Uganda news

The high court in Mubende has nullified the election of Joyce Bagala as Woman MP for Mityana. This comes after former MP Judith Nabakooba filed for this cancellation due to the mischiefs during the election period. The case has been in court for some time and the election has been deemed null and void. The court settled for a fresh ...

Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has missed its target for the first quarter of the financial year 2021/22 by Shs 499.49bn. Out of the projected Shs 4.959 trillion target set by the government, the tax body managed to collect only shs 4.459 trillion. However, there has been a registered revenue collection growth of shs 389.7 billion from the 2020/21 collections of ...

Lawyer Male Mabirizi has taken the high way to challenge the bail reforms proposed by the president. He has run to the civil division of the High Court in Kampala for an application for judicial review against the cabinet decision to derogate the right to bail and bond for suspects. According to him this was illegal and didn’t follow the ...

The Statehouse has warned the public against the fraudsters that pose as workers from there. They say these want to fleece unsuspecting Ugandans. “Our attention has been drawn to a letter written to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada purportedly by the Deputy Principal Private Secretary to the President Janet Mbabazi. This is to warn the public against fraudsters ...

A few days ago, Rev. Fr Mugisha Richard had his car broken into at around 11:30 pm by a 30-year-old man identified as Kyeyune Ronald. The vehicle in discussion is a Toyota Harrier, under registration number, UAX 815Y. As he tried to drive off with the car, an irate group of youths and community vigilante members rounded the suspect up. ...