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Gen. Tumukunde Arrested In Buikwe
Njeru police in Buikwe district have arrested Gen. Henry Tumukunde, a presidential aspirant and former Security Minister who had come in the district for a regional consultative meeting. Gen. Tumukunde was arrested today afternoon at Royal Paradise Hotel in Naminya village, Njeru Town Council, Buikwe District where he was having his first meeting with his…
Terrible! Uganda Registers 43 New Covid-19 Cases
Uganda has registered 43 new cases of Coronavirus, with authorities expressing “concern” over the increased infections in the capital city, Kampala. “The Ministry of Health with concern has observed the rapidly increasing cases in Kampala,” the Ministry said in a statement this Tuesday. “The number of cases has been rising since the lifting of the…
Mabirizi Effect: EC Set To Release Kyagulanyi’s Academic Credentials
The Electoral Commission (EC) is set to release Bobi Wine’s academic credentials today following a petition by maverick lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi. Counsel Mabirizi petitioned the EC seeking to be availed with Kyadondo East lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine’s academic credential details ahead of the 2021 general elections. In his letter to EC…
Museveni Set To Announce More Tough Directives Next Week As Covid-19 Cases Surge
The President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni has revealed that he will address the country about the current Covid-19 situation next week as Covid-19 cases in the country surge. The President made remarks while addressing the NRM delegates conference held from State House in Entebbe. He expressed his worry on how Covid-19 cases in Kampala are…
Disturbing Video: Police Reveal Why They Shot At Mark X Car
The Uganda police have spoken out about a video that circulated all over social media on Monday, in which a policeman was filmed shooting at a grey Mark X car that had been flagged down by traffic police. According the police, the driver of the said vehicle had been involved in an accident and was…
‘You Must Pay COVID-19 Rent Arrears’- Gov’t Chief Whip Nankabirwa Tells Traders As Landlords Lock Shops
Government Chief Whip, Ruth Nankabirwa has advised Ugandans to forget about not paying their rent arrears for the months the country was under lockdown. She instead promised to ask government to come up with an affordable credit facility which can help the tenants to overcome the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is after Speaker…
BoU Saga: DPP Orders Police To Arrest Kasekende, Sekabira, Bagyenda & Search Their Homes For Defrauding Defunct Banks Properties
The days of running for former Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor Louis Kasekende, former Director Compliance Justine Bagyenda, Ben Sekabira, the Director for Financial Markets Development Coordinator and other Central Bank officials who were involved in the fraudulent sale of Teefe Trust Bank, Greenland Bank, Crane Bank and other defunct commercial banks are over. This…
DPP Confirms Prosecution Of BoU’s Sekabira, Bagyenda & Kasekende
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has confirmed charges against the former Deputy Governor Louis Kasekende, former Director of Commercial Banks Supervision Justine Bagyenda and the central bank’s Director for Financial Markets Development Coordination (FMDC) Benedict Sekabira. This has been confirmed after landing on an August 4 Letter from the DPP Jane Francis Abodo titled: Prosecution…
He Won’t To Be In Hiding Forever; CID Vows To Bring Untouchable BoU’s Sekabira To Court
The Criminal Investigations Department of police has vowed that Bank of Uganda’s Director of Financial Markets Development Coordination Benedict Sekabira will be produced before court to answer charges of his involvement in concealing and seizing properties that belonged to closed banks. This comes after he snubbed Police summons for the second time, according to reports…
Police Officer Shoots Self In Leg During Youth Elections
A police officer identified as Betty Achom accidentally shot her left leg ankle as police was handling the violent youths during youth elections in Lufula Bwaise II ward, Nile Post has learnt. According to Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, Achom had loaded her gun and the bullet was already in the chamber. “She accidentally…