Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has deferred decision making on the Supplementary Expenditure Schedule 1 of Financial Year 2021/22, following a deadlock. The Opposition vehemently rejected the Shs2.59 trillion supplementary expenditure, with Shadow Finance Minister Muhammad Kivumbi terming it an attempt by the Ministry of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The head of the Civil Division of the High Court Judge Musa Ssekaana has advised unmarried couples staying together to sign agreements that will streamline the ownership of property so that when the relationship breaks down, they have some legal cover. Ssekaana was ruling …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies are on the spot for defaulting water bills amounting up to 62.7 billion Shillings. The Corporation’s Managing Director, Silver Mugisha revealed that during the Financial Year 2021/2022, the Ministry of Defense and Veteran Affairs, Uganda Police Force, and Uganda Prison Services failed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court has remanded the Minister for Karamoja Affairs Mary Gorreti Kitutu Kimono to Luzira Prison for loss of public property, corruption, and conspiracy to defraud the government. Kitutu was arraigned before the Court presided over by Chief Magistrate Joan Achiro on Thursday. Kitutu …
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Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rev. Willy Kintu Muhanga, the former Mayor of Fort Portal City, and his five co-accused are out on bail. The others are David Musinguzi, Patrick Kasoro, Chris Tusiime, Henry Kyomuhendo, and Thomas Kakuru. The Fort Portal Grade I Magistrates Court remanded the six …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six suspects accused of shooting and killing an Indian businessman have been committed to the High Court. The incident occurred on October 27, 2022, when Eliod Gumizamu, attached to the Nyakabande Refugee Transit Centre, allegedly shot and injured Patel Kuntaj, a 24-year-old Indian national …
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Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fred Balikenda, of Kirama Village, Kigwera Sub-county in Buliisa District is determined to die for his land unless the government and TotalEnergies pay him Sh200 million for his house and his pigs that reportedly starved to death. Balikenda is one of the nine Project …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Hall Court has remanded 62-year-old Muhammuddu Iddi Zingo alias Taata Medi to Luzira prison on charges of aggravated defilement of his three granddaughters. Zingo who is alleged to have defiled and infected the minors aged three, six and nine with HIV …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has sanctioned charges of corruption and conspiracy to commit a felony against minister Kitutu Mary Goretti Kimono for diverting iron sheets meant for the Karamoja Community Empowerment Programme. DPP Jane Frances Abodo has consented to …
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It is alleged that between January 2021 and December 2021, Tumusiime reduced tax worth 4.5 billion shillings for several companies Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded Dennis Tumusiime, a former Uganda Revenue Authority Tax Officer to Luzira Prison on charges of abuse …
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