The State House Anti-Corruption Unit together with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution and the Crime Investigations Department have today arraigned before the Butambala Magistrates Court the Town Clerk of Gombe Town Council in Butambala district, Idris Walugembe. Walugembe has been charged with forgery. The accused has pleaded guilty to the charges, and […]
Court heard that during the night of June 9, 2025 at Nsuube ‘A’ Cell in Mukono Central Division, using a fake pistol gun and sticks, the suspects abducted Wayengera and Christine Najjabi, and they later beat Wayengera till he died. Seven accused persons on charges of killing the Finance Director of Compassion International Uganda, Godfrey […]
The four accused and Geoffrey Kayinga, the Ag. District Water Officer, who is still on the run, between the month of April and June 2024 in the financial year 2023-2024, in Butambala district, they misappropriated 80,000.86 litres of fuel valued at sh431,447,400 meant for road works under sh1 Billion Road Maintenance Grant. The State House […]
The Constitutional Court ruling added that bigamy is not a disrespect to women’s rights as it is acceptable in traditional and Islamic cultures. The constitutional court has dismissed a 2021 petition filed by the Woman’s Probono Initiative seeking a court ruling declaring polygamy an offence, claiming that it bars women from benefiting from equitable sharing […]
As part of the plea deal, Ssegujja agreed to testify against his co-accused, Balondemu David, a City Lawyer and Chairperson of the Kampala City Land Board. The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced Ssegujja Hassan, the co-accused of the Kampala City Land board chairperson, David Balondemu. Ssegujja, who had previously been […]
Through a plea bargain, the accused pleaded guilty and were ordered to pay fines totaling over sh14.4 million. In addition, all four are barred from holding any public office for the next 10 years. The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has convicted and sentenced two former officials and two businessmen involved in the fraudulent procurement of […]
According to the DPP, investigations revealed that the Kiteezi Landfill, initially opened in 1996 and upgraded in 2001, had long surpassed its 10-year operational lifespan by 2013. Bp. Banja Interdicts Ven. Gitta Over Gross Abuse of Office The Kasangati Chief Magistrates Court has committed former Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka and […]
Police have finished the investigations into the Kifeesi gangs who put on NRM yellow T-shirts, beaten and robbed people in Kampala on Saturday, the day President Museveni picked his nomination forms from the party headquarters in Kyaddondo. According to the Police spokesperson, Rusoke Kituuma, following the CCTV footage recorded on Saturday when these gangs terrorised […]
Prosecution also alleges that Twiine referred to General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Chief of Defence Forces, as a “fat pig and a crook”; General James Birungi as “a crook and a killer”; and shared claims that the Bahima are “killers”—statements alleged to promote tribal hostility. 92yr-Old Man Found Guilty of Rape, Murder, a Case Committed 60 […]
When Headley was arrested at his home in November last year on suspicion of murdering Mrs Dunne, he told detectives: “I don’t know what you are talking about. Very strange, very strange.” A 92-year-old man has been found guilty of raping and murdering a pensioner nearly 60 years ago in what is thought to be […]