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NCA, Police Arrest ‘Iconic’ Criminals In Biggest Ever Operation After Encryption Breakthrough
British police have carried out their biggest operation ever, arresting “iconic” figures and smashing thousands of conspiracies including murder plots after infiltrating a communications service used by criminals. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the cracking of the encryption used by EncroChat, which offered a secure mobile phone instant messaging service and was used by…
Husband Murders IHK Medical Staff Over Sex
Police are investigating two incidents of murder that were as a result of domestic violence. The first incident happened Sunday in Kigoma village, Bujuuko. It is alleged that on August 2, 2020, Sarah Namuwonge, 24, a businesswoman renting at mama Nagawa’s house was shot by her boyfriend, a private security guard, killing her instantly. The…
Maj.Gen Kyanda Decries High Rates Of LDUs Brutality
The Chief of Staff Land Forces (COS- LF) of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), Maj Gen Leopold Kyanda has given an interactive lecture to the Local Defence Force (LDF) personnel undergoing refresher training at Kakiri Barracks, where he urged the trainees to work towards being citizens with reputable images. The COS-LF thanked the LDFs…
MPs Finally Approve Creation Of Five Slots For Elderly
Members of Parliament have created five Parliamentary seats for elderly persons, one of which has been ring-fenced for women. Every region including Central, Eastern, Northern and Western will each have a representative elected by the Elders’ Council constituting all the districts in a particular region, while the National Female MP for the elderly will be…
Veteran Singer Halima Tasks Kadaga To Drop UCC’s Draconian Law On Artistes
Performing artists under the National Union of Creative Performing Artists and Allied Workers have reached out to Parliament over the recently issued regulations to their industry terming them as draconian. The group led by musician, Halima Namakula, met the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, and argued that the new regulations will encumber the activities of…
Whistleblower: PS Bigirimana Unearths Shs1.6bn Payment Scam in Judiciary
The Secretary to the Judiciary Mr Pius Bigirimana has exposed a possible fraud of shs. 1.6 billion security deposit refund which was orchestrated by three top officials arising from Commercial Court in an application OO-C- No-08 of 2006. The officials in Judiciary behind this dubious deal used Heed Debt Recovery Services Limited to claim the…
Uganda Cinema Owners Petition Kadaga To Reopen
Cinema operators have petitioned Parliament asking Government to allow them resume their operations. Cinemas were some of the various entities closed as one way of preventing the community spread of Covid-19 in March this year. The operators, who presented their petition to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, asking the Government to allow them to…
Beirut Disaster: Kadaga Puts Govt On Red Alert To Curb Deadly Explosives
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called on Government to direct entities dealing in explosive and volatile substances to emphasize health and safety guidelines in order to avoid likely disasters like what befell Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. The explosion, which left over 100 people dead and wounded over 4000 occurred at the city port…
Govt Secures Shs 868Bn Loan For Construction Of Roads
Parliament of Uganda has approved Shs868b for the construction of a host of roads around the country. The roads are Namugumba – Budadiri – Nalugugu (29km), Katuna – Muko -Kamuganguzi road (104km) and Laropi – Moyo – Afoji (Sudan border) which is 37km. Making a case for the loan, the Vice Chairperson of the Committee…
Gen.Muntu’s ANT Implores Kadaga To Join IPOD
Leaders of the Alliance for National Transformation party (ANT) paid a courtesy call on Speaker Rebecca Kadaga at Parliament. Key issues of concern include membership to the Interparty Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD). Kadaga said she will consult widely, especially on the issue of MPs that have since crossed from one party to the other; including…