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Lawyer Ssemakadde: EC Digital Campaigns Directives For 2021 General Elections Are Unlawful,Unacceptable
The Electoral Commission yesterday released a statement and roadmap for 2021 elections containing a reference to the conduct of candidates’ campaigns digitally for Local government, Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. This raised a serious matter of national importance that must be urgently addressed by Parliament and the Judiciary, if need be. This novel practice has been…
56 Year Old Man Hangs Self Over Shs 500,000 Debt
Shock hit residents of Kabaga Village in Karambi parish, Nyarubuye Sub County, Kisoro District when a 54 old man ended his life in a painful way. The deceased Mbarushimana Ponsiano, 56 years on a Monday June 15,2020 night ended his life by hanging self on an avocado tree using a rope made of a mosquito…
Just In: EC Bans Political Rallies In Revised 2021 General Elections Road Map
The Electoral Commission (EC) has on tuesday issued new guidelines for 2021 General Election in the wake of Coronavirus Pandemic. EC has banned all political gatherings and rallies in the ‘Revised Roadmap for 2021 General Election’ basing on Ministry of Health guidelines in the fight against the spread of COVID-19. “The Constitution commands us to…
Covid-19 Crisis: Nation Media Group Cuts Staff Salaries By Up To 30%
Nation Media Group, the publishers of Daily Monitor, Saturday Morning, Sunday Monitor, and Enyanda announced a cut iff staff salaries by/up to 30 per cent starting from the month of May, June and July due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19). A notice from the management to staff said: “After careful consideration, the Board…
Archbishop Lwanga Drags Land Probe Lawyer Bwenkya To M7 For Stealing 900M Church Funds
Kampala Archbishop Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has written a damning letter to President Yoweri Museveni accusing the Lead Counsel to the Land Commission of Inquiry of trying to steal Catholic Church funds. In his letter dated May 21, 2020, Dr. Lwanga narrates how Counsel Ebert Byenkya, who was part of President Museveni’s legal team in…
Scandal: Lt.Col. Kabareebe, Lawyer Mushabe Cited In 22Bn Govt Compensation Scam
A city lawyer has busted a secret plot in which a Uganda People’s Defence Forces soldier Lt. Col. David Kabareebe connived with a city lawyer David Mushabe to steal Shs22,044,807,040 from the government. In his detailed two-page letter to President Yoweri Museveni dated June 10, 2020, lawyer Geoffrey Nangumya of Nangumya and company Advocates narrated…
Gov’t Clears Brian Kavuya’s Wife To Fly For Medical Attention Amidst Covid-19 Lockdown
The government has allowed wife of city businessman Brian Kavuya to fly to Kenya for medical treatment amid the ongoing Coronavirus Lockdown. In a letter to the Permanent Secretaries Ministry Of Health, Internal Affairs and Joint Staff Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Ambassador Charles Ssentongo said that Mr. Brian Kavuya Passport number AOO198227 is the…
City Businessman Obadia Ntebekaine Sweats Plasma As Court Orders For His Re-arrest Over Failure To Pay Shs11bn Prime Finance Loan
High Court in Kampala has ordered for the re-arrest of businessman Obadia Ntebekaine for failure to pay Prime Finance 304,595 US Dollars and Damages of 12Million shillings. Businessman Obadia Ntebekaine was dragged to the High Court by Prime Finance Company over his failure to pay $3.2million (sh11.8billion) in a case dating way back in 2008.…
2021 Elections: Bobi Wine, Dr. Besigye Combine Forces To Kick Museveni Out Of Office
People Power movement leader who is also the Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Hon. Ssentamu Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, has officially announced a coalition with (Rtd) Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye, leader of the People’s Government, and all other forces of change, with an aim of ousting President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, through a ‘No, Nedda’…
LoP Betty Ocan Survives Gulu Highway Road Accident
The leader of opposition in Parliament Betty Aol Ocan, who doubles as the Gulu district woman Member of Parliament was on Monday morning involved in a road accident along the Gulu-Kampala highway. Aol Ocan was travelling in her official vehicle registration number UG 0346H when it knocked a pickup truck registration number UAX 888V from…