Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has pardoned Former Permanent Secretary Ministry of Local Government John Muhanguzi Kashaka and Henry Bamutura who was sentenced to ten years in jail for causing the government a financial loss of 4.2 billion shillings meant to purchase bicycles for local council …
Read More »Bicycle Scandal: Supreme Court upholds Kashaka 10 year jail term
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has upheld a 10-year sentence handed to John Muhanguzi Kashaka, the former Permanent Secretary Ministry of Local Government for causing a 4.2 billion shillings financial loss to the government in the infamous bicycle scandal. Kashaka’s conviction and sentence were jointly upheld …
Read More »Lt General Pecos Kutesa to be laid to rest today
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Friends and family have eulogized the late Lt. General Onesmus Pecos Kutesa Kutesa died on Tuesday in India where he had traveled for a liver transplant. He was hospitalized in India where he spent over four months in a coma having been diagnosed with liver …
Read More »Museveni retires 14 army Generals
Why did Commander-in-Chief keep many others in, who want out? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The recent retirement of 14 UPDF Generals; Ivan Koreta, Pecos Kutesa, Jim Owoyesigire, Robert Rusoke, Fred Mugisha and nine others follows a pattern of careful selection. Some Generals who have clamoured for retirement from …
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