Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1746 EAT on Thursday 2 March 2023. John Paul Mugabe, the Mechanic Emyooga Sacco chairperson from Buhaguzi constituency in Kikuube district has been arrested for allegedly swindling over Shs 15 million belonging to the Sacco. He was arrested yesterday Tuesday on the directives of Haruna Kasolo, the state minister for Microfinance. It…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1712 EAT on Thursday 2 March 2023. Atiak town clerk, Ben Oluba has been arrested for allegedly selling three government planting machines as metal scrap. He was arrested on Tuesday after the planting machines were discovered at a metal scrap yard on route to Kampala city. The planters, which…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1705 EAT on Thursday 2 March 2023. Nigeria’s electoral commission has declared ruling party candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu the winner of Saturday’s presidential election. The announcement comes a day after opposition candidates called the election a “sham” and demanded a revote. In the early morning announcement broadcast on state-run…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1714 EAT on Wednesday 1 March 2023. Provisional results from Nigeria’s disputed presidential election over the weekend showed Bola Tinubu from the ruling party in the lead, a Reuters tally of votes in 25 of the country’s 36 states showed on Tuesday. Electoral commission results from the states showed…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1703 EAT on Wednesday 1 March 2023. Interviews with parents have painted the broadest picture yet of the pain many go through to get their children admitted to senior one or senior five classes in prestigious schools. Many claimed that schools have orchestrated a scheme of placement buying and…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1633 EAT on Wednesday 1 March 2023. The public accounts committee of parliament has directed the arrest and prosecution of two teachers from the Buhweju and Isingiro districts who are accused of forgery. One of the teachers, Abert Ariyo Tibijuka is accused of forging an appointment letter from the…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1108 EAT on Tuesday 28th February 2023. The United States has asked Mexico to extradite a powerful son of jailed druglord Joaquin Guzman, better known as El Chapo, who is accused of drugs crimes, a Mexican government spokesperson has said. Ovidio Guzman,  captured in January, has allegedly helped to…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 10:00 EAT on Tuesday 28th February 2023. Two experts appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate allegations that some of its staffers sexually abused women during an Ebola outbreak in Congo have dismissed the UN agency’s own efforts to excuse its handling of such misconduct as “an…