Legal
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Local media urged to enhance coverage of PWDs
AMURIA– National Union of Women with Disability [NUWODU] has appealed to the media in Uganda to bolster the coverage of persons with disabilities [PWDs] but also report positively on this segment of the…
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Refugees demand for inclusion in govt programmes
LAMWO– Refugees settled in the three settlement centres in Lamwo district want to benefit from government programmes such as; Uganda Women Entrepreneurship program, (UWEP) and Youth Livelihood Fund, which are geared toward…
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Lira land board secretary in trouble over corruption
LIRA– The acting secretary for Lira district land board, Pastor Francis Okello Olwa is in trouble again for illegally processing a land title for Mayor’s Gardens in Lira City and allocating part…
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Oil refinery project affected persons get land titles
HOIMA – 73 Kabaale oil refinery project affected persons [PAPs] whose families were displaced as government acquired land for the construction of the oil refinery in Kabaale Sub-county in Hoima district are…
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Kenya to host first Africa coffee summit this week
NAIROBI– Kenya will host the first G25 African Coffee Summit from May 25-27, 2022. The country was granted the opportunity during the Inter African Coffee Organization [IACO] 61st Annual General Assembly which…
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Amolatar engineer on spotlight over Shs 150mln
AMOLATAR– Amolatar district senior assistant engineer, Robert Okidi is facing charges of abuse of office and causing financial loss amounting to Shs 150 million. He has been sent home to pave way…
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NGO boss arrested over Pader farmers’ Shs700mln
PADER – Police in Pader district have arrested Dr. Solomon Okello, the Executive Director of Countryside Harvester Organisation for allegedly extorting over Shs 700 million from farmers in the district. The farmer-focussed…
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Banyankole managers arrested over misuse of union funds
MBARARA – Former Banyankole Kweterana Co-operative Union [BKCU] Chairman, Emmanuel Natukunda and his treasurer Andrew Kaggwa were Friday arrested and dragged to police to record statements over the alleged mismanagement of the…
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Vantage lawyers insist on selling properties of Bitature to recover U$34mln
KAMPALA– The battle to attach and sell some of the properties belonging to business mogul Patrick Bitature continues, Robert Kirunda whose law firm represents South African lenders- Vantage Mezzanine Fund II Partnership,…
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Police seal off Golden Gate Hotel as it cracks
Police have cordoned off Golden Gate Hotel in Gulu City citing the risk to human health as the storeyed building has developed multiple cracks. The hotel was closed on Friday evening and…
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