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City Businessman Obadia Ntebekaine Sweats Plasma As Court Orders For His Re-arrest Over Failure To Pay Shs11bn Prime Finance Loan
High Court in Kampala has ordered for the re-arrest of businessman Obadia Ntebekaine for failure to pay Prime Finance 304,595 US Dollars and Damages of 12Million shillings. Businessman Obadia Ntebekaine was dragged to the High Court by Prime Finance Company over his failure to pay $3.2million (sh11.8billion) in a case dating way back in 2008.…
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…
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.…
Why Some People Don’t Report Crimes To Police
By Steven Masiga The constitution of Uganda and the Police Act cap 303, particularly Sec 4 casts a statutory Responsibility to police, to fight crime and protection of people and their properties among others, and executing this police does it consciously on behalf of the state and the state is an entity of force as…
UPDF Speaks Out On Woman Who Collapsed & Died At Their Head Offices
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have opened up about the sudden and tragic death of Annet Musumba, the mother of late Lt Andrew Muduli, which occurred abruptly on Thursday June 18, 2020, at Postel Building, in Kampala. According to the UPDF Deputy Spokesperson Lt. Col. Deo Akiiki, the deceased has been identified as Masumba…
Blame Covid-19, Not EC On Why We Shall Hold Scientific Elections In 2021 – Justice Byabakama
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Justice Simon Byabakama has said that the Commission is not responsible for the inconveniences the recently released election roadmap may present because he is fulfilling his obligation as the law requires within a challenging environment of COVID-19. Mr. Byabakama said after the initial roadmap was affected by the…
Governor Mutebile Warns Of Tough Times As Uganda’s Debt Hits Shs53Trn
The Governor Bank of Uganda (BoU) Emmanuel Mutebile has revealed that the Central Bank, the ratio of debt as percentage of GDP stood at 13.9% in nominal value terms as at end April 2020 and 29.7% percent in present value terms as at the end of March 2020. Mutebile made remarks while appearing before Parliament’s…
Covid-19 Curfew: Police Impounds Eight Vehicles Coming From Border Districts
Police has impounded eight motor vehicles in Mbarara that were coming from border districts. The operation carried out on Thursday night intercepted the vehicles that were using porous routes in order to beat the traffic check points. The motor vehicles were impounded at remote check points set up on the Katete bridge, Kaburangire bridge, Nyamitanga…
NEC: Lt.Gen.Mugira Lays Project Stone Of New Uzima Factory
The Managing Director National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) Lt Gen James Mugira has laid a Project Stone on the new Uzima Factory and inspected progress of the ongoing construction works of a second modern fully automated mineral water production plant at Kakiri, Wakiso District. Gen.Mugira and other UPDF officials inspecting the factory NEC Uzima Ltd is…
UPDF In Somalia Repulse Alshabaab Terrorists During Covid-19 Pandemic
The sector one commander in Somalia Brig Gen Richard Otto has expressed profound gratitude towards Battle Group commanders and troops serving under African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) for their diligent service and high level of discipline observed while performing their duties in Somalia. Brig.Richard meeting troops commanders in Somalia While meeting Ugandan troops at…