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ANALYSIS: Is Simbamanyo’s Peter Kamya an innocent victim or a dishonest businessman trying to cheat Equity Bank? Did he also lie to Museveni to arm-twist the banks?

Last week a letter from President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni directing the Bank of Uganda Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile, to investigate the...

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SIMBAMANYO SAGA: BoU responds to Museveni’s directive, says Property was legally sold to Property mogul Sudhir

Kamya’s Simbamanyo House was bought by Sudhir’s Meera Investments Company Limited at a whopping $5million approx. (shs18.5 billion) while Afrique Suites were...

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IGP Ochola makes public appearance for first time in weeks

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Inspector General of Police, Martins Okoth Ochola has made a first public appearance after over a month but declined...

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EXCLUSIVE: Why Agha Khan is Helping ISBAT University fight Sudhir’s Victoria University

EXCLUSIVE: A growing feud between two of the leading private universities in Uganda Victoria University owned by businessman Sudhir Ruparelia and ISBAT...

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Ex-OPM Boss Kazinda jailed 40 years over corruption, ordered to pay govt Sh 19bn

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The former Principal Accountant in the office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Mr. Geoffrey Kazinda has been sentenced to 40...

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VIDEO: MP Ssewanyana rearrested by security after release from jail

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Makindye West MP, Hon. Allan Ssewanyana has been rearrested by armed security operatives shortly after being granted bail by the...

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EXCLUSIVE: Former-ISO Boss Col. Kaka Bagyenda reportedly ‘under house arrest’

EXCLUSIVE REPORTS: Former Director General of the Internal Security Organisation (ISO) Col. Frank Kaka Bagyenda is reportedly under house arrest, the DailyExpress...

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‘Kicks of a dying horse’- Tycoon Sudhir Responds to Museveni’s letter on disputed Simbamanyo house

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Businessman Sudhir Ruparelia has opened up on the disputed Simbamanyo House ownership days after the embattled owner Peter Kamya ran...

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FULL SPEECH: Museveni’s full address on Covid-19 status in the country

KAMPALA, UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni has announced the reopening of places of worship with no more than 200 attendees, after over 3...

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SIMBAMANYO SAGA: Museveni Orders Mutebile to Probe Sale of Tycoon Kamya’s property

KAMPALA, UGANDA: President Museveni has ordered the Bank of Uganda (BoU) Governor Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile to investigate circumstances under which Simbamanyo...

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MPs Ssewanyana, Ssegirinya granted sh20m cash bail

MASAKA, UGANDA: MPs Allan Ssewanyana (Makindye West) and Muhammad Ssegirinya (Kawempe North) have finally been granted bail after spending a week in...

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Airtel Uganda to take over stranded Africell customers

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda’s second-largest telecom operator – Airtel Uganda is set to take over Africell customers after the foreign-based service provider announced...

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Anglican priest suspended for selling church land

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Namirembe Diocese Bishop Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira has suspended an Anglican priest for allegedly aiding the illegal sale of church land....

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Patrick Bitature Appointed 2nd Chancellor of UTAMU

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Renown businessman and entrepreneur, Dr. Patrick Bitature, has been appointed the new Chancellor of Uganda Technology And Management University (UTAMU),...

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Chameleone dumps NUP to rejoin NRM as Museveni gifts him new Range Rover

ENTERTAINMENT: Legendary musician Joseph Mayanja aka Dr. Jose Chameleone has in a viral video making rounds publicly announced that he has rejoined...

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Schools to finally reopen in January 2022 – Education Ministry

KAMPALA, UGANDA: After a series of meetings for months, the Government of Uganda has finally resolved to have schools fully reopened by...

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Lawyer Ssemakadde congratulates Tycoon Sudhir upon Court victory in multibillion Crane Bank case

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Celebrated City Lawyer and Human Rights Defender Mr. Isaac Ssemakadde has joined the long list of prominent persons congratulating City...

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Sigh of Relief as Museveni directs cabinet on schools reopening

KAMPALA, UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni has finally okayed the reopening of schools and other educational institutions in Uganda after months of continued...

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Bobi Wine’s sister appeals court ruling after losing petition in Gomba polls

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Former Gomba district woman MP contestant, Ms. Betty Ssentamu, who is a sister to the leader of the National Unity...

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DNA test confirms body retrieved from septic tank is Onebe’s wife

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police has confirmed that the DNA results from tests carried out indicate that the decomposing body retrieved from a septic...

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MP Katuntu welcomes court ruling to strip off legal immunity from BoU Officials over illegal sale of banks

PARLIAMENT, UGANDA: Bugweri County MP Hon. Abdu Katuntu has welcomed the ruling by Constitutional Court stripping of legal immunity from Bank of...

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Victory for Sudhir as BoU withdraws Appeal in Crane Bank case, agrees to Cough Billions

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Business mogul Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia is in a celebratory mood as his long-fought court battle against Bank of Uganda in...

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Gov’t appeals against UGX75M court award to MP Francis Zaake

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda’s Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has appealed against an order directing the government to compensate Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament...