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How mission to rob sh2.4b from NRM boss was executed

KAMPALA: The police have arrested 12 suspects, including their own for robbing sh2.4b from the home of NRM treasurer Barbara Oundo Nekesa. Police said the robbery took place in the posh Muyenga suburb early December. According to the police, the accomplices spent time studying the situation before carrying out their mission. Here are the details as explained by the police: SUSPECTS INCLUDING 2 POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ROBBERY FROM HON. AMB. NEKESA’S HOME, AS INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE The territorial police in KMP continues to investigate the case of aggravated robbery and other related offences, that occurred at the home of Hajj Mafabi Sulaiman Lumolo and his wife Hon. Amb. Nekesa Barbara Oundo, on the 5.12.2023 at around 04:47am, at their residence at Kyeitabya zone, Bukasa parish, Makindye division Kampala district. The facts gathered indicate that the couple had money kept […]

admin January 23, 2024

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Police hunt senior Kyambogo lecturer over aggravated defilement

KAMPALA: The Police are hunting for a senior lecturer at Kyambogo University over aggravated defilement. Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson, said Monday Dr Eron Lawrence allegedly defiled a 16-year-old disabled girl. The don jumped bond but police indicated the case is even more aggravated by the fact that he is HIV+. Below is Enanga's full statement: The Directorate of CID in coordination with the KMP territorial police are seeking the public’s help in locating a one, Dr. Eron Lawrence, a 56 year old, senior lecturer at Kyambogo University, Dean of Faculty of Special needs and Rehabilitation. The suspect is also Project Administrator “All we see is possibility”, at Kyambogo University, after he absconded police bond on the 14.12.2023 and disappeared, his casefile was sanctioned on the 13.12.2023, for the Aggravated Defilement of a girl victim, aged 16 years, with a […]

admin January 23, 2024

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How Uganda’s healthcare system is failing LGBTQ+ people 

By: ALINDA BAGENDA GRACE MBARARA: Gender and sexual minorities, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people (LGBTQ+) have a higher relative risk of acquiring HIV than the general population yet face significant barriers to accessing prevention, care, and treatment services due to stigma and criminalization, sources have revealed. This discrepancy has only worsened in Uganda since lawmakers enacted the Anti-Homosexuality Act in May 2023. Annita Matsika, a senior health journalist based in Mbarara, notes that in Greater Western Uganda, a region with over 20 million people, there are only two drop-in health clinics known to offer LGBTQ+ people safe and inclusive treatment. Some providers may not be knowledgeable about LGBTQ+ health issues or may hold biases that can impact the quality of care, according to Matsika.  This lack of understanding can make individuals hesitant to seek medical assistance, Matsika […]

admin January 22, 2024

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Bank of Uganda Closes EFC Uganda Limited

KAMPALA.Bank of Uganda has closed EFC Uganda Limited, a microfinance company due to poor financial standing. The action is based on Sections 72 (1) and 12 (1) (d) & (g) of the Microfinance Deposit-taking Institutions (MDI) Act, 2003 as amended. BOU’s decision which also places EFC Uganda Limited located on Kira Road under liquidation also revoked its license, and ordered the winding up of its affairs effective today, Friday. “Bank of Uganda has determined that the continuation of EFC Uganda Limited’s activities is detrimental to the interests of its depositors due to the institution’s failure to resolve its significant undercapitalization and poor corporate governance,” says BoU Deputy Governor, Michael Atingi-Ego. The regulator says that it will, together with the Deposit Protection Fund of Uganda inform depositors of the arrangements that will be put in place to enable them to access […]

admin January 19, 2024

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Bobi Wine escapes from house arrest, demonstrates in city

KAMPALA. Ugandan opposition leader and former presidential candidate Bobi Wine on Friday escaped from his besieged home where police had kept under house arrest. National unity Platform leader Bobi Wine plants a banana on a street in Kampala during a city roads pothole protest, January 19, 2024.He slipped from his home in Magere where heavy deployment is on. Police and the military surrounded his residence and put him "under house arrest" ahead of a planned protest yesterday organised by the opposition politicians against the poor condition of roads in Uganda, which is hosting two global summits this month. Wine whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, challenged veteran President Yoweri Museveni in Uganda's last election in 2021, calling for an end to his iron-fisted rule. Former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change opposition party said Thursday that […]

admin January 19, 2024

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Kiryandongo leaders throw out CMD Investments for messing sh3.5b project

Kiryandongo District leaders have vowed to decline CMD Investments Limited a company which was contracted to construct the 3.36 billion Kigumba seed secondary school on future projects. The leaders cite inconsistency and failure to adhere to the contract terms evidenced during the construction of both Kitwara and Kigumba seed secondary schools by the same contractor. The leaders made the vow during the site meeting held on January 18,2024 at Kiryandongo District headquarters to discuss the fate of the stalled Kigumba Seed Secondary school. The construction of the 3.36 billion school was launched in May 2023 and expected to be complete by September 2024. However, ever since the launch, the project has been stalled at foundation level which is worrying the leaders. Kiryandongo District leaders have vowed to decline CMD Investments Limited a company which was contracted to construct the 3.36 […]

admin January 19, 2024

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Museveni pardons ex-NSSF boss Jamwa, several defilers

David Chandi Jamwa, the former boss at National Social Security Fund (NSSF), is now a free man after being pardoned by President Yoweri Museveni. Nine other convicts were also pardoned along with Jamwa on various grounds. Jamwa was found guilty of causing Shs3.1 billion financial loss to NSSF in February 2011 by the Anti-Corruption Court on grounds that he prematurely sold treasury bonds to defunct Crane Bank while he was the managing director. In June same year, he appealed and was granted bail. Court of appeal upheld the sentence. Unsatisfied, he filed another appeal before the Supreme Court. In 2019 the Supreme Court cancelled his bail terms, sent him to Luzira pending final verdict. Jamwa had been on bail since 2011. In 2020, The justices of the Supreme Court upheld the 12yr sentence given earlier by the Anti Corruption Court.

admin January 18, 2024

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De Rossi appointed Roma head coach after sacking Mourinho

AS Roma named their former player Daniele De Rossi as their new manager until the end of the season, hours after parting ways with manager Jose Mourinho on Tuesday. Mourinho was sacked earlier in the day with Roma ninth in the league after Sunday's 3-1 loss to AC Milan, and have struggled to overcome the loss of key players due to injury, including striker Paulo Dybala. They are 22 points behind league leaders Inter Milan. "AS Roma are pleased to confirm that Daniele De Rossi has been appointed as head coach until 30 June 2024," the Serie A club said in a statement. "After an 18-year playing career with AS Roma, De Rossi will return home as head coach, with his first game being the club's upcoming Serie A match against Verona on Saturday evening at the Stadio Olimpico." Roma […]

admin January 16, 2024

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Wife admits to hiring hitmen at Shs2.5m to kill Dr Abiriga

Betty Cherotic, the widow of the late Masindi district health officer Dr Jino Abiriga, has reportedly confessed to hiring killers due to personal reasons, including jealousy and a sense of rivalry. Cherotic, who has been in police custody for a week, reportedly revealed that one of the motives behind hiring hitmen was the constant ridicule she faced from her husband for not being as sexually knowledgeable as other women. She initially intended to target Susan Atuhura, the woman that Abiriga was reportedly dating and comparing to her. “I first wanted to kill Susan Atuhura because she is the woman he was dating and compared her to me. We failed to kill the woman through arson and we also missed killing her at a place she frequented. We then turned the mission to my husband,” Cherotic is quoted by detectives. Martin […]

admin January 16, 2024