Uganda Police Force with Sister Security agencies have uncovered three marijuana gardens from hidden gardens in areas of Kyengezi in Masuuliita, Nansomba and Nampunge in Kakiti town council, Wakiso district. According to Police, the gardens collectively measured about 40 acres. A team of about 30 policemen from Kakiri police division backed by Uganda People’s Defence…
Former WBS TV journalist Andrew Lwanga has been awarded 268 million Shillings as compensation for the injuries he sustained when he was assaulted by the former Old Kampala District Police Commander Joram Mwesigye. The compensation covers 18 million Shillings as special damages and 250 million Shillings as general damages to cover the cost of medical…
Around the 20th of April 2020, about a month into the most stringent part of the Covid-19 lockdown, Mr Francis Zzake, the Honourable Member of Parliament from Mityana Municipality held a food drive in his constituency. Not long afterwards, the junior minister for Investments and Privatization in the Ministry of Finance, Evelyn Anite, followed suite…
In a rather unpopular turn of events, Somalia president and his deputy exchanged James Bond kind of blows to the point of wrestling to the ground. The duo were sitted next and close to each other in what seemed like a press briefing or public interview. In a video that went rival, the duo were…
Our investigators have unearthed a cartel of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) customs staff and staff from the National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), who are conniving to smuggle Kenyan Kay salt into Uganda. This is going on even after President Yoweri Museveni cautioned URA officials about the rampant corruption and tax evasion in the country. Museveni…
The Criminal Investigations Department of police has vowed that Bank of Uganda’s Director of Financial Markets Development Coordination Benedict Sekabira will be produced before court to answer charges of his involvement in concealing and seizing properties that belonged to closed banks. This comes after he snubbed Police summons for the second time, according to reports…
The head of State Anti Corruption Unit Lt Col.Edith Nakalema on Monday arrested Dr Anthony Ntate the acting Executive Director of National Animal Genetic Resources Center & Data Bank (NAGRIC) over shs 240M Fraud. Dr Ntate’s arrest came after the whistleblower one Edison Naijuka petitioned Lt.Col Nakalema’s Unit complaining over shoddy procurement deal. In the…
Wanted Bank of Uganda’s director, Benedict Sekabira has snubbed the Police CID summons for questioning in connection with fraud. Sekabira on Monday snubbed police for the second time. He was expected to appear at the Kibuli based CID headquarters on Friday last week but he sent lawyers who reported him to be unwell. He had…
Former Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor Dr. Louis Kasekende, has written to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Jane Frances Abodo distancing himself from the alleged dubious sale of over 2,700 land titles which belonged to closed commercial banks. This website has learnt that Kasekende wants his name cleared from the list of suspects being…
UPDF General court martial sitting at Makindye in Kampala has remanded three security officers for spying for Rwanda. The accused officers have been identified as Lt.Philip Ankunda, ASP Frank Sabiti and ASP Benon Akandwanaho. According to prosecution led by Captain Ambrose Baguma, between February and May this year, the accused persons and others still at…
