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Luke Owesigyire {middle} during a security briefing held at Bulange Mengo today. {Photo credit - Jose K} Jose Kabale Ahead of the Buganda Kabaka Birthday run, an event that precedes his birthday, the security agencies have issued various directives to ensure safety of the participants and the public in general. Being a social - cultural event, the KMP spokesperson Luke Owesigyire deemed it imperative to sound a warning to political opportunists to desist from interfering with the event which is a few hours away. “It's imperative to emphasize that the event is a cultural celebration for the kingdom, and we discourage any attempts to politicization.” Said Owesigyire The Kabaka Birthday Run is a highly anticipated event on the Buganda Kingdom’s calendar as it precedes the celebration of the Kabaka, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, birthday which champions noble causes that resonate with the nationals' affairs. Just like the previous year, this year’s theme, “Men against AIDS to save the ...

  The Braille and Audio-Visual Version of the Citizen's guide to the budget {2023/24} which was launched today [Photo credit - JK} By Jose Kabale KAMPALA  Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and other Stakeholders have launched the Braille and Audio - Visual versions of the Citizen’s Guide to the budget for the fiscal year 2023/2024. With this, both the hearing and visually impaired individuals are able to read and comprehend the content encrypted in the Citizen’s Guide to the National Budget thence promoting inclusivity, accessibility and citizenship participation in the National budget processes. Paul Mwanja, who represented the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to Treasury Ramathan Ggoobi at the MoFPED conference hall, noted that the Braille version will help to disseminate information about the Budget processes to even those who are unable to read or hear compared to the other platforms used. “We majorly communicate the information on the Budget to our s...

Alice Alaso addressing a press conference at the ANT head office in Kampala today.{Photo credit - JK} By Jose Kabale Kampala - The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) Political party has advised the government of Uganda to desist from implementing the fresh proposed new set of taxes under the Income Tax Amendment Bill 2024 which was tabled in Parliament last Thursday. The proposed taxes which were introduced to parliament by the state minister for Finance in charge of General Duties Henry Musasizi, are classified under five sets, which include the. Income Tax Amendment Bill, 2024,  Value Added Tax Amendment Bill, 2024,  Tax Procedures Code Amendment Bill ,2024,  The Exercise Duty Amendment Bill, 2024 and  The Stamp Duty Amendment Bill 2024. In regard to the Exercise Duty Tax proposal, the government moves to impose a UgShs1230 tax on every gas oil litre, a 1550 UgShs Tax on every paraffin liter,  a 5% withholding tax on gains from sale of land in cities ...

By our Reporter Kampala - Wednesday April 3rd, the constitutional court in Kampala dismissed the controversial petition seeking nullification of the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 which happen to be one of the toughest laws in the world. While as the court acknowledged the violation of individual rights by the act which requires members of the public to report every suspicious act of homosexuality, the court decisively supported the law. " We decline to nullify the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 in its entirety, neither will we grant a permanent injunction against its enforcement." The president of Uganda signed the bill into law on May 26th, 2023, which prompted several human rights activists lodge four petitions in the constitutional court demanding for the suspension of the law accusing the act of threatening human rights. The decision delivered by a panel of five justices led by the deputy chief Justice, Richard Buteera nullified Sections 3(2)(c), 9, 11(2)(d) and 14 of the Ant...

  By Jose Kabale Kampala The Kampala Metropolitan Police (KMP) has instituted a probe into the circumstances under which a local restaurant in Kampala allegedly served what the complainant believes to be a young male's genitalia in his food. According to Police, the customer had just started eating rice, matooke and beef stew meal when he noticed a suspicious flesh. He consequently inquired from the waitress and the eatery owner who seemed not to have an idea as they reasoned that they had bought the meet from the butchery. After informing Police, detectives visited the scene and collected the alleged genital flesh for investigation. While addressing the weekly security presser at Naguru police headquarters in Kampala yesterday, the Deputy KMP police spokesperson Luke Owesigyire stated that both the local restaurant owner and the waitress had been released on a police bond as they wait for the report from police forensic experts. " We submitted this to pathologists and we are ...

Mubaraka Iguma, the suspect {Photo credit - @upf} By our reporter DESK - The suspect, identified as Iguma Mubaraka, 33 years old, was arrested by the Gulu police detectives for allegedly Obtaining money by false pretense from over 200 unsuspecting members of the public under the pretext of registering them into Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) formerly MK MOVEMENT, a political ambitious project patronized by the first son, who doubles as the Commander Defense Forces (CDF) Muhoozi Kainerugaba. According to Police, Iguma, defrauded about 200 people in Elegu district, posturing as MK movement official who would help them reach Muhoozi Kainerugaba, for assistance but only after paying an unspecified amount of money. The victims fall in various categories like Boda-boda riders, market vendors, taxi operators, salon and bars operators. According to the police spokesperson Fred Enanga, there are several documents which were recovered on the suspect upon search which revealed false statements ...

Fred Enanga addressing the media on Tuesday at Naguru Police head office {Photo credit - JK} By Jose Kabale Kampala Addressing the weekly security presser at Naguru police headquarters in Kampala today, the Police spokesperson Fred Enanga acknowledged the spike in crime activities during the 5 days, and as well highlighted on the expeditious actions undertaken to contain the situation among which includes launching of a crackdown against the notorious criminal self-managed syndicate which has been terrorizing people around the Sir Apollo Kaggwa Road, Nakasero, Katanga and Kyezi traffic lights, Kindi zone, in Kampala. According to Police, members of the public had complained about the gang's robbing activities, which prompted them to execute a vicious operation in which they opened fire that compromised the lives of the two suspected criminals following the victims' attempted to attack the officers with machetes and iron bars. " In the course of the operation, the criminals...