National Unity Platform-NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Alias Bobi Wine has petitioned the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights over the continued abduction and torture of his supporters. Speaking to reporters at the party headquarters in Kamwokya a Kampala suburb, following the withdrawal of police who had locked out NUP personnel and supporters since…
By Agencies The U.S. Navy seized a large cache of weapons being smuggled by two small ships off the coast of Somalia, it announced Tuesday, amid the grinding war in nearby Yemen. Among the arms seized by guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill in the Indian Ocean last week were thousands of Kalashnikov-style rifles, light…
A disgruntled whistleblower has petitioned the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni seeking to investigate and prosecute former executives of Bank of Uganda (BoU), over allegations of involving themselves in corruption and the fraudulent sale of seven defunct banks. The petitioner, Sam Brian Kakuru, wants the president to institute an investigation into the operations…
A valley of tears and sorrow gripped in Nshozi village, Kashaka, in Mbarara district as the late Journalist Allan Mandela casket was lowered in his grave today. Mandela, 26, also known as Sports King Mateeka who has been a sports commentator at Hunter Radio based in Rwentuha Town Council, Igara East in Bushenyi District was…
A local Non-Government Organisation (NGO) has dragged a reputable law firm in Uganda, Sebalu and Lule Advocates to court over fraud and continuous use of names whose founding members ceased to practice under it. The law firm was sued along with the Law Council mandated to regulate advocates and law firms in Uganda. According to…
A Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) helicopter piloted by two has crashed near Lido Beach in Entebbe. According to the UPDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen Flavia Byekwaso, the chopper crashed a few metres away from the Air Force base. “Today afternoon at about 2:15 pm a jet ranger piloted by two cadet trainees on a mutual…
The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Jane Francis Abodo has dropped corruption charges against the Chairperson of Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi. In a letter to the anti-corruption court, Justice Abodo discontinued the charges against Mrs Sylvia noting that her office lost interest in the matter. The dropping of charges happened barely a…
A high ranking officer of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) is accused by her family members of allegedly grabbing her late brother’s properties, leaving the widow and orphans to languish in poverty. Lt. Col. Nyakaisiki Carol Basaliza, is alleged to have grabbed the property that was left behind by her deceased brother Maj. Francis…
Congolese authorities are investigating United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo officials over trying to illegally export minerals. The U.N. mission in the DR.Congo says it is cooperating with authorities and launching its own internal investigation. Officials in Congo say they stopped the driver as he tried to cross the border into Rwanda…
The Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID headquarters detectives have in detention a one Odaka Jimmy-alias Governor aged 28, for defrauding people over 500 Million through fake Gold transactions. The suspect who is a resident of Mirumu Town Council in Abim District was arrested on Feb 08, 2021, from a hideout in Soroti According to police, the arrest…
