Block 7
Investigations: Bobi Wine Top Confidant Ssenyonyi In Hot Soup For Pocketing Over UGX1.4Bn To ‘Kill’ Damning CAA Report
The Nakawa West Division Legislator Joel Ssenyonyi who doubles as the Chairperson, Committee on Commissions, State Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE), is under fire with some of his members claiming money has exchanged hands to bungle up one of the key inquests the Committee has lately been undertaking. According to Spy Uganda, the investigation was…
Court Summons Ex-premier Mbabazi Over Failure To Pay Rent
The Commercial Division High Court Registrar Flavia Nabakooza, has summoned the former Prime Minister Patrick Amama Mbabazi to file his defence in relation to allegations of failure to pay rent. “You are hereby required to file a defence in the said suit within fifteen(15) days from the date of service of summons on you in…
Covid-19 Patients Forced To Share Wards With Inpatients At Mulago
Kampala, Uganda: Patients with severe COVID-19 referred to Mulago National Referral Hospital are being forced to share wards with other critically ill patients following the closure of the COVID-19 treatment unit. A doctor who spoke to URN on condition of anonymity, says that they received a severe COVID-19 case on Monday night and was admitted…
Covid-19: Minister Aceng Urges Health Workers Not Cling To The Job Over Salary Arrears
Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has asked health workers who were deployed in COVID-19 treatment units in National and Regional Referral hospitals under the Emergency Response arrangement to leave hospitals even when the government still owes them their pay. Aceng was speaking shortly after members of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) staged a protest…
Ordnance Explosion Kills 2 Pupils, Critically Injures 2 Others In Gulu
An explosion has killed two pupils and left two others critically injured in Omel sub county, Gulu district. Bosco Abonga, the Deputy Speaker of Omel sub county identifies the deceased as Ronald Rubangakene,12 and Morris Opiyo,13. The injured are Derrick Okello,13 and Brian Rubangakene,12. They are all pupils of Bul Kur Primary School in Bul…
Five Policemen Detained After Prime Murder Suspect Breaks Out Custody
Five police officers in Budaka district are in trouble over the escape of a prime murder suspect from police custody. The suspects, whose identities have been withheld by the police were on duty when Adam Nasoda, who was locked up for the murder of Sifolonsa Nakelo 31, a salon operator escaped from Budaka central police…
OP-ED: Questioning RDC, RCC & Their Deputies Appointments Is An Insult To The President
BY: JOSEPH KIYIMBA Kampala: The reshuffle of Resident District/ City Commissioners (RDCs/ RCCs ) might be a week behind us, but the fire from it continues to blaze with aggrieved circles spitting endless venom, mainly on social media. Line Minister, Milly Babalanda, has specifically been targeted by the different hostile camps accusing her of sidelining…
Human Rights Lawyer Ssemakaadde Punches Holes In C.J Owiny Dollo’s Apology To Kabaka
Ugandan Human Rights lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde of Legal Brains Trust (LBT) has trashed Chief Justice Alphonse Chigamoy Owiny Dollo’s apology to Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, describing it as a “Non-Apology” Apology. According to Ssemakadde, the Chief Justice’s apology cannot be accepted because although he apologized to Kabaka Mutebi, he did not apologise to his…
Oulanyah Burial Budget Revised To Shs1.2bn After Public Uproar
Government has revised the burial budget for the send-off of the late former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah to shs 1.2 billion after an alarming Shs2.5 billion allocation caused a public outcry over unnecessary expenses and projected cash bonanza. With the body of the late Jacob Oulanyah jetting into the country today, the breakdown of his burial…
Karamoja MPs Accuse UPDF Of Looting Livestock, Killing Civilian
Legislators from Karamoja sub-region have accused the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) of refusing to hand over 17,706 heads of cattle that they recovered from rustlers. The lawmakers made the accusations while responding to an earlier statement by the UPDF that the security situation in the region was ‘under control.’ The area which is inhabited…