City business man Matthew Kanyamunyu has been set free from Luzira prison after serving his sentence for shooting dead child rights activist, Kenneth Akena in 2016. Mr Kanyamunyu was sentenced to five years and one month in prison but he has managed to serve three years and five months due to his good conduct and…
Members of Parliament have decried the deplorable state of Uganda’s foreign missions which are characterised by dilapidated infrastructure and transport deficiencies. The MPs were debating the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on the Ministerial Policy Statements for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Uganda’s foreign missions for the Financial Year 2024/2025. While presenting…
Information coming in indicates that all is not well with the United bank for Africa Uganda after a client who has been in the same bank since 2013 found his funds missing equivalent to Uganda Shs. 965,000,000-.The client through his lawyers has put the bank to task to return his money before court action is…
General Wilson Mbadi, the newly appointed State Minister of Trade, has issued a stern warning to the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) and the Trade Ministry staff. He made it clear that incompetence and laxity will not be tolerated under his leadership. Gen Mbadi, who until recently served as the Commander of the Defense…
During a session held on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) failed to provide sufficient justification for their budget allocation of Shs3.363 billion designated for general goods and services. Presenting the Ministerial Policy Statement and Budget Estimates for the fiscal year 2024/2025 to the Committee on Tourism, Trade, and Industry,…
Details have emerged about the genesis of the war opened against the speaker of parliament Rt Hon Anita Annet Among by the Rubaga deputy Resident City Commissioner Herbert Anderson Burora, now on suspension, this website can reveal. Burora was on March 14th, 2024 thrown out of office according to the letter signed by secretary office…
After eight years of legal battles, Yusuf Nyanzi, previously embroiled in three high-profile cases, has been acquitted by the International Crimes Division of the High Court regarding the attempted murder of Works and Transport Minister General Katumba Wamala. Alongside Hussein Sserubula, Nyanzi walked free as the court deemed the evidence insufficient to link them to…
Doreen Katusiime, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials attached to Parliament have failed to trace Doreen Katusiime, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism, prompting the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to issue fresh summons. According to the chairperson of the PAC, Muwanga Kivumbi, they had issued…
In a startling development within Uganda’s political landscape, whispers suggest a tumultuous turn orchestrated by Joel Ssenyonyi, the spirited Leader of the Opposition in Uganda’s parliament. Reports allege a deliberate strategy aimed at sowing discord and disrupting the proceedings within the legislative body, throwing constructive dialogue into disarray. Speculation mounts as to the motivations driving…
The Inspectorate of Government (IG) has arrested nine officials from Bugiri District Local Government (DLG) and one from Madi Okollo DLG for allegedly causing a financial loss of UGX 1.2 billion to Bugiri district. This was confirmed by the IG on their X official page on Monday, March 11, 2024. The IG identified the officials…
