In a shocking case of international fraud, where ruthless Ugandans fleeced an American investor Robert Tunner in a fake gold deal, Stanbic Bank officials are said to be in panic mode as DPP sanctions their files for immediate arrest and prosecution. These top ma
On Tuesday, February 4, 2025, an Indian businessman was robbed of Shs50 million by unknown assailants in Iganga District, Eastern Uganda.The robbery occurred in Kasokoso village, Iganga Municipality, as the busine
In a landmark ruling at the Nakasero-based Anti-Corruption Court, Justice Lawrence Gidudu sentenced Ronald Jimmy Ajuk, proprietor of Smart Parking Technology, to two years in prison.Ajuk was convicted of unlawfull
Post Bank has said that its staff colluded and put fake currency in its branch in Mbale.This week, the bank confirmed that its internal control mechanism had discovered counterfeit notes worth sh 500 million in the Mbale branch.Bundles of counterfeit sh 50,000 notes were found on No
The Parliament has passed a law mandating the Minister of Finance to prescribe a maximum interest rate that money lenders may charge their borrowers. Not surprisingly, the moneylenders’ association has “rejected” the new law, arguing that the government has no right to control what doe
By Ezra Suruma In 1986 when the National Resistance Movement captured the apparatus of government, coffee was by far the most important export product of Uganda. Coffee had enjoyed this supremacy since the 1950s when it overtook cotton as the most important “cash crop” and expo
Ugandan football fans got a taste of hope this week when Nakivubo’s management gleefully announced that FIFA had officially certified the stadium’s turf system. The celebratory statement from the stadium’s management committee chairman, Rogers Mulindwa, carried all the enthusiasm of a goat thi
The White House’s address may be 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but the real road to the presidency runs through the state of Pennsylvania, the biggest prize among the electoral battleground map. According to calculations by elections analyst Nate Silver, the candidate who wins Pennsylvania
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has protested the US labelling of child labour in mines, with Kinshasa saying the assessment does not take into account the steps taken to improve on the sector’s governance. The reactions this week followed a US Department of Labour’s report th
The Ugandan government has entered into a partnership with Ghana’s Jospong Group of Companies to recycle waste that has accumulated at Kiteezi landfill in Wakiso District over the past 28 years. The collaboration aims to address Kampala’s long-standing waste management issues by rehabilitating t
