Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mujib Kasule is seeking an interim order restraining soccer governing body FUFA and president Moses Magogo from conducting elections on Saturday, pending the disposal of his application contesting why he was ruled out of the polls. High Court, Civil Division before the Lady Justice …
Read More »Thousands of Rwandans in Uganda vote next President
Thousands of Rwandans in Uganda happy to vote next President Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The queues started forming as early as 7am as thousands of Rwandan living in Uganda on Aug.03 thronged their embassy to vote in the presidential election. Many of them told The Independent that they …
Read More »COMMENT: Understanding the meaning of land
When land is understood in cultural and political terms, its value is not only monetary COMMENT |MWAMBUTSYA NDEBESA| Tensions over land threaten state integrity in Uganda. The proposed constitutional land amendment seems to have generated a lot of passion and tension both in the political and non-political class in …
Read More »FIFA, CAF sending officials for FUFA polls
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | CAF and FIFA officials will attend this Saturday’s Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) elections. Former President of Tanzania Football Federation Leodegar Tenga and Djibouti FA head Suleiman Hassan Waberi will represent the continental soccer governing body CAF and world body FIFA at the polls …
Read More »VIDEO: Imposter arrested, passed off as parliament staff for five years
VIDEO: Imposter arrested, passed off as parliament staff for five years Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Parliament’s security officials have arrested a man on suspicion of posing as a member of staff. The man identified as Moses Lubwama has been working in Parliament for five years, mainly with the Local …
Read More »VIDEO: Rwanda Final Rallies
VIDEO: Rwanda Final Rallies Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | RPF candidate Paul Kagame has replied the international community that has been mocking Rwanda over democracy to mind their own business because they don’t believe what they teach. As he concluded his campaign trail in Gasaabo, Kagame asked Rwandans to make …
Read More »VIDEO: Fallen UPDF Officers Return from Somalia
VIDEO: Fallen UPDF Officers Return from Somalia Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV| The bodies of the 12 UPDF Soldiers that died on mission in Somalia have arrived in Uganda, Wednesday afternoon. The fallen soldiers were received by the Deputy Chief of Defense Forces, Lt. Gen. Wilson Mbadi, along other senior officers. …
Read More »At least four dead in latest South Sudan road ambush
Juba, South Sudan | AFP | At least four people were killed by unknown gunmen on the main road between South Sudan’s capital and the Uganda border on Wednesday, an army spokesman said. The deadly attack was the latest on the dangerous yet busy highway that ferries South Sudanese fleeing …
Read More »UBC’s Kihika remanded
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The former Acting Managing Director of Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) Paul Kihika has been arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court where he faces charges of embezzlement, plus an alternative count of causing his employer a financial loss of $9,510. He has been remanded to Luzira Prison. Court …
Read More »Vision Group Principal Accountant jailed 5 years for theft of 262m
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Former Vision Group Principal Accountant Peter Mubbale has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for stealing 262m shs from his employer. Anti-corruption court Judge Margret Tibulya convicted 60 year old Mubbale yesterday, cancelled his bail and sent him to Luzira prison where he spent the …
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