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How State spied on ex-Speaker Anita Among from 2021

How State spied on ex-Speaker Anita Among from 2021

confidential dossier pieced together by covert intelligence shows that State actors put Anita Among under surveillance as early as 2021, when she was Deputy Speaker of Parliament.The voluminous collection of documents, a copy of which Weekend Monitor has seen, discloses that “a reliable

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URA fined Shs138 million for taxing church-based NGO which imported soya cereal for refugees

URA fined Shs138 million for taxing church-based NGO which imported soya cereal for refugees

The High Court has ordered the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to refund more than Shs 73.5 million to the Pentecostal Assemblies of God (PAG) after ruling that the tax body illegally collected Value Added Tax (VAT) on humanitarian food aid imported for South Sudanese refugees.In addition,

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Property Acquirers Target RAJA Chambers, Several Other Prime Kampala Buildings! HAVE OWNERS FALLEN ON HARD TIMES?

Property Acquirers Target RAJA Chambers, Several Other Prime Kampala Buildings! HAVE OWNERS FALLEN ON HARD TIMES?

Available information indicates that several Kampala commercial buildings in the CBD area are increasingly being targeted by money lenders, speculators and property acquirers, for reasons which couldn’t readily be established.These include Indians-owned Raja Chambers located along Parlia

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Thugs Break into Parked Car, Make Away With Shs100M in Mubende

Thugs Break into Parked Car, Make Away With Shs100M in Mubende

Yet to be identified thugs broke into a parked car and made away with a laptop bag containing Shs100M.According to the PRO Wamala Region, SSP Lameck Kigozi, the incident occurred on 21/05/2026 at around 5:00 PM at Kalonga Trading Centre in Kalonga Sub-county.The suspects, travelling

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Lawyer Remanded Over UGX 193M Bogus Land Transaction

Lawyer Remanded Over UGX 193M Bogus Land Transaction

The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded a Kampala-based lawyer to Luzira Prison over allegations of obtaining Shs193 million by false pretences in a disputed land transaction. Jimmy Awanga, 49, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ritah Neumbe Kidasa on Wednesday for plea taking and

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Don’t celebrate Karangwa’s death, NRM boss tells critics

Don’t celebrate Karangwa’s death, NRM boss tells critics

The wreckage of the car in which the Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Duties, Moses Karangwa (inset) was driving before the crash.The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Director for Mobilisation Rosemary Sseninde has criticised those celebrating the death of Moses Karangwa, Senior P

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Rights Lawyer Opiyo Demands Court Drop Charges Against Parliamentary Exhibition Protesters

Rights Lawyer Opiyo Demands Court Drop Charges Against Parliamentary Exhibition Protesters

Human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo has called on courts to drop all charges against activists arrested during the 2024 parliamentary exhibition protests that exposed alleged corruption and financial mismanagement within Parliament.The exhibition, spearheaded by journalist and academic Jimm

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Taxi Tales: The Price of Survival in a Boiled Maize Cob

Taxi Tales: The Price of Survival in a Boiled Maize Cob

recently got into a taxi, exhausted from the noise of the world. Like many people trying to steal a moment of peace in Kampala’s endless rush, I leaned back, plugged in my AirPods and disappeared into my own quiet space.But somewhere along the journey, my attention shifted.Three w

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Otafiire says Kiryowa Kiwanuka was the key architect of Sovereignty Law

Otafiire says Kiryowa Kiwanuka was the key architect of Sovereignty Law

Kahinda Otafiire speaking to journalists after swearing in. He distanced himself from the controversial Protection of Sovereignty Bill, which was passed into law by the 11th ParliamentThe minister of Internal Affairs, Gen Kahinda Otafiire, has distanced himself from the recently passed Pro

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Outrage as retired UPDF soldier dies following alleged brutal police raid on football fans

Outrage as retired UPDF soldier dies following alleged brutal police raid on football fans

Mourners at the home of Ibrahim Turyamureba, a 43-yearoild retired UPDF soldier who was allegedly assaulted by police officers in a raid at a local cinema hall in Kamusegu Parish, Bwikara Sub-county, Kagadi District on May 13, 2026. PHOTO/ BYOMUGABI SEGUJJAResidents of Kamusegu Parish in B

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