LIST: Museveni promotes more than 300 military officers
KAMPALA: President Yoweri Museveni has promoted more than 300 army officers to various ranks ranging from Captain to Brigadier General. See fill list below:
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NUP leader Kyagulanyi explains tough stand on Mpuuga
BY URN The war of words between National Unity Platform (NUP) Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, and Nyendo-Mukungwe MP Mathias Mpuuga is far from over. A few hours after the former Leader of the Opposition declined to resign over the controversial 500 million Service Award he got from the Parliamentary Commission, the NUP leader, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu hit back insisting that Mpuuga was bribed. “I couldn’t believe that my Deputy President would get involved in a matter of this gravity and not say anything about it- not least, to me,” said Kyagulanyi, adding that, “the moral thing for him to do would be to apologize to the nation and step down from the Parliamentary Commission.” Kyagulanyi went on, ” The LOP like all MPs earns a salary and allowances. However, on top of that, the LOP also earns extra allowances and gets […]
Masaka NUP leaders slam party President over Mpuuga’s service award
MASAKA. The National Unity Platform-NUP leaders in Masaka have lashed out at the top leadership of their party over its demand for the resignation of MP Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba from the position of parliamentary Commissioner. The NUP secretariat released a statement on Thursday evening, calling for Mpuuga’s immediate resignation. The party accused him of being culpable of corruption and abuse of office when he accepted a Service Award of 500 million Shillings from the Parliamentary Commission. The statement indicates that acting on public rage, the Party President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu convened a meeting of senior party leaders, who unanimously indicted Mpuuga for corruption and abuse of office in violation of the party’s values of; discipline, reliability, inclusiveness, integrity, patriotism ad service. However, NUP leaders in Masaka are now demanding a public apology and immediate withdrawal of the statement, which they […]
Bobi: Speaker Among paid Mpuuga Shs500m as reward to sack Zaake as commissioner
KAMPALA. National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Bobi Wine has claimed Shs.500m paid to his deputy Mathias Mpuuga as "service fee" was a reward from Speaker Anita Among after the successful ouster of Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake as Parliament commissioner. In his third statement about the controversial money heist that is now understood to be well over Shs.1.7bn, Bobi Wine has insisted Mpuuga is “corrupt and immoral” and must resign to save the face of his party. Bobi alleges that he has credible information that on 6th May, 2022 Speaker Among convened a meeting in which Mpuuga attended and three other NRM commissioners and they shared Shs.1.7b. “Two months after Hon. Zaake was illegally removed from that position (commissioner), these leaders awarded themselves a collective amount of 1.7 billion shillings,” Bobi Wine says giving details; Hon. Mpuuga was allocated Shs500m, while […]
BREAKING NEWS: Mpuuga says he will not resign over Bobi family interests in NUP
Former Leader of Opposition in Parliament Mathias Mpuuga has said he will not resign from his current position of Parliament Commissioner as demanded by National Unity Platform leadership. Mpuuga said he will not bend to current self-seekers hell-bent on breaking him. He said he will continue guiding the young politicians in NUP to bring sanity to the party. Mpuuga was accused of corruption following the benefits of sh500m he received as outgoing LoP. Details in the statement below:
NUP orders Mpuuga to step down after admitting to sh500m heist
The National Unity Platform (NUP) has asked Parliamentary Commissioner and former Leader of Opposition after he admitted to taking part in a meeting which allocated him shs500m under unclear circumstances. NUP issued a statement Thursday evening saying the party will not tolerate any acts of corruption. Below is the full letter issued by NUP.
Kadamas in trouble as BoU suspends operations of Pivot Payments company
Bank of Uganda has suspended operations of Pivot Payments, a company that deals in remittances of money from banks to wallet as well as between the Middle East and Uganda. In a Thursday communication, the central bank said the decision was taking after finding out that Pivot was "conducting business in a manner that is detrimental to the best interest on the public and endangers the stability of the financial system." BoU advised wallet holders at the company to verify their balances. "In exercise of its powers under section 13 of the National Payment Systems Act, 2020, the Bank of Uganda has effective today February 29, 2024, suspended the licences of M/S Pivot Payments Limited as a Payment Service Provider and a Payment Systems Operator," BoU noted. A quick search indicates that Shamirah Kimbugwe was the company's director as of […]
Two jailed over theft of PDM cash in Sironko
Two people have been sent to prison over theft of PDM cash meant for beneficiaries in Sironko district. The Anti-Corruption Unit of State House said the Busita Sub-County LC3 Chairperson Mukota Patrick Benerd and a one Nambozo Hellen were remanded until next month. Below is the full statement: Following earlier investigations into the alleged mismanagement of PDM funds in Sironko Distict, @AntiGraft_SH and @PoliceUg have arraigned before Sironko Chief Magistrate's Court, the Busita Sub County LC 3 Chairperson Mukota Patrick Benerd and Nambozo Hellen. The duo were charged with unauthorized use or interception of computer services and theft. They have been remanded until 21/03/2024 and join Magomu Eddy, who had been previously apprehended. The accused and their accomplices, who are still at large, utilized a SIM card registered under Magomu Eddy's name to fraudulently obtain UGX5M from the PDM Wendi […]
Suspected land grabber on the run over illegal possession of gun
Wakiso-based property broker Kenneth Keeya is on police's wanted after reportedly trying to grab land using an illegal gun. Trouble started when Keeya together with another suspected land grabber only identified as Gaddafi descended on a disputed piece of wetland at Kalidubi in Makindye Ssabagabo and tried to grab it forcibly.Police was quick to swing into action, arresting Gaddafi while Keeya managed to escape. The highly indebted land broker has since abandoned his office at Katimba in Busabala where detectives have camped waiting to handcuff him.Gaddafi has since been arrested on police bond after convincing the cops that the gun was with Keeya.It is believed Keeya has been telling people that he is highly connected to State House agents who give him guns to use in his mischievous land grabbing missions.Police have also started trailing him in areas of Namulanda, […]
East African Court of Justice fixes date for EACOP project appeal
BY URN KAMPALA. The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has asked activist groups to file a written submission in an appeal seeking to overturn a ruling that sought to block the construction of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. The regional court sitting in Arusha in November 2023 threw out a case in which activists including the African Centre for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) had filed against the pipeline project that is running between Uganda and Tanzania. The court then ruled that it had no jurisdiction to hear the case by AFIEGO and others because it was filed too late or out of time. But AFEIGO, Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT)-Uganda, Natural Justice (NJ)-Kenya, and Centre for Strategic Litigation (CSL)-Tanzania, appealed against the ruling in a case they had filed in November 2020. On Tuesday, The […]