The Supreme Court decision directing that Crane Bank Ltd be reverted to its owners has raised a lot of mixed feelings, for it comes with a legal and cost implication which in one way or another will affect the ordinary Ugandan. The costs associated with the case will naturally be forked from the consolidated fund…
Another massive raid led by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit in liaison with Uganda Police and ISO Anti-Corruption has netted some of the masterminds of the illegal sale of schools land – Spire Road Primary School and Lake Site Primary School all located within Jinja City. The racket in the Jinja City administration that was…
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit working in liaison with the Uganda Police detectives and the ISO Anti-Corruption unit has arrested a number of District officers after an intelligence operation that discovered racket run by the District Chief Finance Officer – Mr. Mutume Godfrey and the Principal Human Resources Officer – Ms. Rebecca Kwagala who are…
Every case is as good as its legal strategy and every legal strategy is as good as the team on it. To defend himself against a UGX397 billion (USD106 million) suit from Bank of Uganda, arguably one of Uganda’s most feared, ruthless and cash-rich regulators, Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia, Uganda’s richest businessman had to go for…
Lt. Col. Nyakaisiki Carol Basalisa, who is involved in a bitter property wrangle with her relatives, has landed in hot soup after it emerged that she is using her position as a Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) officer to intimate and take advantage of the people she is supposed to help. Controversy arose about how…
The man who recently slapped the Minister of State for Works, Musa Ecweru has been sent to Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital for treatment. The 39-year-old Emmanuel Okurut was sent to Butabika Hospital on Friday. It followed his arrest last week for allegedly slapping the Minister as he was addressing Christians at St. Michael Catholic…
The joint security force of Police and the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration over the weekend arrested more than 30 Asian nationals in Kampala City without working permits. The individuals mostly of Indian, Pakistani, and Chinese origin were arrested for working in the city centre without clearance of the immigration department. The spokesperson of the…
Parliament’s committee on Sub-Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) have been dealt a blow after court ruled that its subcommittee did its work illegally as it tried to act as court in investigating properties under the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board (DAPCB). Mohamed Allibhai, the applicant had dragged the Attorney General to…
Uganda Police has confirmed that at least one man was shot at and injured with four other armed thugs on the run after attempting to steal from a fish factory in Kyebando, a Kampala suburb. The victim identified as John Opiyo was shot in the buttocks by the UPDF officer who was guarding the fish…
The Supreme Court in Kampala has ordered Bank of Uganda (BoU) to pay dispute costs after losing yet again in the aftermath of the closure and liquidation of Crane Bank Ltd, owned by businessman Sudhir Ruparelia. In a ruling delivered on Friday, July 1, a panel of three judges led by Justice Prof. Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza…
