State Minister for Labour, Mwesigwa Rukutana has been charged and remanded to prison for his alleged involvement in violence in the wake of the NRM parliamentary primary elections in his home district of Ntungamo. The minister was charged with seven counts of Attempted Murder, Assault Causing Bodily Harm, Malicious Damage and Threatening Violence. Court presided…
The Minister of State for Labour Mwesigwa Rukutana has been charged with attempted murder, malicious damage and theft of a gun. His three bodyguards were also charged with attempted murder and their file was forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice. Following his defeat to Naome Kabasharira, Rukutana turned chaotic and…
Mr. Dan Rwiburingi, a victim of the Saturday shooting incident in Ntungamo that has landed Labour Minister Mwesigwa Rukutana in jail has said he didn’t suffer bullet injuries from the confrontation. In a video circulating on social media, recorded from his hospital bed in Mbarara Referral Hospital on Monday, Mr. Rwiburingi, a key witness in…
The President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has condemned the chaos by the State Minister for Labour and Industrial Development Mwesigwa Rukutana and other party Officials exhibited during the just concluded NRM elections to pick the party flagbearers in the forthcoming parliamentary election. In several parts of the country, there were clashes between supporters of…
The State Minister for Labour Mwesigwa Rukutana has spent the weekend in detention at Mbarara police following a shooting incident in Ntungamo, in which a supporter of an opponent was injured. Mr. Rukutana was arrested on Saturday afternoon from his Rushenyi home with deputy police spokesperson Polly Namaye saying the minister, and three of his…
Uganda Police has confirmed the arrest and detention the State Minister for Labour Mwesigwa Rukutana. According to the Uganda Police Deputy Spokesperson, Polly Namaye, Rukutana has been detained with his three escorts following a shooting incident in Ruhama, Ntungamo district. Police say, one person was seriously injured and a motor vehicle damaged. https://twitter.com/PoliceUg/status/1302225039593529346?s=19 A…
The Minister of State for Labour Mwesigwa Rukutana has been arrested crossing to Rwanda according to reports. Rukutana has been arrested by a combined force of SFC, CMI, ISO, ESO and police. According to various sources, he is to answer charges not limited to attempted murder, treason, aggravated Robbery, espionage and Plundering of Uganda’s resources.…
Police in Aswa Region is actively investigating 5 police officers, who were captured on camera siphoning fuel out of a tanker that fell on the road side loaded with fuel. The preliminary information indicates that on the 29th August 2020, our officers responded to a call from the Commander Integrated Highway Patrol from Karuma – Pakwach…
City lawyer Male Mabirizi has contested Office of Director Of Public Prosecution takeover of criminal proceedings he instituted against Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Hon.Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine. Responding to Buganda Road Chief Magistrate Janet Kitimbo, who issued earlier letter dated August 2 allowing state to take over criminal proceedings against NUP political…
Police in Kakumiro have arrested four more suspects over illegal possession of a government pistol. The suspects whose identities have been concealed by police for fear of jeopardizing investigations were arrested on Wednesday night following an operation conducted by joint security operatives comprising of the police and the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF. The suspects are…
