Kampala news
One person has been confirmed dead in an accident that occurred in Kiwatule. The accident that involved nine motor vehicles and two motorcycles happened during the morning rush hour at Kiwatule-Najeera intersection on Thursday. William Matovu, 32, a rider, died at Independent Hospital where he had been taken for treatment, Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy spokesman…
Walimu Cooperative Savings and Credit Union Limited will receive over shs7 billion in fulfillment of the presidential pledge of shs25 billon. The State Minister for Finance, Hon David Bahati said that the money will be channeled from to the teachers’ SACCO from the Microfinance Support Centre. “The resources that were supposed to go to the…
The Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs Hon Adolf Mwesige has opened the two-day Annual retreat for Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MODVA) leaders and Members of Parliament on the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee at Speke Resort Munyonyo. The retreat is aimed at reviewing the performance of the Defence and Veteran Affairs ministry…
Military personnel guarding various security installations have blocked legislators from accessing and inspecting ‘safe houses’, a generic term for alleged torture chambers run by the Internal Security Organisation (ISO). The MPs on the Committee on Human Rights were denied access to safe houses in Kyengera, Nalukolongo and Nakasero. In the morning of Tuesday, September 10,…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has clarified that over the years, MPs emoluments have been determined in line with the provisions of the constitution. Presiding over a sitting of Parliament on Tuesday, 20 August 2019, Kadaga said she was in possession of a Supreme Court Ruling where the procedure of determining Members’ emoluments under…
Police have refuted the allegations of a story that was published by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), claiming the Uganda Police Force used its technology for spying and surveilling opposition figures. While Speaking to Capital times, Police spokesperson Fred Enanga that the UPF has an existing contract with Huawei to install CCTV cameras countrywide as…
The Chief of Defence Forces Gen. David Muhoozi has advised Wazalendo to consider opening up a Business Arm that could own a bank , investment club and other businesses. This was during the closure of the five day Wazalendo SACCO Strategic Plan retreat held at Royal Suites Hotel in Bugolobi- Kampala. Gen Muhoozi thanked the…
Convicted Serial Killer Richard Arinaitwe’s Life Imprisonment Sentence has been reduced to 24 years! In February, Arinaitwe petitioned the Court of Appeal to quash his life sentence. He has spent more than 20 years in Luzira prisons for the murder of an American Volunteer Cecilia Goetz, at Hotel Equatorial in Kampala, on July 28th 1998.…
The Minister for Security, General Elly Tumwine, who is under scrutiny by the Rules, Privileges and Discipline Committee, has said the lies peddled by opposition MPs Cecilia Ogwal and Godfrey Katushabe show that opposition will never rule Uganda. ”Its because of such lies that opposition in Uganda cant win elections because people understand who they…
Legislators have tasked government to increase efforts to end Female Genital Mutilation, warning that the practice will persist, if not addressed. The MPs called on government to put emphasis on setting up a special fund for women involved in the practice as a way of having them leave it, fast track strategies to address FGM…
