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Traitor: Bushenyi Supporters Attack Eunice Tworekirwe For Abandoning Woman MP Race
A group of Bushenyi supporters have tasked Eunice Kansiime Tworekirwe, one of the candidates who has been eyeing the Bushenyi district Woman Parliamentary seat to explain has why she withdrew from the race after wasting their money and time conversing for her support. Tworekirwe was nominated as an independent candidate to contest against NRM’s Annet…
Principal Judge Zeija, Lawyer Kiwanuka On Hot Spot For Arm-twisting Ham-DTB Case
High Court Principal Judge Justice Flavian Zeija and city lawyer Kiryowa Kiwanuka, of K.K Advocates, have come under attack for allegedly arm-twisting the judicial system, in a bid to frustrate the case involving tycoon Hamis Kiggundu aka Ham and Diamond Trust Bank Uganda (DTBU)/Diamond Trust Bank Kenya (DTBK). This comes after tycoon Ham, through his…
‘Never Bite The Hands That Feed You’- Patrick Salvado Sends Message To Axed Sanyu FM’s Chief Operations Officer Betsy Mugamba
June this year, employees of Sanyu FM, the country’s oldest radio station, went on a striker protesting management’s decision to chop their salaries by 25% as a measure of helping the station survive the pangs of covid19. Left with no choice, the top management of Sanyu FM fired all the employees who had taken part…
Journalists Pepper Sprayed In Bobi Wine Procession
There was chaos on November 3, 2020 in Nakawa as journalists clashed with police forces. The journalists were also pepper sprayed while covering National Unity Platform leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine’s procession to Kyambogo. Police earlier clashed with his supporters all the way from his Magere home in Wakiso district. Police teargased his supporters…
Simon Odongo: Army Court Frees Tortured ISO Cyber Expert
General court martial freed Simon Peter Odongo a computer wizard of Internal Security Organization ‘ISO’ who was arrested on May 5 this year on unclear charges. Odongo was released today afternoon following a military court sitting at Bombo Military Hospital where he has been admitted since arrest after being shot in the right leg by…
Arch Bishop Kaziimba Asks Govt To Gazatte Bishop Hannington Day Public Holiday
The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has called for declaration of the Bishop Hannington Day as a public holiday. Kazimba made this call at the celebration of the Bishop Hannington Day in Kyando, Mayuge district .The day is marked to commemorate the martyrdom of Bishop Hannington in 1885. Kaziimba said efforts…
Drama: Presidential Aspirant Arrives At Nomination Venue 2hrs After Closure Of Exercise
One of the Presidential aspirants, Matsiko Dan has just arrived for nomination two hours after the closure of the nomination process. He says the electoral commission gave him a wrong time for nomination. He claims to have all the necessary documents too. Matsiko now says he is going to Court. Details to follow…
Security Forces Accuse Bobi Wine, Amuriat Of Causing Violence During Presidential Nominations
Ugandan security forces have blamed two presidential Candidates Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu and Patrick Oboi Amuriati for causing violence in Kampala and surrounding areas during the nominations of presidential aspirants at Kyambogo university cricket grounds. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga revealed that in defiance of the Electoral Commission guidelines on processions and rallies, both Hon. Kyagulanyi Sentamu…
Faruk Kirunda: Museveni Deserves A Medal For Restoring Cultural Institutions
By Faruk Kirunda This year marks 27 years since the restoration of cultural institutions in Uganda. It was a fulfillment of the pledge made by liberation fighter, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, to bring back those institutions that had been abolished in 1967 by Dr. Apollo Milton Obote at the height of his confrontation with the influential…
Breaking: Bobiwine Arrested After Presidential Nomination
The National Unity Platform Party President Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobiwine has been arrested shortly after his nomination. His car window was broken before he was pulled out. Hon Robert Kyagulanyi was whisked away to his home in Magere the Police. Joel Ssenyonyi, NUP Spokesperson was also injured as Bobiwine was being arrested and escorted to…