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MPs Task To Desist Tempering With Judiciary, Parliament Budgets
Members of Parliament have asked the Executive to desist from arbitrarily cutting the budgets meant for Parliament and the Judiciary saying it is a violation of the principle of separation of powers. In the second quarter of the current financial year, Parliament and the Ministry of Finance locked horns over budgets meant to facilitate committees…
Another Bomb Blast In Nakaseke Kills Two Children
Two children have died after a suspected bomb exploded at Ssegalye village in Nakaseke district. The deceased have been identified as Pius Kiwuwa aged 12 years and Micheal Kiyingi aged 14 years whereas a child aged nine months identified only as Odong has been injured in the explosion that occurred at Ssegalye village in Semuto…
BUBU: Minister Gume Ngobi Launches New Mango Line At Soroti Fruits Factory
The Minister in Charge of Cooperatives in the Ministry of Trade, Industries and Cooperatives, Fredrick Ngobi Gume has said that Soroti Fruit Factory, the manufacturers of Teju Juice in the eastern district of Soroti is a dream come true. Gume was yesterday commissioning the new mango line at the factory when he said: “For every…
Legislators Push For MP Ssegirinya To Get Specialized Treatment
Parliament is currently engaged in talks with different stakeholders to see that that the Kawempe North MP, Hon. Muhammad Ssegirinya who is currently in a prison hospital, receives treatment in a better medical facility. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon Anita Among who chaired the House on Thursday, 28 October 2021 said that Ssegirinya who…
Busted: Intelligence Foils NUP’s Plan To Protest Over Jailed MP Ssegirinya
The security and intelligence agencies say they have landed into a plan by the opposition National Unity Platform members to riot in the city over the detention of legislator Muhammed Ssegirinya. According to an intelligence source, NUP members are mobilizing people in areas like Nakulabye, Kiyaye zone, Kamwokya and areas of Kawempe to take part…
Kungfu Law: ‘Aren’t You Ashamed Of Your False Utterance?’- Legal Rebel Isaac Ssemakadde Kicks Mahati Lawyer Kirunda For Lying About Chinese National Zong Wu’s Strange Death
Renowned lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde has lambasted his fellow counsel Robert Kirunda, for abandoning the course of justice by siding with those who afflict others, instead of seeking to help the afflicted. Ssemakadde, who wonders whether Kirunda is a lawyer or liar, delivered his message in a long missive he published on Twitter Thread, as response…
Soiled Relations: Top Museveni Minister Demonstrates Over PM Nabbanja’s Work Methods, Threatens To Resign
The Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Hon. Hilary Onek, has threatened to resign over the conduct of the new Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja. According to a letter dated October 29, 2021, to the Prime Minister, dejected Onek noted thus..“From the time of your appointment, I have been observing with total displeasure the fact…
Go Cough Billions For Wasting Minister’s Worthy Time: Court Dustbins Petition Of Jim Muhwezi’s Rival With Costs
The High Court in Kabale has thrown out a petition challenging the election of Security Minister, Maj Gen Jim Muhwezi as the Rujumbura County Member of Parliament in Rukungiri district. Turyamuhweza Tumuheirwe who was the runners up in the January 14 polls petitioned the High Court accusing Muhwezi of voter bribery, ballot stuffing and intimidation…
Time Up: Bobi Wine’s Body Guard Could Be Apprehended Following Mobilization For Violent Riots In Kampala
Following wide spread social media mobilization for a violent riot in Kampala, Security forces have warned that all the perpetrators will be proactively arrested and charged in the Courts of Law. The warning comes after Ashraf who is also Bobi Wines Body Guard and other NUP activists shared Video Clips in closed whatsApp groups calling…
UK Pensioner Philip Monk Petitions Museveni About Mafia Conniving To Bring Him Down
Phillip Monk, a UK pensioner running charity organisations in Uganda, has petitioned President Yoweri Museveni to intervene in a matter in which mafias are colluding with former beneficiaries of his generosity to bring him down by accusing him of trumped up allegations. Monk, who is the director of Mbale Schools Band, is accused of among…