Updated at 1127 EAT on Monday 23rd May 2022. The construction of Kasindi-Beni road in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is being hampered by the limited security in the area, according to the project contractor. The joint Uganda-DRC road construction project in eastern Congo consists of 80-kilometre in the Kasindi section at the border…
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Kidnappers abandon 5-year-old child in jinja after holding her for 5months.
Updated at 11:00 EAT on Monday 23rd May 2022. A five-year-old girl is undergoing treatment at an undisclosed medical facility in Jinja district after being dumped by her kidnappers. The minor’s mother, Brenda Nakalema, says that the kidnappers abandoned Bushira Nambilo in Buwenge town council in Jinja district on Saturday. According to Nakalema, unidentified people…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Besigye freed after 7-hour standoff with police in Kasangati.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0943 EAT on Friday 20th May 2022. Police have ‘allowed’ former presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye to return home after holding him inside his car for more than seven hours in Kasangati town council, Wakiso district. Police intercepted Besigye shortly after leaving his residence where he spent six days…
Mps disagree on salary deductions towards Oulanyah Education Fund
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1009 EAT on Thursday 18th May 2022. Parliament has found itself in a catch-22 after a section of legislators complained about deductions of Shs 1 million off their salaries as contributions to the Jacob Oulanyah Education Trust Fund. The fund was set up two months ago in memory of…
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