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ANALYSIS: Did Kasekende’s Uncontrolled Desire To Replace Mutebile Lead To His Own Downfall? What Really Went Wrong?
How did Dr. Louis Kasekende, a man who was well on track to become a Governor end up spending the last 3 years of his 33-year career making headlines for all the wrong reasons? Law No. 1 of 48 laws of power: Never outshine the master! Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and…
Property Mogul Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia To Tip Lawyers On Law & Investment
Uganda’s richest man Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia who personally built Ruparelia Group brick by brick is set to tip lawyers under the lawyer’s desk fraternity on law and investment. This has been announced by the Mr.Ronald Lukoma who happens to be the President Lawyer’s Desk. This meeting which will be held on Saturday, 9nd of July…
“You exceeded your mandate and acted without jurisdiction, thus illegally,”- Court Dustbins COSASE Report On Asian Properties Already Handled By Court And Other Processes
Parliament’s committee on Sub-Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) have been dealt a blow after court ruled that its subcommittee did its work illegally as it tried to act as court in investigating properties under the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board (DAPCB). Mohamed Allibhai, the applicant had dragged the Attorney General to…
UPDF Officer Col. Nyakaisiki Carol In Trouble For Allegedly Conniving With Judicial Officers To Frustrate Widow, Grab Late Brother’s Property As Widow, Orphans Languish
Lt. Col. Nyakaisiki Carol Basalisa, who is involved in a bitter property wrangle with her relatives, has landed in hot soup after it emerged that she is using her position as a Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) officer to intimate and take advantage of the people she is supposed to help. Controversy arose about how…
Big Story: Another Joint Anti-corruption Operation Nets Jinja City Officials For Selling Schools’ Land Stealing UPE Funds Worth 1.4 Billion
Another massive raid led by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit in liaison with Uganda Police and ISO Anti-Corruption has netted some of the masterminds of the illegal sale of schools land – Spire Road Primary School and Lake Site Primary School all located within Jinja City. The racket in the Jinja City administration that was…
Out To Lunch: Decent Housing Necessary For Better Health Outcomes
Photo caption:Hoima couple’s current homeBy Denis Jjuuko In April this year, doctors at the National Specialist Referral Hospital in Mulago were ready to discharged twin girls that had been successfully separated having been born conjoined. But they recalled similar other twins, born conjoined, from Kole District in northern Uganda they had worked on earlier. Upon…
PICTORIAL: New Uganda Ambassador To Sudan Presents Credentials To President Al – Burhan, Starts Tour Of Duty At Khartoum Mission
“Uganda is following the events in Sudan with keen interest, especially the process of the tripartite framework. Uganda will support whatever the people of Sudan want during the tripartite process of negotiations,” Ambassador Dr. Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu told Gen. Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of the Republic of Sudan. The…
Joint Anti-corruption Operation Cracks Massive Corruption Syndicate In Kaliro District
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit working in liaison with the Uganda Police detectives and the ISO Anti-Corruption unit has arrested a number of District officers after an intelligence operation that discovered racket run by the District Chief Finance Officer – Mr. Mutume Godfrey and the Principal Human Resources Officer – Ms. Rebecca Kwagala who are…
ERA Receives Courtesy Visit From UETCL Board, Pledges Continued Support For Social, Economic Transformation
The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has pledged continued support to the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) . This happened on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 when the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) hosted the newly inaugurated board of UETCL on a courtesy visit at ERA House, Plot 5C-1 Third Street Lugogo, Kampala. The Minister of Energy…
‘Let’s Work With Only Serious People’- PS Ggoobi Sacks Over 110 ‘Sleepy’ Accounting Officers
The Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Ramadhan Ggoobi has kicked out of offices 110 Local Government Accounting Officers for ‘disobeying his commands.’ Ggoobi announced the above action in his letter dated 7th July 2022 stating that following approval of the Budget for FY2022/23 by Parliament, the Ministry uploaded the Approved…