Government through the ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that slapped Uganda with a $325 million (Shs 1 trillion) reparation bill for its armed activities in the Democratic...
The Supreme Court has dismissed, with costs, an appeal by Bank of Uganda against businessman Sudhir Ruparelia and his real estate arm—Meera Investments Limited. The decision continues a series of consecutive losses the Central Bank...
Kasubi-based herbalist David Ssenfuka has suspended cancer treatment effective Monday this week, citing frustration and sabotage. In a press conference, Ssenfuka said that he, and the professional medical workers he has partnered with on cancer...
The state minister for Lands Sam Mayanja has decried the rampant incompetence and corruption at the ministry of Lands, citing it as Uganda’s biggest cause of land wrangles and evictions. The minister made the remarks...
Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase) has discovered alterations in Seyani Brothers’ bid to upgrade facilities at the Entebbe International Airport, where taxpayers could have lost Shs1 billion. MP Richard Ssebamala...
The Commercial court on January 27 issued a week’s ultimatum to lawyers representing Dei Minerals International and its managing director Mathias Magoola to explain why their client has not remitted $72,437,850 (approx. Shs 268 billion)...
Lance corporal, John Nabinoli, the weapons director at the non-commissioned officers academy (NCOA) located in Gaddafi barracks has confessed to have masterminded six separate shooting incidents within Jinja city, in a spate of two years....
MPs have unanimously approved the Budget Framework Paper for the financial year 2022/23 to FY 2026/27, after harmonising positions in the minority and majority reports of the Committee on Budget. Section 9(8) of the Public...
Parliament has approved the appointment of an auditor to audit the accounts of the Office of the Auditor General for financial years 2021/2022, 2022/2023 and 2023/2024. The Deputy Speaker, Anita Among, had tasked the Parliamentary...
Rwanda will re-open on Monday a border crossing with Uganda that was shuttered nearly three years ago, even as tensions rise between the central African neighbours, fuelled by accusations of espionage and support for each...
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