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Select Committee Calls For Forensic Audit Of Sports Body
The Select Committee constituted to investigate the operations of the National Council of Sports (NCS) has called for a forensic audit on the sports body. The recommendation is contained in the report presented by the Chairperson of the Select Committee, Hon. Laura Kanushu on Tuesday, 04 April 2023. The committee recommended that the Auditor General…
HIV-positive Grandfather Remanded For Defilement 4 Granddaughters
Court in Kampala has sent on remand a 62-year-old man who allegedly defiled his four granddaughters in a Kampala suburb. Muhammuddu Iddi Zingo, also known as Taata Medi, who is living with HIV/AIDS, was yesterday arraigned before Kampala City Hall Court on four charges of aggravated defilement. He appeared before Grade One Magistrate Jane Tibagozenka…
Six Committed to High Court For Murdering 24-year-old Indian Businessman
Six suspects accused of shooting and killing an Indian businessman have been committed to the High Court. The incident occurred on October 27, 2022, when Eliod Gumizamu, attached to the Nyakabande Refugee Transit Centre, allegedly shot and injured Patel Kuntaj, a 24-year-old Indian national who operated a hardware shop in Kisoro municipality. Kuntaj later died…
Why IGG Should Investigate More At NDA
The Inspectorate of Government on March 21, 2023 received a petition from a whistleblower, Steven Ssemakula on the anomalies in the recruitment of a senior director at the National Drugs Authority. It has now emerged that for over a period of one year, there has not been definitive results released from the herbal testing unit…
After Sponsoring Summit On Fighting Illicit Trade, BAT Now On Spot For Smuggling Cigarettes Into Ugandan Market And Evading Billions In Tax
British American Tobacco (BAT) Uganda and BAT Kenya are on the spot following an investigation which reveals that the companies may have taken advantage of the loopholes in tobacco control governance systems and control the illicit trade of Tobacco products to dump illicit cigarettes into the country. A spot check market survey has since established…
City Lawyers, Candidates Petition JSC Over Irregularities Marred In Magistrate Grade 1 Aptitude Test
City Lawyer, Hassan Male Mabirizi have petitioned the chairperson of the Judicial Service Comission (JSC) seeking for Copies of all Documents relating to the entire ALL process of recruitment of Judicial Officers in respect to Advert No. 02 of 2022. Mabirizi’ petition follows a controversial 4, April 2023, conducted Competence/Aptitude Test for Positions of Magistrate…
Unmasked:Min.Baryomunsi,Kyatuhaire Cited In Team Thorough YKM Fights
It has come to public that for the longest time, First lady mama Janet Museveni has been wondering who could have been behind and the funder of the fights of team thorough YKM for a long time since 2019. It has come to public that Hon Kyatuheire Jacklin the deputy national treasurer of National resistance…
Gov’t, Sudhir Convention Centre To Be Ready By January Next Year
The government of Uganda and real estate muloodi Sudhir Ruparelia are set to construct a joint venture Convention Centre at Commonwealth Speke Resort Hotel Munyonyo at a cost of USh 147 billion. There is great urgency around the Convention Centre project, which must be completed and fully functional within 8-9 months in order to host…
Speke Resort Munyonyo Introduces “Easter Sunday Bubbly Brunch and Easter Family Day” As Part of this year’s Easter Festivities
This website can exclusively report the great offers for this Easter season brought to you by the luxurious Speke Resort Hotel. The ever-innovative team at Ruparelia group has now introduced the Easter Sunday Bubbly Brunch where the adult clients will be served all tribes of delicious meals at UGX150,000 and the young ones will be…
Police Report: 37 Killed, 76 Injured In Road Crashes During Easter
The Directorate of Traffic and Road Safety has revealed that at least 37 people lost their lives in various accidents on Ugandan roads over the Easter long weekend. The toll includes nine family members including two children who perished in a fatal accident on Good Friday after a Toyota Alphard vehicle they were travelling in…