Liu Qingshan, 63, and Lu Hanbin, 32, the owners of the Ugandan NEC-WATU Automobile Group United Company, a joint venture with UPDF’s private company NEC were attacked in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. In what appears to be investor wars, two Chinese investors were reportedly attacked in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, September 18, 2024 at their rented apartment in Namanve Industrial park located 10kms East of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. They have been identified as Liu Qingshan, 63, and Lu Hanbin, 32, the owners of the Ugandan NEC-WATU Automobile Group United Company, a…
Author: Vincent Mukama
Some elements within the police arms of Crime Intelligence (CI) and Field Force Unit (FFU) are on spot for reportedly conniving with individuals within the National Unity Platform (NUP) to fake activism for visa acquisition. NUP activists have for a long time been on the spot for using activism in order to send their members to the diaspora in order to earn money as migrant workers “Nkuba kyeyo”. Impeccable sources indicate that following this undercover motive, some NUP supporters connive with some elements within police and media to pull public stunts by causing chaos and ‘get arrested’ on camera. What…
In a devastating incident that has shocked Kampala, the Kiteezi Landfill collapsed over the weekend, burying homes and claiming the lives of 23 people, with many others still unaccounted for.The disaster has sparked widespread outrage, as the public grapples with the horrifying consequences of negligence on the part of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and its Executive Director, Dorothy Kisaka. A month before the collapse, a memorandum from the KCCA’s Directorate of Public Health and Environment Dr Daniel Ayen Okello wrote to Kisaka and her deputy David Luyimbazi warning of the imminent dangers at the Kiteezi Landfill. Dated July…
Parliament has rejected the Alcohol Control Bill, 2023, which sought to regulate the purchase, sale, and consumption of alcohol in Uganda. The bill, a private member’s proposal, was first introduced by Tororo District Woman Representative, Hon. Sarah Opendi, in November 2023. It aimed to control the times and locations where alcohol could be sold in the country. The decision to reject the bill came after a report was presented by the Committees on Trade and Health, delivered by Hon. Sylvia Nayebare, during a plenary session chaired by Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa on Tuesday, 13 August 2024. The Committees argued that…
Former presidential press secretary, Tamala Mirundi is dead. Mirundi has for the past few weeks been bedridden at Kisubi Hospital, Entebbe. Born in 1964 in Rakai district, Tamale Mirundi is a journalist, author, and political analyst known for his commentary on various media platforms. He has worked with numerous media outlets throughout his career, including Radio 4, NBS TV, Top Radio, Beat FM, ABS TV, Impact FM, STV Uganda, Pearl FM, and Metro FM. Mirundi, the son of Molly Namatovu and Yowana Mirundi, attended Lubiri Secondary School. Tamale Mirundi holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication and a Master’s degree…
High Court in Kampala has made a landmark ruling in a case against former leader of opposition Mathias Mpuuga and backbench commissioners that were awarded Shs 1.7 billion as a service award. Justice Douglas Karekona Singiza ruled that, “the decision, dated 6 May 2022, to award the Leader of Opposition in Parliament (Hon. Matthias Mpuuga) Shs 500,000,000, and three other Commissioners UGX 400,000,000 each, as a service award was approved by Parliament and formed part of the budget presented by the executive as required by the Public Finance Management Act”. According to Justice Karekona, the allowances of members of the…
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has expressed shock at claims by Uganda’s Ministry of ICT and National Guidance that the organisation’s joint project with the Ministry will create 6,000 local jobs. Dr Aminah Zawedde, the Permanent Secretary of the ICT Ministry, was on August 9 quoted by local media as saying a total of 6,000 jobs in the ICT sector are projected to result from the Uganda-Japan (UJ) Connect project, implemented by the Ministry in collaboration with JICA. Zawedde said the ‘UJ Connect’ is part of the government’s digital transformation roadmap. Under this initiative, which began in February, Ugandan…
Ministry of ICT and National Guidance has noted with concern malicious online media reports regarding a September 2023 request to utilise the Non-Tax Revenue (NTR) collected by one of our line agencies. This is to CLARIFY that the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development early this year granted approval for use of the funds to the Ministry of ICT & National Guidance in execution of its activities. Therefore, the claims that the ministry was stopped from using the said resources are UNTRUE.The Ministry of ICT is committed to the principles of transparency, accountability, and efficient resource management. We uphold…
Ugandan middle distance runner Halima Nakaayi lowered her Personal Best in 800m in her last race before the Paris Olympic Games. Nakaayi posted 1:57.26 in a fast-paced race on Saturday night during the London Meet of the Diamond League at the Olympic Stadium. With that time, the 2019 world champion also set a new national record over the distance. The 29-year-old set her previous best on the same track a year ago when she clocked 1:57.62. Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson ran a world-leading time of 1:54.61 to win the race. Compatriots Jemma Reekie (1:55.61) and Georgia Bell (1:56.28) finished second…
City businessman and Company Director at Taifa Partners Limited, Asiimwe Emmanuel who is accused of forging and uttering false documents is in more trouble after the Inspector General of Government (IGG) quashed his complaint. Troubled Asiimwe who has hitherto succeeded in employing all the tactics to delay prosecution at Buganda Road Court by hopping from one office to another with fictitious complaints against his business partners has now hit a snag. Having appealed to the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) twice with no merit, the businessman ran to the IGG’s office for solace. However, after the government…