Tag Archives: property

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Revelers in Arua City rampaged on Saturday night, destroying property worth millions of shillings after a music concert featuring popular Ugandan musician Eddy Kenzo failed to take place. The concert, dubbed “Eddy Kenzo Carnival: Twende Tupaate,” was scheduled to take place at Hotel Santa …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Flavian Zeija, the Principal Judge of the High Court has urged adoptive parents to grant adopted children rights to inherit properties. Zeija was speaking at the Adoption Awareness Conference held at Hotel African in Kampala. The conference under the theme, “Bringing Hope to a …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |   Lwengo district has lost prime property over an outstanding debt of sh30 million it owes Hajj Abdul Kitatta, the former Bukoto West Member of parliament. The district council has resolved to allow Hajj Kittata to take over five out of the nine acres of land …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kasangati have arrested a businessman, Rashid Sekyewa, accused of robbery and destruction of a neighbour’s property worth millions of shillings. His arrest came after, Else Batenga, a resident of Migadde village, Mutugga town council, Gombe Sub-county, in Wakiso district lodged cases of aggravated …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) has established a board of trustees for property and endowment (Awqaf) management. The board of trustees, led by Abubakar Mugaino and deputized by Hajji Jamad Luuta Musoke, will have representation from all Muslim regions. The board’s primary objective …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua city council projects to collect over 2.3 billion shillings from property rates after the approval of the draft property valuation roll, a legal document that consists of property information of all the registered properties within the city. The approval follows the property valuation exercise …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala socialite Charles Olimu alias Sipapa has asked the court to direct the prosecution to return his property confiscated during his arrest. Sipapa and his wife Shamirah Nakiyemba appeared on Thursday at the Chief Magistrates Court in Makindye on charges of aggravated robbery. Court presided over …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are mixed reactions from leaders in Teso and Lango sub-regions over the government plan to compensate the people of Karamoja for the loss of property and lives caused by some wrong elements within the region. Last weekend, President Yoweri Museveni revealed that the government …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara City Council has started the valuation of all properties to be taxed in the next five years. The city’s revenue collection for the financial year 2021/2022 was projected at 4.7 Billion Shillings. However, by the end of the second quarter, only 1.3 Billion Shillings …

The Uganda parliament is yet to pass the 2009 Marriage and Divorce Bill that seeks to reform and consolidate the law relating to marriage and separation and divorce Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s recent court ruling on equal sharing of matrimonial property in the event of a divorce has …