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State Withdraws Objection To Bail Application Of MPs Ssegirinya & Ssewanyana
The State has withdrawn its objection to the bail application of MPs Muhammad Ssegirinya (Kawempe North) and Allan Ssewanyana (Makindye West). The bail application hearing for the two MPs is ongoing at Masaka High Court and Justice Lawrence Tweyanze is in charge of the hearing. On behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Senior…
State Prosecutor Arraigned In Court Over UGX 1.5m Bribe
The Resident Chief State Attorney attached to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Masindi, Charles Bogere Bwiso has been arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala and charged with corruption. Bwiso, a resident at Fortunate Guest House in Masindi municipality, Masindi district has been arraigned in court together with detective Sergent Rehema…
State Of Busoga Roads Irks Kadaga
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga is concerned about the state of access roads in Busoga which she says have been damaged by trucks that transport sugarcane. According to the Speaker, a meeting with sugarcane millers earlier resolved to engage the local governments to maintain the roads. Kadaga said many of the roads had become…
State Media Managers Face Jail For Gagging Ugandan Opposition Candidates
State owned media managers face a year in jail or a fine of up to Shs10 million for denying presidential candidates coverage. Section 7 of the Presidential Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019, passed by Parliament on Thursday, 27 February 2020 prescribes the punishment. “An officer responsible for a state owned media house who contravenes subsection(1) commits…
State House, Bombo Military Hospitals Acquire 2 Respirators For Covid-19 Treatment From Italy
The Chief of Defense Forces General David Muhoozi has received two portable respirators for the treatment of COVID-19 donated by Leornado Company through the Italian Embassy in Uganda. The respirators will be utilized at Bombo Military Hospital and State House Military Hospital. Speaking at the ceremony held at the CMI headquarters in Mbuya, the CDF…
State House Wants 12Bn For Classy Renovations
Parliament has received a request of shs12 billion from the government to renovate the State House in Entebbe and 23 up country state lodges. Parliament has received a request of shs12 billion from the government to renovate the State House in Entebbe and 23 up country state lodges. According to the State Minister for Economic…
State House Raid Labour Firm, Al-Saud, For Selling Fake Covid-19 Vaccination Cards at Shs.150000
State House Health Monitoring Unit has arrested officials belonging to Al- Saud, a labour exporting company who were found selling fake Covid vaccination cards, Interpol certificates, passports and other travel documents. Dr Warren Namara who heads the Unit said in a statement, that on September 17, they received a tip off about a labour firm…
State House Probes NMS Manager Over Sale of Govt Drugs to Tanzania
The State House is investigating a case in which Isaac Aijuka, the store manager at National Medical Stores (NMS) warehouse in Ibanda district sold government drugs to Tanzania. According to the State House health monitoring unit assistant director, Dr Brian Arinaitwe, NMS was making the last supply from the district store to the health centres,…
State House Intervenes in Illegal Eviction of Over 5,000 Families in Hoima District
Hoima, Uganda — The State House has stepped in to address the illegal eviction of more than 5,000 families in Hoima district, amidst a longstanding land dispute. The affected families hail from the villages of Kabatindule in Kisukuma Parish, Kisukuma Sub-county, and Hanga and Lengu in Bombo Sub-county. The contested land spans five square miles.…
State House Health Unit Arrests Two Tanzanians In Kampala Over Theft Of Gov’t Drugs
The State House House Monitoring Unit together with sister Security operatives has arrested and detained two Tanzanian nationals who were allegedly found with stolen government drugs worth Shs 35m that were meant to be taken to Tanzania. Addressing journalists at their offices in Kampala on Wednesday, February, 19, 2020, Dr Jackson Ojera Abusu, the…