Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1228 EAT on Wednesday 25th May 2022. The raging battle for 140 acres of land in Kigo between businessman Hamis Kiggundu and Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has entered its nastiest phase yet. In a shocking turnaround, the businessman has laid another firm claim to the land….
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Two suspected cattle rustlers shot dead in Karamoja.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1048 EAT on Tuesday 24th May 2022. The joint security forces comprising the police and army have shot dead two suspected Karimojong cattle rustlers and recovered one firearm. Micheal Longole, the Karamoja Regional police spokesperson, says that the rustlers found the UPDF and police on patrol around Kosike crossing point…
Government to appeal against Shs 170m compensation to Ingrid Turinawe – AG.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1035 EAT on Tuesday 24th May 2022. The attorney general Kiryowa Kiwanuka insists that government has the right to defend itself against a court decision that granted Ingrid Turinawe Shs 170 million compensation in the infamous groping case she suffered during a protest. Turinawe, the secretary for mobilization in…
Museveni rules out tax cuts to counter inflation.
Updated at 1300 EAT on Monday 23rd May 2022. President Yoweri Museveni has ruled out cutting taxes on essential commodities as inflation continues to bite deep into the pockets of most Ugandans. Since the beginning of the year, prices of cooking oil, soap, fuel, salt, sugar among others have skyrocketed to unprecedented levels. A section…
Insecurity slowing down Uganda-DR Congo road works – Dott services.
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…
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…
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