Chief Magistrate declines to deliver decision in open court
The much-anticipated ruling on the bail application of senior lawyer and former Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, failed to materialise today after trial Chief Magistrat...
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Tropical Bank pushes former minister Banyenzaki into tight corner over Shs 600m loan
The High Court has dismissed an application filed by Henry Banyenzaki, a former minister and MP, over a disagreement he has with Tropical Bank regarding a loan facility h...
Police, NDA probe illegal veterinary drug factory in Kitagwenda
According to Police spokesperson ACP Kituuma Rusoke, the suspect, identified as Turyaguma Amos, was intercepted while carrying four sacks containing forty 5-litre jerrica...
Banyarwanda Citizenship Debate: Why Mukasa Mbidde is Wrong
Reading The East African, I wondered why a newspaper, which I used to rate highly, would lower its journalistic ethics and standards to start quoting mere intellectual co...
Besigye’s Lawyer Lukwago Denied Bail
The Makindye Chief Magistrates Court denied bail to former Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago. The Chief Magistrate, Sarah Basemera, ruled that Lukwago is likely to interfe...
Gen Kainerugaba to Besigye: What you did to Museveni is equivalent to believing in Satan
Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has attacked Dr Kizza Besigye and Erias Lukwago in a series of posts that have renewed political debateGen Muhoozi Kainerugaba accused Dr Kizza Be...
Uganda Gold Scam Turns Deadly as British-Zimbabwean Buyer Is Killed
Gold scams in Uganda are becoming increasingly violent, with criminals now using firearms, abductions and killings instead of relying only on fake documents to defraud bu...
Katanga Murdered on Day He Planned to Make Will' Slain Businessman' Eldest Sister Tells Court
The High Court heard that city businessman Henry Katanga was murdered on the very day he had arranged to meet his lawyers to draft his will.The testimony came from his el...
Makindye Court Packed as Bail Hearing for Erias Lukwago Begins Amid Heavy Security Deployment
Makindye Chief Magistrate’s Court was on Monday morning, June 22, 2026, filled to capacity as the high-profile bail hearing of former Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago g...
I Bleed Imagining Lukwago’s Wife Being Roughed Up by the Military as He Was Taken Into a Drone” Ssemujju Nganda Shares Emotional Message
Concerns over judicial independence in Uganda have resurfaced after former Kira Municipality MP Ssemujju Nganda issued a strongly worded statement ahead of the bail rulin...