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EC: Elections To Go Ahead, No Mass Rallies
The Chairman of the Uganda Electoral Commission (EC) Justice Simon Byabakama has said the issue of postponing the 2021 elections has not occurred to them, because the constitution commands them to hold elections within a specific time-frame. “Article 61, Clause 2 of the Constitution commands us to have elections, to uphold the sanctity of the article.…
Fraud: Police Officer Charged For Conning UPDF Mp Brig.Oula In Shs17M Car Deal
A junior Uganda Police officer has been remanded to Kasangati prison in Wakiso District for defrauding a senior UPDF general in a fake motor vehicle transaction. Constable Emmanuel Omoko appeared before Buganda Road court Grade one Magistrate Joan Acaa on Tuesday and read two cases of impersonation and obtaining money by false pretense. Court heard…
Kadaga Summons Min.Kasaija For Reading Wrong National Budget Figures
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has directed the Minister of Finance, Matia Kasaija, to explain discrepancies contained in his Budget speech presented last week and the National Budget for 2020/2021 as approved by the House. “The Minister is required to come here tomorrow to explain the variances between the Appropriation Bill we passed here…
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…