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Bean Weevils: 15 Police Officers Charged Over Corruption, Extortion During Lockdown
Over 15 Uganda Police Officers have been charged for engaging in acts of corruption, extortion and misconduct during the Covid-19 lockdown and over 30 others are reportedly under scrutiny and investigation. Those charged by the police’s disciplinary unit and pending trial are at the ranks of Assistant Superintendents of Police, Inspectors of Police, Assistant Inspectors…
Covid-19: Police Step Up Strigent Enforcement After M7 Easing Partial Lockdown
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on 30th July 2021, eased the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, allowing the partial re-opening of selected businesses, sectors, movements, sporting activities. This follows a reduction in the average daily cases of COVID-19, and the necessity to balance the various social and economic concerns. Ideally, there are a lot of lessons learnt and…
9 Police Officers Charged For Professional Misconduct
A total of 9 police officers have been charged in 4 separate disciplinary court hearings at West Nile Region, in Arua, Rwizi Region, at Mbarara and at Police Headquarters, Naguru on different allegations of gross misconduct. At Rwizi Region, the disciplinary Court Panel, charged 3 police officers namely; Sgt Wachemba Harriet, PC Akatuhurira Ezra and…
MPs Task VP Alupo To Provide More Funds For Sports
Members of Parliament have urged Vice President Jessica Alupo to lobby from government and improve funding to sports in a bid to enable the country’s nationals teams compete at local, regional and international level. Legislators highlighted limited funding to the national teams in different sports disciplines including basketball, football and netball among others has let…
Police To Punish Errant Officers For Participating In Mukama Nayamba Advert
Uganda police leadership has come out to strongly condemn the use of its image as content in a controversial Commercial Advert of an energy drink popularly known as “Mukamanayamba”. According to Police spokesperson Fred Enanga told Media that the advert deceptively shows emergence team of the “999” Patrol Pick-Up and its crew actively responded to…
Kenyan Authorities Block Deputy President William Ruto From Flying to Uganda
The office of the Deputy President of Kenya William Ruto is protesting a decision by the Kenyan government to block Ruto from visiting Uganda, The Tower Post reports. Ruto who was travelling together with a business entourage was reportedly coming to Uganda for a private visit. Reports indicate that he was stopped from making his…
Exposing Political, Media War Against Ambassador Aceng
“Even if your position on a political issue was wrong yesterday, once you changed to a correct one and you take good position, I welcome you,” President Yoweri Museveni once said while closing the first National Resistance Movement conference held on July 17th 1998. Perhaps this has been the strategic strength he has used to…
Leaders Irked By Delayed Construction of Masaka-Mutukula Road
The long-awaited plan for the rehabilitation of the Masaka-Kyotera-Mutukula road has been deferred as the government, awaits funding from the African Development Bank. The rehabilitation project will be funded by an AfDB grant under the NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF). According to Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja, the feasibility study for the road construction and other…
Kasubi Traffic Lights Junction Construction Underway
There is excitement among residents and traders in Kasubi, on the outskirts of Kampala in Lubaga division as construction of the Kasubi Junction takes shape.The work was initially supposed to be undertaken as part of the Bakuli-Nakulabye-Kasubi Road reconstruction implemented under the Kampala Institutional Infrastructure Development Project (KIIDP II). But it was halted due to…
Uganda, Tanzania Jointly Resolve To Enforce Border Covid-19 Directives
Uganda and Tanzania have resolved to jointly handle cross border operations to combat Coronavirus Disease (COVID19). They have also tightened restrictions on cross-border movements. According to Kenneth Byaruhanga, the Senior Immigration Officer in Charge of Mutukula Border post, the two neighbouring countries are uniformly enforcing Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) including testing those leaving or returning…