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Police Chief Fired Over Investigating Ex BoU Deputy Governor Louis Kasekende
A senior police officer attached to Criminal Investigations Directorate in Kibuli has been suspended after investigating former deputy governor Bank of Uganda Louis Austin Kasekende. Sources at the Kibuli-based CID say that SP Andrew Mugarula was shown exit after his seniors had a meeting with Kasekende. Mugarura suspects that Kasekende could have bribed his seniors,…
Breaking! Mali President, Prime Minister Arrested By Mutinying Soldiers As Crisis Deepens
By Agencies Mali President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta has been arrested by mutinying soldiers, a government spokesman has confirmed. Prime Minister Boubou Cissé has also been arrested, despite earlier appeals for “brotherly dialogue”. The apparent coup attempt in the West African nation began with gunfire at a key military camp near the capital, Bamako, on Tuesday…
Western Region Youth MP Aspirant Katuramu Shot By Counter Terrorism Police
Simon Katuramu, one of the candidates in the race for the Mbarara youth Member of Parliament has on Tuesday afternoon been shot in the stomach. Reports suggest that Simon Katuramu, who is also a lecturer at Metropolitan University, was allegedly shot by counter-terrorism police officers attached to Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) Weigh Bridge Station…
Gen. Tumukunde Arrested In Buikwe
Njeru police in Buikwe district have arrested Gen. Henry Tumukunde, a presidential aspirant and former Security Minister who had come in the district for a regional consultative meeting. Gen. Tumukunde was arrested today afternoon at Royal Paradise Hotel in Naminya village, Njeru Town Council, Buikwe District where he was having his first meeting with his…
Terrible! Uganda Registers 43 New Covid-19 Cases
Uganda has registered 43 new cases of Coronavirus, with authorities expressing “concern” over the increased infections in the capital city, Kampala. “The Ministry of Health with concern has observed the rapidly increasing cases in Kampala,” the Ministry said in a statement this Tuesday. “The number of cases has been rising since the lifting of the…
Social Media Slay Queen Fatie Muks Entangles Online In-laws With 17kg Sumbie
It has now become a some what common habit for every up and coming city socialite to use social media as a spring board to capture attention and also make it big in the showbiz industry. Besides just having a life style funded by a few horny men in the dusty city of Kampala, almost…
FDC Primaries: Dr. Warren Katoora Distantly Floors MP Roland Kaginda, Ingrid Turinawe In Rukungiri Municipality Elections
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Secretary for mobilisation, Ms Ingrid Turinawe, Mugume Roland Kaginda, Benon Rwenzigye, Herbert Mbabazi Kawawa and Francis Musimire were on Tuesday August, 18 defeated by Dr Warren Tumwine Katoora in the party primaries in Rukungiri District. Mugume Roland Kaginda who is the incumbent Rukungiri Municipality Member of Parliament was miserably…
Elders Punch Holes In Credentials For Basaliza’s Competitors
The elderly people and several voters in Western region have expressed doubt for all the candidates that are competing with Rtd. Col. Hon. Stephen Bazalisa for the Elderly Representative in Parliament seat. As the 2021 general election looms nearer, elders in Western region reveal that of all the competitors in the race, Basaliza is the…
Mabirizi Effect: EC Set To Release Kyagulanyi’s Academic Credentials
The Electoral Commission (EC) is set to release Bobi Wine’s academic credentials today following a petition by maverick lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi. Counsel Mabirizi petitioned the EC seeking to be availed with Kyadondo East lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine’s academic credential details ahead of the 2021 general elections. In his letter to EC…
Museveni Set To Announce More Tough Directives Next Week As Covid-19 Cases Surge
The President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni has revealed that he will address the country about the current Covid-19 situation next week as Covid-19 cases in the country surge. The President made remarks while addressing the NRM delegates conference held from State House in Entebbe. He expressed his worry on how Covid-19 cases in Kampala are…