Meanwhile, the prepaid metering is self-monitoring as supply is tabulated based on the amount of money deposited either through the mobile money accounts to the system or through bank services.
Achom's treatment costs have skyrocketed beyond the family's expectations. Initially, they estimated the total bill to be around 30 million Shillings, but with the added expenses of ICU care, the cost has risen to 61,644,890 Shillings in just one month. The daily ICU expenses exceed 2 million Shillings, and the bills continue to accumulate.
According to Nakitanda, four masked thugs armed with pangas, sticks, and a hammer broke into her home in Kakookolo zone around 2:00 am on Sunday. They threatened to kill her unless she surrendered the money. Nakitanda added that the thugs cut her hand and aimed a heavy hammer at her head to force her to reveal where she kept the money collected on Saturday from her shop.
In a press statement, Namaye explains that the gang members were arrested following an operation conducted by the Flying Squad Unit, which resulted in the recovery of a police AK-47 rifle that was previously stolen from an officer of Nsangi Division on May 29, 2023.
Nambi says that assailants fled through a feeder road connecting Magamaga town council to Musita-Lumino highway but residents were hesitant to pursue them since they were armed.
"We are still at the primary stages of our investigations, but available reports indicate that the suspects would deploy their agents to camouflage as clients yet all their transactions were aimed at ascertaining the cash flows before effecting their attack," he said.
Four assailants reportedly approached the two brothers who have been mobile
money agents in Wairaka trading center masquerading as customers only to rob them unspecified sums of money before shooting them dead.
Fred Muganza, a resident of Kivubuka B village in Jinja City Northern division, says that on December 31st, 2021 while armed with AK-47 rifles, the suspect surrounded his vehicle, grabbed his two phones, and an unspecified amount of money.
Police detectives who conducted a search at the suspect’s home recovered six phones, eight sim cards and a counter book in which Ssentamu is believed to have been recording phone contacts alongside other particulars of his potential victims.
The number of mobile money transactions between person and person grew by three quarters from 571.303 billion recorded in the 12 months ending April 2019, to 1 trillion transactions in the 12 months ending April 2020.
"The customer deposits are safe, secure and kept in reputable commercial banks with the same level of protection as other bank accounts. AMC Uganda and the Commercial Banks holding the customers' funds are licensed, regulated and supervised by the Bank of Uganda," says Airtel's Manoj.
While cargo trucks, pickups and motorcycles were given a green light to easily proceed, occupants of private vehicles and pedestrians who were not in the category of essential workers were tasked to adduce movement permits.
Justice Kisaakye dismissed all Magombe's grounds of appeal saying in much as the offences against him are not capital in nature, his offences are serious with far-reaching implications on our society.
The government had anticipated that the tax on social media use officially called the Over the Top Tax or OTT, would raise to 400 billion Shillings in revenues per annum, while mobile money tax would raise 246 billion Shillings. Then, the government said that the money from the internet users would be used to expand and improve the quality of services countrywide.
Addressing the press at Uganda Muslim Supreme Council -UMSC headquaters at Old Kampala, the Muft said that although there shall be no congregational prayers, Muslims should pray in their homes.
Male, who is living a simple life at his home in Kawempe, says he has for some time been trying to expose fraudulent preachers who claim to have supernatural powers to offer financial blessings, physical well-being and healing among their flock in exchange for material benefits in vain.