The latest information reaching our desk reveals that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is in shock after receiving intel that the Minister for Presidency Milly Babalanda has been cited in an Shs7 billion scandal involving the government printers- Uganda Printing and Publishing Company (UPPC). According to our sources, the minister is accused of siphoning Shs7 billion…
The Acting Rwampara District Health Officer (DHO), Mr Allan Twesigomwe Paton is in police custody following his arrest on allegations of forgery and abuse of office. The Rwampara Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Ms Jane Asiimwe Muhindo told this publication on Tuesday that while serving in acting capacity, Mr Twesigomwe allegedly used his office to inflate…
The Fourth Division Military Court Martial has sentenced a Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier to 40 years in jail for the murder of a civilian on Christmas Day at Bondo Military barracks in Arua district. Court presided over by the fourth Division Military Court chairman Col. George Nambafu, sitting at Bondo Army secondary school…
Police in Kisoro District are hunting for a teacher in connection with the death of an 11-year-old pupil. According to police, the teacher, who works at Mutolere Primary School, hit Dan Gasore from Rubankono Village on the head and back with a stick from which he sustained injuries that led to his death. “The boy…
Police say the missing bride, Bushira Najjuuko, 24, gave a bodaboda rider her changing dresses to take home after saloon makeup before she vanished. Najjuuko, a businesswoman at Zainab Aziza building in Nakasero, Kampala, has been missing since Friday, March 10, 2023, two days to her wedding day. She had been living with her parents…
The police in Kiira region have arrested a prime suspect in the death of businessman Shaban Malore. Malore was killed in May by unknown gunmen who were riding on a motorcycle. Malore was returning to his home in Buweera village, Buwenge sub-county in Jinja district. Issa Malore, a brother of the deceased was arrested from…
A tax compliance audit into the matter of DFCU Group (which owns DFCU Bank and other business) was recently conducted and it revealed that the entity has been inappropriately diminishing its tax liability through under declaration of space let put to tenants at its DFCU Towers. The compliance audit covered the period between January 2014…
Police have arrested a city medical officer, who allegedly gave a woman fake HIV results in an attempt to lure her into sex with him. The suspect was arrested at Biva Hotel in Rubaga Division, Kampala, where he had allegedly taken the victim to have sexual intercourse with her last Monday. Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy…
The State has withdrawn its objection to the bail application of MPs Muhammad Ssegirinya (Kawempe North) and Allan Ssewanyana (Makindye West). The bail application hearing for the two MPs is ongoing at Masaka High Court and Justice Lawrence Tweyanze is in charge of the hearing. On behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Senior…
As you are all aware, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Hon. Mathias Mpuga, revealed how one of their supporters, Mzee Constantine Muhonja, was allegedly tortured for two weeks and succumbed to injuries inflicted to him. Although the Leader of Opposition, suspected torture, we would like to inform him, the bereaved family and the public,…
