Police alleged that Mwanje caused financial loss to NSSF through fraudulent payments totaling 1.43 billion shillings and operated as Chief Finance Officer without a practicing certificate Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has quashed key findings and recommendations made by Parliament’s Select Committee on the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has heard that then Kampala Metropolitan Police Commander, Moses Kafeero received documents authorizing the demolition of St. Peters Church in Neeba after it had been razed. The Church was controversially demolished on 9th August 2020 by court bailiffs on behalf …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Defence and Army Spokesman, Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye has confirmed that Sheikh Yahaya Mwanje was arrested by the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence and he is in their cells. Sheikh Mwanje was arrested on Monday at the mosque of Salafiya Tablique Muslim Community in Nakasero …
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Kyankwanzi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kitwala West Village in Muwangi Sub County Kyankwanzi District are up in arms against the National Forestry Authority– NFA for evicting them from their Bibanjas without following the due process of the law. It is alleged that on August 6 this year, …
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THIS WEEK: Suspects in Kiggundu murder charged Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Sept.07, the Director of Public Prosecutions Mike Chibita told court he has charged eight suspects in connection with the murder of a muslim cleric Maj. Muhammad Kiggundu and his body guard in November last year. Kiggundu was …
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Sheikh Mwanje charged with terrorism, links to ADF Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Six people, including jailed Sheikh Yahaya Mwanje, have been arraigned before Buganda Road Court on charges of murder and aiding terrorism. This after the DPP Mike Chibita withdrew the earlier charge of murder against Sheikh Mwanje together with three others …
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The High Court Judge heading the Criminal Division has set March 30 to hear the bail application filed by the suspects in the murder case of Maj. Muhammad Kiggundu and his body guard Sgt. Steven Mukasa. Justice Wilson Kwesiga will hear the the bail application filed by four Tabliq Muslims. They want …
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Police are locked in negotiations with Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) over the decision to charge about 18 suspects in the killing of Maj Mohammed Kiggundu with murder. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson told journalists that the suspects including the acting leader of the Muslim Tabliq sect in Uganda will be …
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Days after the murder of Maj. Sheikh Muhammad Kiggundu on Nov.26, the police arrested Sheikh Yahya Mwanje, the acting Tabliq Sect leader at Nakasero Mosque for interrogation in connection with the death of the former. Maj Kiggundu was shot dead together with his body guard at Masanafu, a Kampala suburb. …
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