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Court of Appeal Concludes Hearing Of Election Petitions
The Court of Appeal has concluded the hearing of election appeals. The court received 84 election appeals arising from the 2021 elections and subsequent High Court decisions. According to the Judiciary public relations officer Jameson Karemani, five cases have been disposed of in the sessions that started on March 21, 2022, and the justices of…
Commentary: Chief Justice Owiny-Dollo’s Outburst Not Out-of-Character, Apology Not Accepted-Advocate Ssemakadde
The spectacle of humility displayed on Thursday, 31 March 2022, at Bulange requires comment and scrutiny. We need to know where we all stand. We need to know if this is an act of cynical beguilement or not. If so, and there is every chance that it is, then it must be extremely criticized so…
Pictorial: Inside The Mighty Nearly Completed Ham Palm Villas
City tycoon Hamis Kiggundu through his company Ham Enterprises Uganda Limited has made significant progress on his contemporary 500 modern housing project, Ham Palm Villas. The housing on a 200-acre land has a Clubhouse, swimming pools, Gym, Sauna and Steam, Salons and Barber shops, Healthcare facilities like Clinic and Pharmacy, Supermarket, a Fully Fledged Sports…
Mityana MP Zaake Asks Court To Hear Impeachment Case Expeditiously
The embattle Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake has pleaded with Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera to expeditiously hear his application challenging his removal from the parliamentary commission. On March 10th, 2020, Parliament resolved to remove Zaake from the parliamentary commission for alleged indiscipline. This followed a report made by the Rules, Discipline and Privileges Committee chaired by Abdu…
GULU: Over 140 Motorcycles Stolen In 90 Days
At least 140 motorcycles have been stolen in the greater Gulu in the last three months. Statistics from the different Boda-boda associations in Gulu district and City indicate that the motorcycles, all Bajaj models were stolen by thugs between January and March this year. Some of those recently lost to thugs are motorcycle registration numbers…
Uganda Airlines New Board Of Directors Kicks Off Work
The new Board of Directors of Uganda Airlines Company Limited has been inaugurated, with officials cautioning them against corruption, mismanagement and abuse of office. The seven-member team which include Priscilla Mirembe Serukka (Chairperson), Samson Rwahwire, Herbert Kamuntu, Patrick Ocailap, Barbara Namugambe, Abdi Karim Moding, and Ebrahim Kisoro Sadrudin as initiated after taking the oath of…
Property Worth Millions Lost As Fire Guts Ministry Of Agriculture Stores
Fire has gutted the agri-chemicals and equipment central store of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animals Industries and Fisheries along Buganda road in Wandegeya in Kampala. The store shares the same compound with the Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council and Uganda Veterinary Board offices. Eyewitnesses say the fire spread from a small heap of garbage that was being burnt behind…
Uganda Airlines Completes Plans To Expand Wings To London, India, DRC
Uganda Airlines has completed feasibility studies on a number of routes the National Carrier plans to fly to. Key among other routes are; Mumbai in India, London in United Kingdom, Goma and Lubumbashi (both in the Democratic Republic of Congo). Shakila Rahim Lamar, the Corporate Affairs & Public Relations Manager at Uganda Airlines, says having…
M23 Rebels Say Ready For Peace Talks With DRC Gov’t
M23 rebels have declared a unilateral ceasefire to pave way for dialogue with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. This comes after a week of heavy fighting between the rebels and government troops on Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu province about three kilometers to the main border of Uganda-DRC. The rebels captured three military…
Bobiwine Booed Off At Mp Nambeshe Dad’s Burial By Angry Mourners
The National Unity Platform (NUP) party president Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobiwine was at the weekend forced to cut his speech short at a burial in Budada District after mourners started heckling him over remarks he made on deputy speaker Thomas Tayebwa. The burial was of Henry Masolo Enrico, the father of opposition chief whip John…