Tag Archives: Kibuli

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police together with other security forces have razed to the ground temporary houses and offices of a gang in Kibuli who call themselves Al-Qaeda. The group are reported to have killed one of their members recently and have been terrorizing residents. The group, based …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Muslim factions in Lango are embroiled in a fight over the ownership of Muslim properties. The dispute pits the Lango Muslim leadership under the Kadhi, Sheikh Ishaq Salim Nangoye and the leadership of Madina Faiza Mosque commonly known as Lira PS under Sheikh Muhammad Yusuf …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Muslims under the Lango Muslim Community (LMC) have joined the Kibuli faction under the leadership of Sheikh Shaban Galabuzi, the Supreme Mufti. The faction which is currently occupying Lira Primary School land is led by Sheikh Muhammad Yusuf Balinda, the Supreme Kadhi-Lango. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Privatisation unit under the Ministry of Finance has said that it has demanded in vain for the payment of Shs69 billion from the sale of Uganda Railways property in Nsambya and Kibuli. Although Uganda Railways was meant to get Shs69.5 billion for the 57 acres …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament are investigating circumstances under which the Uganda Lands Commission (ULC) allocated Uganda Railways land in Nsambya to investors in excess of what was to be given. The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authority and State Enterprise (COSASE) chaired by Joel Ssenyonyi, is probing the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership of Kibuli Muslim Community has confirmed the resignation of the Supreme Mufti Sheikh Silman Kasule Ndirangwa. Speaking to reporters after Juma prayers, Sheikh Mahmood Kibaate, the Deputy Supreme Mufti said that although they are yet to receive a formal communication, they have nevertheless …

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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ongoing registration of guns has shifted from the regions to the Criminal Investigations Directorate –headquarters at Kibuli in Kampala. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said that all private security companies and individuals who have not registered their guns with the steering committee, are expected …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has declined a request to mediate between rival Muslim factions. Kadaga was meeting a group of Muslim youth , Muslim ambassadors who had called on her seeking her intervention in a number of issues affecting their members at …