The Security Minister, Gen Elly Tumwine, has requested Parliament to come to terms on which way the safe houses commonly known as ”detention centers” are to be run. “Madam Speaker, I wish to mention that a safe house is a secure place used for intelligence work, all intelligence and security agencies world over operate safe…
The Ambassador of the United States of America to Uganda Her Excellence Deborah Malac, has handed over the prefabricated medicine stores to the UPDF 1infantry Division headquarters at Kakiri Wakiso district. In a colorful ceremony, spiced by the UPDF brass band, keys to 13 other stores were handed over to Chief Administration Officers of the…
Who is the Speaker? Who is she? What is Parliament? The Speaker rules over Parliament. She does not rule over Uganda. This country was liberated by the military but not her Parliament. Don’t tell me about your Speaker and your Parliament. The army cannot be directed by civilians,” Gen Tumwine allegedly told a fellow Member…
The Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has summoned the Central Bank Governor, Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile, to answer queries of loss of property during the closure of seven commercial banks. The summons follows the failure by the Governor to appear before the Committee on three occasions. Mutebile was invited to appear…
Government has not dropped the idea of carrying out an inquest into the death of former Butaleja district woman representative, Cerinah Nebanda, despite the arrest and conviction of a key suspect in her death five years ago. The Deputy Attorney General, Hon. Mwesigwa Rukutana, told Parliament that the inquest was hampered by the Director of…
Police in Matuga has arrested a notorious criminal who has been robbing people at ATM machines. Atukwasa Julius, a resident of Kitagata Town Council, Sheema district was arrested yesterday at one of the ATM machines in Matuga where he was pretending to help a woman to withdraw money but with intentions of stealing her money.…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has clarified that over the years, MPs emoluments have been determined in line with the provisions of the constitution. Presiding over a sitting of Parliament on Tuesday, 20 August 2019, Kadaga said she was in possession of a Supreme Court Ruling where the procedure of determining Members’ emoluments under…
President Yoweri Museveni has thanked his Angolan counterpart, Joao Manuel Lourenco, for overseeing a reinforcement process that has culminated into Uganda and Rwanda signing a pact to improve their political and economic relations. The President was today (Wednesday) speaking in the Angolan capital Luanda, shortly after President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and himself signed a…
Police have refuted the allegations of a story that was published by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), claiming the Uganda Police Force used its technology for spying and surveilling opposition figures. While Speaking to Capital times, Police spokesperson Fred Enanga that the UPF has an existing contract with Huawei to install CCTV cameras countrywide as…
Former Makerere University Researcher, Dr Stella Nyanzi who was recently convicted to 18 Months in prison has appealed against her sentence. Through her lawyer Isaac Semakadde ,Nyanzi has lodged her appeal to the High Court challenging her conviction and sentence. On August 2, 2019, Buganda Road Court Grade one Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu Musenze sentenced Nyanzi…
