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Three Dead, One Critically Injured In Kisoro Road Accident
Three members of the same family died and another critically injured in a motor accident along Kabale-Kisoro road in Kisoro district on Friday evening. The horrible incident happened in the evening hours of Friday Evening June, 27, 20202 at Kagano village in Kanaba sub-county at around 6 pm when a TOYOTA Hilux Double Cabin registration…
COVID-19 Fight: Ruparelia Group Issues SoPs At All Buildings, Asks Gov’t To Bail Out Landlords With Tax Waivers
As a way of resuming business amidst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown, the Ruparelia Group of Companies, which is owned by Kampala magnate Sudhir Ruparelia, has issued Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) to all tenants occupying their buildings around Kampala. Rajiv Ruparelia, who is son of tycoon Sudhir, revealed the new SoPs on Friday June 26, 2020,…
Uganda’s Covid-19 Cases Rise To 848 As 15 Test Positive
The Ministry of Health has confirmed 15 new Covid-19 cases making a total number of cases to 848. According to the Health Ministry, the new cases include 3 truck drivers from Mirama Hills, Malaba and Elegu Points of Entry. They also include 12 cases who are among contacts and alerts. Out of these, 10 are…
2021 Election Opinion Polls: Kateshumbwa, Mushemeza, Hon. Jacklet On Track For Landslide Victory – Too Close To Call For Former Canon Kabigumira & Kibaju
With the Electoral Commission setting its road-map for the 2021 elections, The Capital Times will be conducting polls in different electoral Districts at different intervals and here are the results from Sheema for the positions of Members of Parliament and LC V Chairman. Former Uganda Revenue Authority Customs Boss Dickson Kateshumbwa, Prof. Elijah Mushemeza and…
Big Story: Court Awards Tortured ISO Cyber Operative Odongo 250M ,Orders CMI To Release Him
High Court in Kampala has ordered the Director of Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence and Inspector General of Uganda police force to unconditionally release detained ISO operative Simon Peter Odongo. In the ruling delivered today by the assistant registrar of court Dr Alex Mugisha on behalf of Justice Micheal Elubu set constitutional orders to have Mr.Odongo…
Former Controversial BoU Director Bagyenda Joins Elective Politics
Justine Bagyenda, who is the former Bank of Uganda Director for Supervision, has joined the political race and as you read this, we have reliably been informed that she is contesting the Ntungamo Municipality Member of Parliament seat. Credible sources that have gotten in touch with this website reveal that Bagyenda, a renowned banker, is…
Club, Bar Owners Seek Parliament Support On Reopening
Players in the entertainment and service industry have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, to intervene in their timeless closure by government in her bid to curtail the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Under their Club, Restaurants and Entertainment Owners Association of Uganda, they admit that they can no longer service their obligations such…
The Likely Benefits Of a Scientific Election In Uganda
By Steven Masiga The Electoral commission is awakening many political actors out of the Covid-19 slumber to participate in an election that many of them had hitherto written off as postponed to 2023 or even 2026. Uganda might not be the only country in the world preparing for presidential, parliamentary and local councils election in…
Angry Lawyers Demand Urgent Elections In Bid To Replace Uganda Law Society President Kinobe
Ugandan lawyers have said that they are tired of being ‘COVID-19 Orphans’ and they want elections held urgently so as to replace the leadership of the Uganda Law Society (ULS), starting with the current president Simon Peter Kinobe. In a petition delivered by Advocate Isaac Ssemakadde to the Uganda Law Society secretariat at Buye, Ntinda…
Shocking Secrets Behind Journalist Nahabwe’s Illegal Detention, Torture Emerge
It is now exactly 4 days since Ronald Nahabwe, a journalist with The Capital Times, an online news publication, was arrested and detained at the Special Investigations Division (SIU), Kireka, where is he has been in detention for days without the police pressing any charges against him. We have established that Nahabwe was arrested on…