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Col Nakalema Arrests City Bailiff Kirunda Over Murder Of Nateete Business man
Statehouse anti corruption unit headed by Col Edith Nakalema has arrested city bailiff Moses Kirunda on allegations of conniving with a senior Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier Major Nelson Kyatuka to murder businessman, Magidu Mugwanya, at Nateete in Kampala, on July 14 2020. Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire confirmed Kirunda’s arrest and…
Last Days: IGP Ochola Vows Crackdown Errant Police Officers Cited In Torture Acts
On Saturday evening of August 16th, during televised Presidential address on security matters,President Yoweri Museveni, warned security forces against torturing suspects or beating demonstrators. He directed all security organs heads to curb the rampant vice. In the latest order,the inspector of police Martin Okoth Ochola has vowed to deal with all police officers who would…
MPs Want Health Minister Officials Audited Over Ghost Covid-19 Funds
The Auditor General should institute a forensic audit into all Covid-19 expenditures to ascertain value for money, the Parliamentary Task Force on the national Covid-19 response has recommended. In its report presented to Parliament, the task force stated that government provided Shs4 trillion to finance Covid-19 expenditure since its onset in March 2020. The report…
DFCU Troubles Escalate As Ex Crane Bank Shareholders Drag Staggering Bank To English High Court
DFCU bank has announced that shareholders of former Crane Bank Limited have filed a claim in the English High Court over its takeover of some assets and liabilities of the bank in 2017. This website understands that DFCU Bank is a subsidiary of DFCU Limited. Arise BV, and the majority shareholder in DFCU Limited is…
Sensational! Speke Resort Munyonyo Unveils Romantic Indulgence Offer For Couples
Uganda’s paradise resort, Munyonyo Commonwealth has unveiled a luxurious event dubbed ‘Romantic Indulgence’ meant to thrill couples with millions of lavish goodies. In this offer, the hotel says its accommodation rooms have been brought at only UGX79,5000 which will see a couple receiving a romantic night, and in the next day be served a delicious…
Strong: Equity Group Holdings PLC Doubles Profitability Validating Its Resilience And Business Continuity Strategy During Covid- 19 Pandemic
Equity Group Holdings Plc has announced a 98% growth in half year profits to Kshs.17.9 billion up from Kshs.9.1 billion the previous year. Speaking while releasing the results, Equity Group Managing Director and CEO Dr James Mwangi said, “The defensive and offensive strategy adopted by the Group at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic to…
One Perish, 16 Severely Injured In Buvuma Nasty Road Accident
One person has died on the spot and 16 others are nursing severe wounds from an accident in Bubanzi village, Buvuma town council. The deceased has been identified as Julius Kwanya, an employee of Buvuma Oil Palm Uganda. Kwanya and the injured who are also employees of Buvuma Oil Palm Uganda were on Saturday night…
Emyooga Funds Spent On Unregistered SACCOs in Kyotera
Members of Parliament from Kyotera district have queried the criteria used to spend more than one billion Shillings under Emyooga, a presidential initiative aimed at wealth and job creation. The scheme was launched in 2019 to enhance the entrepreneurial capacity of selected enterprises and groups through sensitization, skilling and tooling as well as access to…
Teenager Drowns in River Nyamwamba
A teenager has drowned in River Nyamwamba in Kasese district. The Capital Times has learnt that Elias Masereka, a 17-year-old student at Kilembe secondary school drowned on Sunday while trying to repair a makeshift bridge weakened by flooding on Saturday evening and his fellows narrowly survived. Nelson Tumishiime, the Rwenzori East Police Spokesperson said that…
Busted: How Over Shs 90M Emyooga Funds Were Allocated to Wrong Beneficiaries
SERERE: At least Uganda shillings 90 Million meant for Emyooga Program in Serere District has gone to the Hands of the wrong beneficiaries. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in August 2019 launched Emyooga Program, a poverty eradication programme meant to transform 68% of Ugandan homesteads from subsistence farming to market-oriented production. The Finance Ministry initially allocated UGX…