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Lukwago, Besigye not supposed to inform police when touring Kampala, president Museveni told

  The Lord Mayor of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is not supposed to inform the police or not even president Museveni/ Uganda government when doing his work including road inspections, touring city markets, visiting hospitals, churches, mosques, political party headquarters, night clubs, taxi parks and business centres. On the other hand, the President of […]

Police threatens to evict Kampala traders

Vendors in both Old and the New Taxi Parks are in shock wondering their next step after the police and Kampala capital City Authority (KCCA) evicts them. The police and KCCA had planned to evict these vendors today. However, fortunately on traders’ side, the inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura halted the eviction. Kayihura just […]

General Elly Tumwine told Museveni off

General Elly Tumwine has told off president Museveni to stop playing around with the blood of those people who sacrificed for freedom. This was during the PAC report debate on the financial scandal involving NRM’s entrepreneur, Hassan Basajjabalaba who was given the compensation of over 142 billion shillings as compensation for losing tenders in the […]

Police report clears NRM chairman

Police the whole of last month was investigating Abdulla Kitata, the NRM chairperson of Lubaga division in Kampala over allegations that he calls himself an aide to the Inspector General of Police Lt. Gen. Kale Kayihura and cons people of millions of shillings and property. The probe started after a member of NRM in Lubaga […]

Bank of Uganda, Finance Ministry conflict over Basajjabalaba compensation

The ministry for finance and Bank of Uganda are currently involved in a row over repayment of city tycoon Basajjabalaba’s shs142 billion compensation funds to the central bank coffers for losing city markets. Bank of Uganda  Governor Tumusiime Mutebile told the public accounts committee that much as the then finance Syda Bbumba assured him that his […]

Museveni again cited in Basajjabalaba botched compensation

The high court judge Billy Kainamura has told the public accounts committee of parliament investigating the compensation by government that all the claims that were paid had been authorized by the president. Kainamura who appeared before the committee in camera told mps that he got the letters for authorization of payment for different claims of […]