The Uganda Judicial Officers Association (UJOA) has petitioned Principal Judge Flavian Zeija, demanding an urgent meeting over the expulsion of Justice Farida Bukirwa from High Court duty. Justice Bukirwa was among the 16 justices who were appointed in acting capacity by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in 2022, and whose confirmation depended on their “satisfactory performance”. […]
Lwemiyaga County Member of Parliament, Theodore Ssekikuubo has insisted that the court ruling in the sh1.7bn “service award” has not erased his censure motion against the Parliamentary Commissioners. Justice Douglas Karekona Singiza, of the Civil Division of the High Court in Kampala early on Tuesday ruled that the five hundred million shillings (500,000,000) paid to […]
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit together with the Uganda Police’s Criminal Investigations Department and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution arrested and charged a State Attorney at the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs with 16 counts of corruption. The suspect, identified as Sam Tusubira was on Tuesday arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court […]
The High Court in Kampala has declared that the service award of sh500m to the former Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Matthias Mpuuga and sh400m each to three other Commissioners was lawful but improper. The court said it was made possible by the negligence of the Clerk to Parliament. The Finance Permanent Secretary and Secretary to […]
A 24-year-old Mubaraka Sharayimu also known as Musiramu Mundari has been remanded to Luzira Prison on charges of aggravated robbery. Sharayimu was on Thursday remanded by the Grade One Magistrate, Jalia Basajjabalaba who didn’t allow him to say anything about the charges on grounds that they are capital in nature. Basajjabalaba said that the […]
Kyambogo University has pronounced the dismissal of its former acting deputy vice-chancellor, Dr Lawrence Eron, who is facing charges of aggravated defilement. Dr. Eron was in charge of finance and administration and at the same time the dean of the Faculty of Special Needs and Rehabilitation. Kyambogo University vice chancellor Prof. Eli Katunguka on Tuesday […]
| NAKAWA | KYAGGWE TV | The father of the 16-year-old blind Senior Four student who was allegedly defiled by Kyambogo University lecturer, Dr. Eron Lawrence has reported anonymous life threatening phone calls and messages. Morgan Amin Muhamood says that from the time Dr. Eron was arrested, anonymous people have routinely harassed him with life […]
The Standards, Utilities, and Wildlife Court has convicted seven Chinese investors on charges of disturbing Lwera wetland by drilling. Those convicted are; Liang Cheng Wu, Ui Wen Hu, Lian Cheng Xiang, Hu Dong Xu, Ge Xing Liang, Zie Gong Zuo and Wang Peichuan. The Court presided over by Chief Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu heard that the […]
The State House anti-corruption unit in collaboration with the Crime Investigations Department and Office of the Director of Public Prosecution on Tuesday arraigned Mutabingwa Tonny, a Kampala businessman before the Makindye Chief Magistrate’s Court on charges of Fraudulent Procurement of a Certificate of Title and Forcible Entry. It is alleged that the accused together with […]
The Principal of National Unity Platform (NUP) Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has lost a longtime friend and a supporter in both music and politics. Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine has identified the deceased as Ali Byekwaso, aka Ali Benz who hails from his home village, Kanoni in Gomba district. He says Byekwaso lost his life […]