President Museveni has said he will forgive former Inspector General of Police Gen Kale Kayihura for any wrongs done. In 2018, Kayihura was charged with failure to protect war materials, failure to supervise police officers and abetting kidnap and illegal repatriation of a former bodyguard of Rwandan President Paul Kagame. However, while campaigning in Kisoro this Monday, Museveni came under pressure from the people of Kisoro led by LC5 chairperson Abel Bizimana to pardon Kayihura. “We know you have forgiven many people. I know you are merciful. We beg you to forgive our son Kale even though he might have…
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The Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda, has announced that it’s now mandatory for everyone to secure his vehicle with a comprehensive insurance policy. Quoting section 12 (1) (b) of the Insurance Act 2017 (Act), that gives green lights to the Authority to establish standards for the conduct of business in the Insurance Sector, Alhaj Kaddumabbi Ibrahim Lubega CEO of Uganda Insurance Regulatory Authority noted that the decision is as a result of vehicle theft increment. The development has been confirmed via a statement that reads as below; “To: Non-life insurers (See Distribution List Attached) Dear Sir/Madam, DIRECTIVE ON…
Minister of State for Privatization Evelyn Anite has accused the NRM parliamentary candidate for Koboko constituency Mr Charles Ayume of being in bed with the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine). Minister Anite claimed Thursday morning that she even told President Yoweri Museveni, the NRM Chairman that Mr Ayume was “in bed with Bobi Wine” and that the party needs to “quickly change the mobilization strategy” in Koboko. Explaining to Mzee that the new NRM gateway to koboko is in bed with Bobi Wine & that we need to quickly change the mobilization strategy in…
Security operatives from Police and the Joint Task force have arrested Nobert Ariho, one of Robert Kyagulanyi’s private body guards. Ariho was picked up today from Kyagulanyi’s campaign trail in Bududa, Eastern Uganda. His arrest, according to security, is in connection to the ongoing investigations into an explosion that went off at Kayunga where Kyagulanyi had gone for his presidential campaigns. Ariho is said to have been filmed launching a teargas canister in a crowd while Bobi Wine was campaigning on December 1, 2020. Following that incident, police said that they had taken interest in the manner in which…
President Museveni has promised that the government will bailout businesses that were badly hit by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing the nation on Sunday from Mbale where he is on a campaign trail, Museveni outlined various categories of businesses that the government will consider to render financial support to. “As we look forward to emerging from this COVID-19 nightmare, the NRM will work out a bailout package for the categories that were affected most businesswise. These are people like the owners of private schools, the entertainment industry, the hospitality industry, the street vendors among others,” he said. …
President Yoweri Museveni has mocked the reported plans by opposition candidates to unite and form a common front to defeat him in next year’s election. President Museveni said last night that a loosely patched up opposition coalition was “unlikely to work” as has been the case in the past. According to reports, opposition leaders are still mulling a possible joint candidate to defeat President Museveni. Following last week’s arrest of NUP Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, fellow candidates Norbert Mao of DP, Mugisha Muntu of ANT and Gen Henry Tumukunde held a meeting in which they discussed furthering cooperation. At the…
Sserubiri Frank, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) youth coordinator for Central Region has quit the party citing squabbles with fellow leaders of the party. Sserubiri, who says he has served the party for all his youth days told reporters yesterday that he failed to agree with colleagues on how to grow and expand the NRM in the region. He also said he had not been treated fairly and his family by the party leadership despite the sacrifices they made for it. “My father Patrick Sserubiri from Gomba district participated in the war which brought NRM to power but up to…
Three Ugandans and their Zambian counterparts have been arrested in Zambian capital for breaking into a data banking system and stealing 14.3m Zambian Kwacha, which is equivalent of Shs 2.9bn. The six suspects have been charged with money laundering and related offenses according to a statement released by the Zambian drug enforcement commission’s anti money laundering investigations unit on Friday. “The Drug Enforcement Commission’s Anti Money Laundering Investigations Unit (AMLIU) in Lusaka has arrested three (3) Zambians and three (3) Ugandan nationals for money laundering activities involving over 14.3 million Zambian Kwacha,” said part of the statement. The six…
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Electoral Commission Chairman Justice Simon Byabakama said holding processions and mass campaign rallies is a contravention of the guidelines for conduct of campaigns. “The Commission has noted with concern that some candidates including presidential candidates are holding their campaigns in a manner that violates the guidelines for conduct of campaign meetings,” he said. Despite the ban on mass rallies in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, some candidates have defied the guidelines and mobilized supporters to gather at campaign venues in larger numbers. In some instances, police has used teargas…
Over 10 patients together with their attendants were trapped inside Tobin Health Center, a private clinic belonging to the Abayudaya congregation, in Mbale after URA officials sealed off the facility in a tax recovery crackdown. The clinic administration has dismissed URA’s tax claims saying it is a private non-profit. Dr. Masaba Banil, the in-charge of the facility suspects a sinister motive behind the move. Abayudaya congregation is a religious sect led by Bungokho North MP Rabi Sizomu Gershom Wambedde. URA officials together with a team of bailiffs from Bailif Master LTD raided the facility and sealed it off with all…