The Police have dispatched an elite squad from the Tourism Police, to reinforce the security teams at Queen Elizabeth National Park, and actively pursue, a group of four unknown gunmen who allegedly kidnapped an American tourist and a Ugandan senior guide who were on an evening game drive, ACP Polly
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Families of Kenyans who died in an Ethiopian Airlines flight last month say they will sue the airline and US aircraft manufacturer Boeing over the deaths. The families of those who died say the aircraft manufacturer Boeing and the airline should bear the responsibility for the deaths of their loved
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The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Irene Irene Mulyagonja is a frustrated woman after revealing that Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies are increasingly ignoring her recommendations. The IGG’s frustrations are contained in the 2019/2020 Ministerial Policy statements for the Inspectorate of Government that was presented before the Legal and Parliamentary
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Lawyers presenting property mogul, Sudhir Ruparelia have asked Commercial Court Judge Paul Walimbwa Gadenya to disqualify lawyers of Sebalu & Lule Advocates from representing DFCU Bank in case filed against it by Crane Management Services Ltd, citing conflict of interest. Crane Management Services owned by Sudhir last year sued dfcu
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A whistle-blower has asked the Inspector General of Government (IGG) to investigate a purported fraudulent procurement deal at the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). The whistle-blower, in a dossier dated March 13th, 2019 and received at the office of IGG on March 22nd, 2019 accuses UCDA management of fraudulent practices
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Africa is a step closer to realising the dream of a single market after The Gambia ratified the Africa Continental Free Trade area. It becomes the 22nd country to sign and ratify the treaty. A minimum of 22 ratifications are required to bring into force the single trading bloc that
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The U.S. State Department on Tuesday called on Burundi to rescind its decision to suspend the U.S-funded Voice of America and ban the BBC and to allow journalists to operate freely in the run-up to elections in 2020. “This decision raises serious concerns for the freedom of expression enshrined in
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Kenya’s biggest telecoms operator Safaricom lost a further percentage point of subscriber market share in the three months to the end of December, its fifth straight quarterly fall, data from the sector regulator showed on Tuesday. The firm, part-owned by South Africa’s Vodacom and Britain’s Vodafone, lost 0.9 percentage points
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The family of the late Ronald Ssebulime has petitioned the Inspector General of Police-IGP, Martin Okoth Ochola demanding the arrest of the State Minister for Information, Communication and Technology, Idah Erios Nantaba. Ssebulime was gunned down by police officers on March 24th in Mukono district on suspicion of tracking
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The meeting between lawmakers on the Parliamentary Defence and Internal Affairs Committee and officials from the Ministry of Defence ended unceremoniously after MPs protested what they termed as arrogant conduct of Adolf Mwesige (in featured photo), the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs. Hell broke loose when some MPs put
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