Israeli missile strikes kill 3 near Syria’s capital.

Missiles were fired from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and some were intercepted by Syrian air defences. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1407 EAT on Saturday 21st May 2022. Israeli surface-to-surface missiles have killed three people near the Syrian capital, Damascus, state media reported. The missiles came from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and some were…

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Army involvement in fishing sector should be stopped-MPs

By Kafeero Twaha Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 1300 EAT. Crackdown. Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) confiscates illegal fishing gear on Lake Kyoga in May last year. They have vowed not to withdraw from various lakes as directed by Parliament. What you need to know: Meantime, the legislators are also urging a review in licensing processes…

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Link bus passengers robbed at gunpoint in Mityana.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 12:03 EAT on Saturday 21st May 2022. Police in Mityana district is hunting for a group of gunmen who mounted a roadblock and robbed an unspecified amount of money from passengers aboard a Kampala-bound Link Bus. It is alleged that the passengers were traveling on a night bus from…

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My land is in L.Victoria Hamis Kiggundu.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1126 EAT on Saturday 21st May 2022. City businessman Hamis Kiggundu has said that the land titles he obtained in Kigo were not issued on Kabaka’s land, but rather inside Lake Victoria. This revelation was made in a defense filed to the commissioner land registration by his lawyers following…

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Bitature signed and got $10m loan by mistake lawyer Muwema.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1108 EAT on Saturday 21st May 2022. Fred Muwema, the lawyer for businessman Patrick Bitature insists his client ‘signed by mistake’ the $10 million loan agreement with South African entity, Vantage Mezzanine Fund II Partnership. Whereas Muwema acknowledged that indeed Bitature contracted a loan agreement and took money from Vantage,…

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Nakawa Land saga:MPs want minister officials fired

By Kafeero Twaha On Friday May 20 2022 at 1015 EAT What you need to know: The directive followed the findings by the Ad hoc committee instituted to investigate the controversy that implicated Minister for Lands Persis Namuganza in abuse of office in illegal allocation of land to some investors Parliament has given the Executive two…

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Link bus catches fire at Wakaliga traffic lights.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0957 EAT on Friday 20th May 2022. Days after government lifted the suspension of activities of Link Bus, another of the company’s coaches has been involved in yet another de trop safety situation. A Kampala-bound Scania bus registration number, UBD 269A that was returning from Kasese caught fire at…

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