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Trouble Looms As Ex BoU Deputy Governor Is Dragged To IGG Over Amassed Wealth
Former Deputy Governor Bank of Uganda Dr. Louis Kasekende is in hot soup following the whistleblower petitioning the Inspector General of Government (IGG) with evidence that he has more property than he declared to the IGG. Thecapitaltimes has landed on a document received by the Inspectorate titled confidential notes, corruption against former Deputy Governor Louis…
Liverpool Knocked Out Of FA Cup As Willian, Ross Barkley Lift Chelsea To 2-0 Win
Ross Barkley said it was “a dream” to score against Liverpool as the midfielder helped Chelsea reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. The result meant Liverpool suffered their second successive defeat of this stellar season in a highly-competitive encounter at Stamford Bridge. Liverpool made seven changes to the side that lost surprisingly at Watford…
Breaking: CMI Arrests Gen.Elwelu’s Two Main Body Guards
Two chief body guards of Lt. Gen Peter Elwelu, the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) Commander Land Forces have been arrested after The Capital Times ran a story that 3-star general had run mad and was put on specialized medication under the watchful eye of UPDF Medical team. The UPDF spokesperson Brig. Richard Karemire on…
Janet Museveni, Katikiro Mayiga Clash Over New Curriculum
Buganda Kingdom is to petition the minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni over the newly rolled out lower secondary curriculum. Charles Peter Mayiga, the kingdom’s prime minister expressed concern over four subjects in agriculture, languages, information and computer technology (ICT) and history. Mayiga said a country that has more than 70 per cent of…
Iranian Vice President,22 MPs Contract Corona Virus As 77 Patients Die
Iran’s supreme leader put the Islamic Republic’s armed forces on alert Tuesday to assist health officials in combating the outbreak of the new corona virus, the deadliest outside of China, that authorities say has killed 77 people. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s decision was announced after state media broadcast images of the 80-year-old leader planting a tree…
Trouble As Former Security Minister Gen. ‘Tumukunde’ Joins 2021 Presidential Race, Vows To Oust Museveni
Former Security Minister Lt Gen. Henry Tumukunde has notified the Electoral Commission of his intention to run for the Presidency come 2021. In a March 3, 2020 letter received by the Electoral Commission, a copy of which was seen by the publication, Gen Tumukunde says he intends to carry out countrywide consultations ahead of the…
We Played Our Role! – EC Speaks Out On Bobi Wine’s Blocked Consultations
The Electoral Commission (EC) has said that it is not aware about presidential hopeful and Kyadondo East legislator Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu’s on-going woes with police. Police on Monday last week halted Kyagulanyi’s presidential consultation meeting at Pope Paul Memorial Center in Kampala on grounds that Kyagulanyi had failed to submit strategies like they had earlier…
Finally Done! IGP ‘Ochola’ Orders For The Activation Of All CCTV Cameras
The Inspector-General of Police, Martins Okoth Ochola has ordered all installed CCTV cameras to be in operational after a fatal accident that claimed Ritah Nabukenya’s life. Ochola’s directive followed police’s failure to provide footage of an accident which the police say was caused by a motorcycle trying to overtake a police patrol vehicle hence ending…
Bitter IGP ‘Ochola’ Withdraws 200 Police Officers Attached to KCCA
At least 261 police officers attached to Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) have been withdrawn on orders of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Martin Okoth-Ochola. Police Spokesman, Mr Fred Enanga confirmed the development on Monday. He told journalists that the IGP wrote to the acting KCCA Executive Director, Mr Andrew Kitaka, a month…
Guinea Bissau’s Interim President Cipriano Cassamá Quits After ‘Death Threats’
The man appointed interim president of Guinea-Bissau by the side beaten in the December presidential election has stepped down because of death threats, less than two days after being nominated. “Given the death threats against me and my bodyguards, I have decided to give up the role of interim president for which I was nominated,…