Fourteen officers and men of the UPDF have been arraigned before the 3rd Division Court Martial for allegedly stealing money meant for the salary arrears of the Arrow Boys in Teso region.
Richard Todwong, Minister without Portfolio, says that while the chief whip is within her mandate to remind MPs of their duties, MPs are mature people and forcing them to sessions might worsen the situation.
Three army deserters attached to the Second Division have been arrested in the ongoing joint security operations in Mbarara district. At least 34 other suspected hard core criminals were arrested and are currently detained at Mbarara Central Police Station waiting to be taken to court.
Ministerial Policy Statements were not tabled before Parliament on Thursday after several government ministers failed to attend plenary due to a downpour in Kampala.
Police in Mubende district are investigating the circumstances leading to the death of a Uganda People\'s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier, whose body was found lying by the roadside.
Baliddawa noted that although Parliament has not yet debated and pronounced its self on the Tax, the Minister of Finance basing on the provisions of Taxes and Duties Provisional Collection Act of 1993 she has already started administering this tax since the new financial year set in on 1st July.
Matia Kasaijja, the state Minister for Finance and Planning, says they must sort out the question of whether the list is genuine or ghost employees and the ball now lies in the Ministry of Public Service court. However, the money is available and the treasury is ready to pay.
The head of the Constitutional Court in Egypt, Justice Adly Mahmud Mansour, has been sworn in as interim president; hours after the army ousted Mohammed Morsi and put him under house arrest.
Parliament has resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to inquire on the status of the operations of private health providers. The resolution follows the death of a parliament worker who had gone to give birth at International Hospital Kampala.
The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) has vowed to protect the North Kivu Provincial capital of Goma from the advancing M23 rebels. In a statement released on Thursday morning, the Mission’s spokesperson Colonel Abdoul N’diaye says Monusco would do all it can to avoid a repeat of what took place eight months ago. In November 2012, the rebels captured Goma despite the presence of thousands of UN troops and the Congolese Government forces.
The police in Mubende district have arrested a man who allegedly killed his wife. They have also arrested four other relatives in connection with this murder case.
Eight opposition leaders including former FDC leader Kizza Besigye and Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, have this morning denied their participation in the past violent protests and unrest in the country. The eight politicians appeared before Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate Olive Kazaarwe, who later released them on a non cash bail of one million shillings.
Sources in Kigali indicate that Bishop Jean Marie Runiga has denounced rebellion and formally applied for asylum in Rwanda.formal request to the Rwandan Government denouncing rebellion and asked for asylum.
The arrests follow an accusation by a Lira market fish seller who accused the officials of extorting 7,000 shillings regularly from her without issuing her receipts.
The renovation of Bacwezi cultural sites in Kibaale district is set to start after government kicked off the massive sensitisation of the locals. The nearly forgotten sites, “Munsa za Kateboha†and the Semwemwa caves, are located some 3 kilometers north of Kakumiro trading centre off Mubende-Kibaale road. The trenches were used by the legendary great King Kateboha who is believed to have reigned in the 14th century AD during the Bacwezi Dynasty in the then Great Bunyoro Kitara Empire.
The latest murder victim is Steven Sembatya, a resident of Makulubita. Sembatya was hacked to death by unidentified thugs on Tuesday, who made off with his power saw.
