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Seyani Brothers Cited In Fraudulent Shs256Bn Contract For Construction Of JLOS Premises
The Contracts Committee at the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs has cited illegalities and gross fraud in the process employed in awarding the contract for the building of premises intended to house the Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS). The committee unearthed an inflated and unjustifiable increment of Shs14,830,088,354 by Seyani Brothers and Company…
EDWIN MUZAHURA: Why Crane Bank Should Be Reopened Immediately!
With the great news of the Final Investment Decision being concluded this week at Kololo Airstrip, we must have already a fully Ugandan-owned Bank in play. Crane Bank was greatly supportive of small and Middle-sized Ugandan Businesses and Investments. If you ask all Business people in town they will tell you how its closure has…
As Expected! Billionaire Sudhir Ruparelia Tops List Of 2022 Uganda’s Richest Men
East African Business Mogul and Ugandan Billionaire Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia has for yet another turn been ranked the wealthiest Ugandan with an estimated net worth value of over $1 billion. According to the research Top 10 Richest Men In Uganda 2021, Tycoon Sudhir maintains his lead, slightly followed by Karim Hijri as the 2nd richest Ugandan…
Curriculum Overload: Teachers Worried About Content For Senior Six Students
Secondary school teachers are worried about the amount of work students in senior six need to learn before they sit for national examinations in November. According to the teachers, the students who normally spend the majority of their time in S.6 carrying out revision ahead of the Uganda Advanced Certificate Examinations will now have to…
Gov’t Announces Burial Date For Teso Cultural Leader
The government has set February 19 as the date for the burial of the Iteso cultural leader Augustine Osuban Lemukol. Emorimor died on Saturday at Mulago National Referral Hospital where he was admitted since January 27. Before he was referred to Mulago, Emorimor was admitted to the Covid-19 unit in Soroti for nine days. On…
FDC Votes Harold Kaija As Flagbearer For EALA Race
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has voted Harold Kaija as its flagbearer for the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) race. Kaija was voted on Tuesday during the party’s National Executive Committee-NEC held at its headquarters in Najjanakumbi, Kampala. In a voting exercise was presided over by the FDC Electoral Commission chairman Boniface Toterebuka Bamwenda,…
UIA To Repossess Idle Land In Namanve Industrial Park
The State Minister for Investment and Privatization, Evelyn Anite has directed Uganda Investment Authority-UIA to repossess plots of land in Namanve industrial park that have not been utilized by investors. Anite who visited the park on Tuesday noted that five investors who were allocated land at the park have failed to develop the land ten…
Security Minister Muhwezi Faces Censure Over Torture
History is set to repeat itself as the Opposition in Parliament start a process seeking to censure the Minister of Security, Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi for abdicating responsibility in the face of torture of Ugandans by security operatives, which President Museveni himself has repeatedly condemned. This would be the third time Jim Muhwezi faces censure…
Just In! Museveni Appoints Maj Gen Abel Kandiho Chief Of Joint Staff Of Uganda Police
The President of Uganda who doubles as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces has appointed Maj Gen Abel Kandiho as Chief of Joint Staff of Uganda Police Force. According to the UPDF Spokesperson, Maj Gen is replacing Maj Gen Jack Bakasumba who has been appointed the Ugandan Delegate to the South Sudan Peace…
Dr. Ezra Suruma: Ugandans Will Remain Poor Until They Own Their Bank
By: Dr. Ezra Suruma Kampala: One of the most blatant aims of new colonialism (neocolonialism) is to ensure that Africans are denied access and control of capital. The evidence is overwhelming. It started in 1987 when the World Bank financed consultants to do “diagnostic” studies of locally-owned banks: Bank of Uganda, Uganda Development Bank, Cooperative…