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BoU’s Untouchable Sekabira Snubs Police Summons!
Wanted Bank of Uganda’s director, Benedict Sekabira has snubbed the Police CID summons for questioning in connection with fraud. Sekabira on Monday snubbed police for the second time. He was expected to appear at the Kibuli based CID headquarters on Friday last week but he sent lawyers who reported him to be unwell. He had…
Kasekende Writes To DPP Defending Self Over Fleecing Defunct Banks Assets
Former Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor Dr. Louis Kasekende, has written to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Jane Frances Abodo distancing himself from the alleged dubious sale of over 2,700 land titles which belonged to closed commercial banks. This website has learnt that Kasekende wants his name cleared from the list of suspects being…
Businessman Dodoviko,Police Officer Odero Remanded Over Demolition Of Ndeeba Church
On Monday afternoon, Makindye chief magistrate remanded to prison the three key suspects implicated in the destruction of St.Peters Church-Ndeeba. Those remanded were; Dodoviko Mwanje, believed to be the mastermind, KCCA’s Ivan Katongole and Police officer SP. Martin Odero together with 18 others. The three men appeared before chief magistrate Prossy Katushabe and denied the…
Karim Hirji, Stepchildren Fight Over Late Wife’s Property
Did businessman Karim Hirji’s late wife, a propertied woman in her own right, leave all her properties in Uganda and London to the three children she bore with the businessman and none to the three she had in her first marriage? This is the question over which the deceased’s first children are making a lot…
Crane Management Services Outshines Other Arcade Owners In Observing Covid-19 SOPs
Crane Management Service Limited, a company that manages all building under Ruparelia Group has fulfilled all the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that were issued by the Ministry of Health and Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to all city arcade owners before the re-opening of their buildings in order to prevent the spread of covid-19 pandemic.…
BoU Painfully Coughs Remaining Tittles Of Defunct Banks As Investigations Bite
The Central Bank of Uganda has finally given up asked owners of the unclaimed certificates of land titles of former defunct banks to apply and reclaim them. The unclaimed certificates of over 21 land titles were advertised on Wednesday August 5, 20220 by BoU after very many others were allegedly stolen by bank officials or…
India Donates Brand New Buses,Ambulances,Trucks And Motorcycles To UPDF
The Republic of India has donated an assortment of vehicles and motorcycles to the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) to augment on the professionalization efforts. The donation is a fulfillment of the earlier pledge by Rt. Hon Shri Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India when he visited Uganda in July 2018. The Minister of…
Big Story: Korea’s Kim Jong Un In Coma, Sister Set To Take Control, South Korean Ex-diplomat Alleges
By Agencies A South Korean diplomat is speculating that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fallen into a coma and that his sister, Kim Yo Jong, is poised to take the rogue nation’s reins. Chang Song-min, a former aide to South Korea’s late president Kim Dae-jung, made the sensational claims to South Korean media, according to the New York Post.…
21 Finance Ministry Officials Test Positive For Covid-19
At least 21 staff at the Ministry of Finance have tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as the cases grow among different private and public agencies. Finance staff under-went mandatory COVID-19 test on August 19. Test results, according to a letter by the Secretary to the treasury Keith Muhakanizi shows that 21 of the staff…
In Hot Soup: URA, UNBS Deny Aiding Smuggle Of Kenyan Kay Salt Into Uganda As Investigations Bite
Officials from the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) and the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) have come under the spotlight after being accused of allegedly abetting the smuggling of Kenyan salt into Uganda. This website last week published an investigative article in which we revealed how salt known as ‘Kay Salt’, which is branded ‘For…