A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of aggravated robbery.The High Court at Kasese presided over by Justice Lawrence Tweyanze heard that on October 26, 2025, in Kathoma Village, Buhuhira Sub-county in Kasese District, the convict, Wil
Authorities in Ibanda Municipality have prioritized the redevelopment of Ssaza Daily Market as the first project to be implemented under the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) Program, shelving earlier plans to simultaneously undertake three major infrastructure projec
Former Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC), Geraldine Ssali Busulwa, alongside five co-accused persons, is set to return to the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court on Wednesday, 17, as proceedings in a high-profile corruption case resume.Ac
The High Court of Uganda’s Anti-Corruption Division has scheduled a mention hearing for June 17, 2026, in a high-profile corruption case involving Igara East Member of Parliament Hon. Michael Maranga Mawanda and five other accused persons.According to a hearing notice issued by the Assis
tax dispute that began more than a decade ago over Value Added Tax (VAT) on land transactions has cost the Ugandan government at least UGX 2.48 billion in refunds, interest and legal costs, but fresh documents now indicate that an additional UGX 533 million remains unresolved despite being previo
Police in Mbale City are investigating the deaths of two secondary school students who died in separate suspected suicide incidents within a week, raising fresh concerns about the mental well-being of young people in the region.The latest victim, Namakoye Vanisa, 19, a Senior Five student
In 2006, Mariam Namutebi, who was living and working in Switzerland, wanted to construct a three-storeyed rental house on her land at Busega, Kampala.She started sending her sister Hadijja Nassuna money to oversee the project.Namutebi says she entered a verbal agreement with Nassuna
Singer Joseph Mayanja, alias Jose Chameleone, has praised his son, Abba Marcus, following the leak of private videos.During a live TikTok session, Chameleone said he had followed the developments and noted that his son had done one better than him.He added that he would also do some
Residents in parts of Kampala, Uganda, were shocked after a known businesswoman reportedly caught her husband red-handed cheating with her own biological sister inside their family home according to local media reports.According to sources close to the family, she had for some time suspect
The Mukono High Court orders the exhumation of a prominent Kampala trader’s body for a DNA test to resolve a bitter 40 billion shilling property dispute.MUKONO, Uganda — The Mukono High Court ordered the exhumation of a prominent Kampala businessman’s body for a DNA paternity test to
