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‘Museveni Should Have Stepped Down Before Race’- Bobi Wine Amends Petition
Former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has amended a petition challenging the outcome of the just-concluded presidential race which was filed in the Supreme Court by his team. The results released by the Electoral Commission gave Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni, a candidate of the National Resistance Movement-NRM party, a 58 percent majority victory, against Kyagulanyi’s…
President Was Given Wrong Information On DGF Funding – Kasaija
Matia Kasaija the Finance Minister has written to President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni clarifying that the information on which he based a decision for the suspension of the Democratic Governance Facility – DGF was wrong. President Yoweri had earlier on ordered the suspension of the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF), the single biggest donor basket established…
UNEB Wants 2021 Examinations Carried Out Under New Law
The Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB wants the forthcoming cycle of examinations to be carried out under a new law which was passed by Parliament on Thursday. The new Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB Bill which seeks to repeal the 1983 Act creates reforms relating to the administration and management of primary and secondary national examinations. The…
Late Umukuka Mushikori’s Successor Shuns Reconciliation Meeting
John Wagabyalila Amulamu, the III Masaba cultural leader Umukuka on Friday shunned a reconciliation meeting organized by the LCV Chairperson Sironko Herbert Mulekwe. Last week during prayers of the late Bob Mushikori at St Andrew’s Cathedral, the State Minister for Culture Peace Mutuzo asked Bamasaba to come up with one legitimate culture leader. The Minister’s…
Nubian Li, Eddie Mutwe Continue Sleeping In Jail As Court Martial Grants Bail To 13 NUP Supporters
The Makindye General Court Martial has granted bail to 13 supporters of National Unity Platform who were arrested from Kalangala district in December 2020 where Kyagulanyi had gone to converse for support ahead of the concluded January presidential elections. Those released are Rachael Akiiki Tusiime, Saphinah Nansovo, Jamirah Kalyango Namwanje, John Miiro, William Ntege alias…
Supreme Court Sets Date For Pre-hearing Of NUP’s Kyagulanyi’s Petition Challenging Tibuhaburwa’s Victory
The Supreme Court has set the pre-hearing date for the election petition filed by National Unity Platform’s Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine challenging Yoweri Museveni’s victory in the just-concluded presidential elections. The pre-hearing conference has been set for Thursday, February 11, 2021. This is one where parties involved in a case meet with judges…
Flying Squad Unit Arrests Suspected Notorious Thieves Over 30 Missing Vehicles
Two people suspected to be the ringleader of car theft racket of over 30 vehicles have been arrested in an operation led by the Flying Squad Unit. The Flying Squad Unit Commander, Godwin Turamye in collaboration with Criminal Investigation Directorate – CID launched a hunt after receiving over 20 complaints about car thefts whose modus…
Deal Gone Bad! Ugandan Man Arrested For Defrauding Over Shs500 Million In Fake Gold Transactions
The Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID headquarters detectives have in detention a one Odaka Jimmy-alias Governor aged 28, for defrauding people over 500 Million through fake Gold transactions. The suspect who is a resident of Mirumu Town Council in Abim District was arrested on Feb 08, 2021, from a hideout in Soroti According to police, the arrest…
‘Bobi Wine Was Just Hired By Mafias To Shake The Status Quo’-Tamale Mirundi
Former presidential press secretary and media advisor Joseph Tamale Mirundi has once again written a book titled “People Power” predicting Bobi Wine’s fate after losing presidential election against President Yoweri Museveni. Mirundi compares Bobi Wine to a grasshopper hunter who struggles a lot to catch the grasshoppers but never gets rich because the business only…
Big Story: DR. Congo Investigates UN Officials For Trafficking Minerals In The Guise Of Peacekeeping
Congolese authorities are investigating United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo officials over trying to illegally export minerals. The U.N. mission in the DR.Congo says it is cooperating with authorities and launching its own internal investigation. Officials in Congo say they stopped the driver as he tried to cross the border into Rwanda…