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UWA Boss Reshuffles Over 100 Staff, Suspends 6 Over Fraud, Money Swindling
Over 6 employees of Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA)’s reservation and booking section have been suspended over alleged fraudulent practices. TheCapitaltimes has established that majority of the culprits, ironically, are ladies and according to a credible source inside UWA insiders, the alledged culprits will be investigated (while on suspension) for conniving with private tour operators to…
Here Is A Recap Of 2019 Business Scandals As BoU, COSASE Secret Deals Leak
The year 2019 had its good and bad in as far as the business side of the Ugandan economy was concerned. Many business events and news happened, creating public debate in sectors like banking, oil & gas, aviation, industry, energy, services, ICT, trade, hospitality, tourism and agriculture, to name but a few. We brings readers a…
M7 100Km NRA Liberation Walk Commences On Saturday Jan 4
President Museveni’s 60mile (100km) symbolic trek from Galamba in Wakiso district to Birembo in Kibaale district starts Saturday January 4, 2020. “The “Great Trek” starts tomorrow [Saturday],” said Don Wanyama, Senior Presidential Press Secretary Friday. “A journey through the past to appreciate the present. If you can’t make it for a week in the jungle,…
UPDF AMISOM Commander Brig Richard Otto Visits Frontline Troops Amidst Alshabaab Attacks
The newly deployed UPDF AMISOM Sector One Commander Brig Richard Otto has visited the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) based at KM50, Lantabur and Arbiska respectively. The sector commander was visiting the FOBs for the first time since his take over of sector one command and control on the 19th…
Big Eye Meets M7 After People Power Supporters Pelted Him Bottles At Enkuka
Starboss alias Big Eye, a ruling National Resistance Movement [NRM-leaning] musician who was hit with bottles on Wednesday, has finally met President Museveni. The Friday meeting took place at Nakasero State Lodge. Big Eye was taken to the president by city events promoter, Balaam Barugahara. During the same meeting, Museveni also interfaced with “one of…
New Vetted Ministers Vow To Neutralise FDC,People Power Before 2021 Elections
The Appointments Committee of Parliament has vetted nine new ministers nominated by the President during a Cabinet reshuffle in December 2019. The Constitution provides that Cabinet and other or state ministers shall be appointed by the President with the approval of Parliament from among Members of Parliament or persons qualified to be elected Members of…
Israel Switches On Iron Dome Jammers To Retaliate Iranian Airstrikes After The Demise of Army Commander Gen. Soleimani
Israel’s defence minister summoned the country’s military and security chiefs to Tel Aviv on Friday (Jan 3) in the wake of the US air strike that killed senior Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani. As Iranian officials vowed revenge, the government of America’s closest ally in the Middle East gave no immediate public response to…
Why US Military Drones Killed The Most Powerful Iranian Army Commander Gen. Soleimani
Iran’s most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq. Gen Soleimani and officials from Iran-backed militias were leaving Baghdad airport in two cars when they were hit by a US drone strike near a cargo area. The commander had reportedly flown in from Lebanon or Syria.…
Bishop Zoreka Fires Kihihi ArchDeacon Tibesigwa Over Corruption
The Bishop of Kinkiizi Diocese Rt.Rev.Dan Zoreka has suspended the archdeacon of Kihihi archdeaconry until he clears the complaints raised against him. Ven Jastus Tibesigwa the archdeacon was yesterday suspended for one month in a meeting held at the archdeaconry headquarters in Kihihi presided over by Bishop Dan Zoreka . According to the diocesan secretary…
Ex-Minister Bitangaro,City Lawyer Onyango Remanded To Luzira Over 3Bn Land Fraud
Member of Parliament For Bufumbira South county Sam Bitangaro alongside his Wife Stella Kakuba, city lawyer Francis Onyango and William Tumwine a Director in Ministry of Gender,l and social development have been remanded to Luzira prisons on charges of obtaining money by false pretense and conspiracy to commit fraud. The four accused persons appeared before…