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State Prosecutor Arraigned In Court Over UGX 1.5m Bribe
The Resident Chief State Attorney attached to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Masindi, Charles Bogere Bwiso has been arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala and charged with corruption. Bwiso, a resident at Fortunate Guest House in Masindi municipality, Masindi district has been arraigned in court together with detective Sergent Rehema…
HRNJ Joins Legal Battle Seeking Unconditional Release Of Alternative Digitalk Journalists
Human Rights Network for Journalists-HRNJ lawyers have petitioned the High Court in Kampala demanding for the production of the bodies of the detained presenters of Alternative Digitalk, an online TV, whether dead or alive. Those detained are: Norman Tumuhimbise, Arnold Musoke, Faridah Bikobere, Jeremiah Mukiibi, Tumusiime Kato, Lillian Luwedde, Teangel Nabukeera, Rogers Turyahabwe and Jjeje…
Parliament Summons Foreign Affairs Minister ‘Kutesa’ To Explain Rampant Killings Of Ugandans In Rwanda
The Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has summoned the Minister for Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa to explain to the house the growing tension between Uganda and Rwanda. Her summons come in the wake of reports that three Ugandans were shot and killed in Rwanda over the weekend plus the ongoing arrests of some…
Court Dustbins November 2020 Election Riot Case
High Court has dismissed an application by two law students from Islamic University in Uganda-IUIU challenging the excessive use of force and lethal weapons by security agencies to disperse assemblies. The High Court Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana dismissed the application filed by Derrick Okello Wamboga and Joel Jerry Walyono when the matter came up…
DPP Wants To Take Over Mabirizi’s Offensive Communication Case
The Director of Public Prosecutions has applied to Buganda Road Magistrates Court to take over the case of offensive communication instituted against embattled city lawyer Male Mabirizi. Counsel Robert Rutaro Muhairwe instituted the charges against Mabirizi by way of private prosecution accusing him of using his social media platforms to abuse High Court Civil Division…
Business
Uganda To Be Blacklisted Over Money Laundering
Uganda’s financial industry risks being blacklisted by international systems for failure to put in place measures that can effectively prevent financial crimes like money laundering. This is a requirement by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global inter-governmental organisation on the initiative of the G7countries to develop policies to combat money laundering and terrorism…
Uganda To Sign Business Deals With DRC After Joining EAC Bloc
A Government of Uganda delegation will travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo at the end of the month to negotiate business deals aimed at boosting Uganda’s economy. This was revealed by the State Minister for Trade, Hon. David Bahati, on Tuesday, 19 April 2022 while responding to issues raised in the report from the…
Uganda Won’t Achieve Middle Income Status Until 2040 – World Bank Warns
Uganda gaining middle Income Status as a country is something President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been obsessed with for the past years. In his numerous addresses, Mr. Museveni promised Uganda will soon jump from the cluster of third world countries to the middle income status. However according to world Bank experts, this wait will go…
Uganda-EU Business Summit: EU Position On EACOP To Be Reviewed October 26
The European Commission in Uganda, is set to fully address the matter of the European union parliament resolution on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project, at that upcoming Uganda-EU business summit later this month. Due to environmental and human rights issues, the European union parliament resolved, to calling for a halt on the construction…
Uganda, Cuba Sign New Barter Trade Cooperation Deal
Uganda and Cuba have once again signed another Memorandum of Understanding, this time on Trade cooperation. This is the 3rd cooperation agreement being signed by the two nations after two others which were signed in September last year. The agreements signed in September include; The Collaboration Agreement in the fields of Science, Technology, and Innovations which…
Uganda, Tanzania Renew Commitment To Secure EACOP
Senior officials from Uganda’s petroleum authority (PAU) and Tanzania’s energy and water utilities regulatory authority (EWURA)—the agencies that have regulatory powers over the oil industry in the two countries—have renewed their commitment to secure the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The officials have agreed to jointly cooperate in the regulation and monitoring of the…