Agro-processing, manufacturing and primary agriculture were big determinants for the Bank’s performance | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Development Bank, the country’s National Development Finance Institution on July.07 released its 2021 Direct Impact Report highlighting the fundamental role that it continues to play toward Uganda’s sustainable socio-economic transformation and growth. Francis …
Read More »Festive season blues
Mixed views on opportunities for traders Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | How will perennial festive season spenders behave amidst slow economic recovery that has not enhanced peoples’ disposable income? What are the chances that traders will make some money this time around given that COVID-19 lockdown measures are somewhat …
Read More »11 presidential candidates
What does each stand for? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Following months of uncertainty, Uganda will hold the next presidential polls on Jan.14 next year with a record 11 candidates. President Museveni, who has been Uganda’s president since 1986, is seeking another five year term after successfully removing …
Read More »Solicitor General says sexual harassment allegations being investigated
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The office of the Solicitor General has responded to allegations of sexual harassment raised by Samantha Mwesigye, a Senior State Attorney. Last week, Mwesigye was quoted in the media accusing Christopher Gashirabake, the Director of Legal Affairs in the Justice and Constitutional …
Read More »Political attacks worry Museveni’s cabinet
Political attacks worry Museveni’s cabinet: Observers say government is to blame over the growing political intolerance Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | Simeo Nsubuga, the Kasanda South Legislator is a short, small man with a gift of speech. This gift most likely earned him the parliamentary seat. But it appears …
Read More »Former DPC convicted for battering journalist
Former Old Kampala Police Division Commander Joram Mugume has been ordered to pay a fine of Shs1m or face a one year jail sentence for assaulting WBS journalist Andrew Lwanga. Buganda Road Court Grade One magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu said court took into consideration the hospital bills worth Shs11m footed by …
Read More »Judgment date for battered journalist set
On Mar.10, Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu will deliver judgment for the case involving WBS TV journalist Andrew Lwanga and former Old Kampala District Police Commander Joram Mwesigye. Mwesigye is charged with assault arising from a January 2015 incident where he allegedly clobbered and badly injured the journalist …
Read More »DPC Mwesigye case resumes, magistrate advises on out of court settlement
The trial of Former Old Kampala Division Police Commander Joram Mwesigye resumed on Wednesday with the accused telling Buganda Road Court that all the charges that were preferred against him in relation to assaulting WBS Journalist Andrew Lwanga, are false. Mwesigye also denied the allegation that he is the one …
Read More »Court to hear DPC Mwesigye’s defence over assaulting scribe
Buganda Road Court will on Wednesday hear the defence of former Old Kampala DPC Joram Mwesigye, accused of assaulting a WBS TV journalist Andrew Lwanga. Lwanga sustained spinal injuries from the said assault and he is walking on crutches. Last month Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu ruled that Mwesigye had a …
Read More »Former Old Kampala DPC Mwesigye has a case to answer
Buganda Road Court has ordered the former Old Kampala DPC Joram Mwesigye to defend himself against charges of assaulting a WBS TV journalist Andrew Lwanga. Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu ruled that when she perused the evidence of the six prosecution witnesses, she found it sufficient to put ASP Mwesigye on …
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