The NRM second top organ Central Executive Committee (CEC) on Sunday morning declined to support Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga as the Party’s flag bearer in race for Speaker due Monday 24th. CEC favored former Deputy Speaker Oulanyah Jacob for the coveted job, and it it is reported CEC based on the following 6 grounds to kick…
The Directorate of Crime Intelligence conducted an intelligence led operation following numerous attacks on people in their homes at night by pangas and knives wielding thugs in the areas of Nansana, Namugoona and Kasubi. A team of officers was dispatched to the areas of Kasubi and Kawala. They arrested a group of criminals whom we…
Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been seriously wounded after trying to kill himself to avoid capture during clashes with rival Islamic State-allied jihadists in the north of the country, two intelligence sources said Thursday. Shekau’s Boko Haram faction and fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province had been battling in northeastern Borno…
Five legislators who are among twelve subcommittee members on the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) didn’t append their signatures to ratify their participation in the investigations of operations of Departed Asian Property Custodian Board (DAPCB). The investigation which lasted for 2 years saw the subcommittee chaired by defeated Makindye East MP…
The Resident State Attorney (RSA) has sanctioned charges of obtaining money by false pretence against former Busiro South parliamentary candidate, Paul Owor alias Hustle King and three others after they allegedly received US$22,000 (about Shs77 million) from a Chinese businessman. The four suspects including Owor, Emmanuel Wandabwa, Anthony John Wapowo and Muketa Patel are currently…
The Inspector General of Government (IGG) is investigating top officials at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) over alleged fraud of more than Shs2b spent in ghost activities. By presstime, Dr Chris Mukiza, the Ubos executive director, had declined to discuss the matter, referring all inquiries to the Ombudsman. However, Sources privy to the investigations…
Police in Elegu Township in Amuru District are holding a 44-year-old Ugandan who has been on a wanted list of serial child abductors and traffickers in the country. The suspect, Bakaki Yunusu alias Kabbu was arrested on Saturday from his hideout home at Lorikwo West Cell, Elegu Town Council at the Uganda-South Sudan border during…
The Ugandan Foreign Affairs Ministry is on the spot after some of it’s senior officials got involved in a dubious house deal. The property in question is a residential building on Plot No. 31 Mackenzie Vale in Kololo which was recently “purchased” by the Government of Equatorial Guinea to house its Embassy in Kampala. In…
Police at Nsangi are investigating a double murder and attempted suicide that took place at Kasenge, Kikajjo, Nakilama in Kyengera Town Council in Wakiso District. According to deputy Kampala metropolitan spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire revealed that suspect Shaban Musisi attempted to rape his house help , Scovia Abed, 15 years old. Scovia made an alarm that…
The State Minister for Relief and Disaster Preparedness, Hon. Musa Ecweru has been accused of beating up three Anglican priests last Saturday over a land dispute. The wrangle pits St John’s Church of Uganda Wera and the neighboring Wera Seed Secondary School, both in Amuria District. The attack reportedly left one of the reverends bleeding…
