Bank. The central bank closed Crane Bank in October 2016 claiming it was undercapitalised. The latest ruling is a culmination of a running battle between the central bank and Sudhir for four…
Parliament To Investigate Naguru-Nakawa Land Saga Again
Parliament is set to conduct another investigation into the controversial Naguru-Nakawa land after conducting a similar investigation into the same subject in the 10th Parliament. The latest investigation was pronounced by Deputy Speaker, Anita Among during the plenary sitting where she announced a nine member ad hoc Committee that would investigate the matter that has bogged…
BoU, Crane Bank Saga: Supreme Court Confirms Auditor General’s Report Shs 397 Bn Was Swindled By Greedy BoU Officials In Bank Sale
Supreme Court ruling on Bank of Uganda versus Sudhir Ruparelia in Shs 397 billion case confirms Auditor General’s report that BoU officials swindled the cash in CBL sale. The Supreme Court on February 12, 2022 upheld the earlier rulings of the High Court and Court of Appeal that the Bank of Uganda (BoU) must pay…