Tag Archives: Uganda

  COVER STORY: How Crane Bank fell – Why President Yoweri Museveni’s behind – the-scenes-maneuvers and directives to Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda to save Sudhir’s bank hit a snag. Lessons for Uganda from the failure of Crane Bank and what should be done going forward. THE LAST WORD: Bringing …

VIDEO: The Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura says sending his senior commanders for refresher courses is not a punishment for being involved in brutality accusations that faced the force a few weeks ago.  Many senior commanders who were in Kampala Metropolitan Police when Besigye’s supporters were beaten have …

VIDEO: The country’s public broadcaster Uganda Broadcasting Corporation is said to be on the verge of collapse after it indicated to parliament that it’s failing to realize revenue to run its daily activities. Officials of UBC, that is currently at the heart of a land bonaza by different players,  appeared before …

The Constitutional Court has dismissed an  application filed by a concerned citizen that had sought to block government from giving sh150 million to each Member of Parliament (MP) to enable them purchase personal cars. Justice Richard Buteera ruled that the petitioner Twaha Sanywa had failed to demonstrate to court how him …

City Hall Court has convicted and remanded four men to Luzira Prison after finding them guilty of unlawful possession of ivory. Prosecution showed that the four who have been convicted, Ali Wause,  Dickson Kweteisa, Charles Kakooza and Chris Tumukunde were found in possession of 13.5 kgs of ivory valued at sh 55million …

Buganda Road Court Grade One magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu will rule on November 8 whether former Old Kampala police station DPC Joram Mwesigye has an assault case to answer. Prosecution’s Patrica Cingitho says she has closed her case with seven witnesses and what is left is for court to weigh this …

The Executive Director of Uganda’s Anti-Corruption Coalition Cissy Kagaba has demanded that the Judicial Service Commission takes punitive measures against over 700 judicial officers dragged to them for misconduct and unfairness in the past two years. Kagaba was speaking during the release of a report on errant judicial officers at Grand Imperial …

Western auction houses are famed for their recording-breaking sales of works of art that pit some of the world’s leading oligarchs keen on collecting art. In 2015 alone, the combined turnover of art auctions was a mind-boggling $986 million, shattering all previous records. Spanish master Pablo Picasso alone grossed a …

Peter Genza’s piece titled `Pumpkin II 2016’ was the big winner at the Second Kampala Art Auction on an otherwise grey Oct.14 night for the 35 local and international artists gathered at the Kampala Serena International Conference Centre, writes Ronny Kahuma. This was Uganda’s second major auction of modern and …

Locked up mineral wealth, fortunes: President Museveni, mineral experts, policy makers exchange ideas on way forward for Uganda’s dormant mineral industry prospects Early this month, Uganda hosted the fifth Mineral Wealth Conference, which was organized by the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP) under the theme, “Attracting Exploration Investment …