Kampala: Uganda Police Force with sister security agencies are investigating the mysterious death of a prominent lawyer, Kanalo Ngobi Tony, whose death is linked to a bar brawl. According to sources, Ngobi a resident of Lungujja, Rubaga, in Kampala city, and a partner at WAGABAZA & CO. ADVOCATES, passed on in the wee hours of…
French industrial group Bollore on Friday reached a settlement over a decade-old corruption case in Togo, prosecutors said, but a separate plea deal with three top company executives was thrown out by a judge. The company agreed to pay 12 million euros ($14.5 million) as part of the deal with financial crime prosecutors which was…
The Court of Appeal has ordered Patrick Ssentongo, the former Finance Manager at MTN Uganda Limited to compensate his former employer 5 billion Shillings. A panel of three judges, Kenneth Kakuru, Muzamiru Mitangula Kibeedi and Irene Mulyagonja have also ordered Ssentongo to continue serving his 10 year sentence for embezzlement. In 2012, Ssentongo, Joan Nabugwawo,…
By Our Reporter Kampala: The embattled Uganda Land Commission Chairperson Beatrice Byenkya Nyakayisiki has been summoned by the Police Criminal Investigations Directorate , (CID) to be questioned about allegations of abuse of office in respect of payments to claimants under the Uganda Land fund. In summons dated October 11th 2021 and signed by Paul Kato…
The Court of Appeal has ordered Businessman Ben Kavuya to return two properties that he fraudulently acquired. The properties include plots of land in Bweyogerere and Kataza Kiswa belonging to the former Kampala Capital City accountant George David Wakanyira. In 2007, Wakanyira of Wakanyira & Co Ad sued Kavuya, his company Global Capital Save 2004…
Uganda’s Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba has suspended the leadership of the Uganda Land Commission following a recent investigation of corruption and bribery at the commission. The minister has also taken over as the head of the Commission in the meantime. The Commission Chairperson, Beatrice Byenkya Nyakaisiki on October 2, 2021…
Three people have been confirmed dead on and scores injured after a bus carrying passengers from Kampala to Ntungamo district got involved in a head-on collision with a Toyota Carina car along the Mbarara – Kabale highway in Rwampara district. According to District Police Commander for Rwampara,Stephen Kamar confirmed the incident saying the two passengers…
In the wake of events surrounding the Supreme Court decision to nullify the liquidation of Crane Bank Limited, Businessman Sudhir Ruparelia has through his legal team led by Kampala Associated Advocates sued the head of Bank of Uganda’s (BOU) Legal department Margaret Kaggwa Kasule for contempt of Court. According to Sudhir, Kasule has on many…
Police and Sister Security agencies have obtained information about plans by the newly formed “People Front For Transition”, to hold unlawful assembles and meetings in markets and other public areas, countrywide. According to police spokesperson Fred Enanga revealed that Although it is a fundamental right to peacefully assemble, all political assemblies and meetings are still…
About 270 driving permits have been fraudulently issued by the Uganda Driver Licensing System, an entity mandated with the scrutiny and issuance of driving licences. Charles Twine, The Criminal Investigations Directorate spokesperson has said that several employees of the company are conniving with applicants to issue permits to persons who have not gone through the…
