Eulogy by Mwesigwa Rukutana Sleep eluded me the whole night last night. I had experienced a funny feeling the whole of yesterday, thinking of our planned trip to Milan to see Keith and Janet. Efforts to reach him or Janet on phone, as I always did almost every morning, had failed for nearly three weeks. […]
The State Minister for Finance Amos Lugoloobi has been arrested today (Friday) over relief iron sheets meant for the people of Karamoja. Lugoloobi is detained at Kira Division Police Station as he awaits to be produced in court on Monday. The Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga confirmed Lugoloobi’s arrest saying this comes as a result of the […]
President Yoweri Museveni has told the people of West Nile to stop being spectators but to join the money economy in order to fight poverty and create wealth. He made the appeal on Wednesday while addressing a rally in the West Nile sub-region on wealth creation. The President who is on a tour on investment and […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called upon the local people to come out and report the corrupt government officials who are messing up the Parish Development Model (PDM) which is intended to elevate them from subsistence to money economy. “The corrupt people will have problems, they will pay. Fearing to expose those means you are […]
Prosecuting the Minister for Karamonja Affairs, Mary Goretti Kitutu and remanding her to Luzira Prison left a number of Ugandans with mixed feelings. Some of them are in jubilation following the act saying it’s giving justice to the People of Karamonja whereas others are extremely not happy saying it’s a witch hunt to the poor Minister. […]
By Lawrence Mayanja Born 61 years ago, on 17th September in Manafwa district, Hon. Mary Goretti Kitutu Kimono, is a Ugandan academician, politician and environmentalist. Education After attending local schools, she entered Makerere University in 1984, graduating in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and Geology. In 1993, she went back to […]
The Police have arrested one National Unity Platform (NUP) supporter who was found with 400 T-Shirts bearing insightful messages. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango identified the suspect as Isaac Kiwanuka who was found in possession of the T-shirts. Onyango says Kiwanuka has been charged with Inciting Violence and he will be arraigned before the courts […]
Mary Goretti Kitutu, the Minister for Karamoja Affairs is to be aligned in court today alongside her brother who was assigned to sell the Iron sheets following his re-arrest yesterday. It was the same scenario when Mike Mukula was arrested and sent to Luzira as his accomplices, Muhwezi and Kamugisha were left scot-free. Kitutu from […]
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has sanctioned charges of corruption and conspiracy to commit a felony against Karamoja Affairs Minister Kitutu Mary Goretti Kimono for diverting iron sheets meant for the Karamoja Community Empowerment Programme. The DPP Jane Frances Abodo has consented to the charges. The Police have been directed to […]
After spending nearly two years in prison battling cases of murder in the famous bijambiya cases that caused mayhem in the Greater Masaka Region, the two Opposition legislators Allan Ssewanyana of Makindye West and his counterpart of Kawempe North Constituency Mohammed Ssegirinya have today reported back to Parliament. The duo, who face murder charges, were […]