By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. NATIONAL: Mbarara City North Legislator Hon. Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari who doubles as National Resistance Movement-NRM party National Executive Committee-CEC member and Entrepreneurs League chairman has been arrested and remanded to Luzira over the huge sums of debt. It is said Two money lenders were given December 20 and December 31, 2022 respectively to have their money paid, or have Hon Rukaari arrested after he failed to honor his promise of paying Ugx992 million to city businessman Gerald Kalungi which he obtained and set a payment deadline of December 20,2022. This after he appeared before Commercial Court…
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By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. Kampala, Uganda: Late Anthony Wameli’s body finally landed on Ugandan soil today (Entebbe International Airport). Counsel Wameli who was Uganda’s Leading Opposition Nation unity platform (NUP) Party Legal head died some few days weeks back in United States of America but his body has finally been airlifted. PICTURES. Here is the Burial program; A Celebration of Life of Late Counsel Anthony Wameli Yeboah. Friday 3rd March, 2023: – 4:30pm: A public viewing in Celebration of His Defence of Human to Rights at NUP Head Office, Makerere, Kavule. 7pm – 7am: Vigil and wake at his…
By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. Kampala, Uganda: Uganda’s First Son and Senior Presidential Advisor on Special Operations, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has yet again emphasized that he will succeed his father, President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni. Taking to his Twitter Account on Wednesday night, Gen. Muhoozi wrote; “I will be President of Uganda after my father”. Those fighting the truth will be very disappointed!!!” he added in the Tweet. However, it is not clear whether he will wait for Museveni to retire or to contest alongside his father in the 2026 General elections in the same way the father (Museveni) has…
By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. PARLIAMENT: On Wednesday, 1st, March, 2023, while appearing before a committee, Minister Kitutu swore that she will not be used as a bait for other ministers with whom they were in same Iron Sheet scandal to ride on. Hon. Mary Gorreti Kitutu- Uganda’s Minister in Charge of Karamoja Affairs conceded to have channeled Karamoja iron sheets while appearing before the committee that was probing the dear Office ofthe Prime Minister (OPM) on the scandal. Umoja Standard recently ran a story indicating how Minister Kitutu received 25,000 pieces of iron sheets that were meant for Karamoja…
By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. Kampala, Uganda: House of Prayer Ministries International Lead Pastor Mr. Aloysious Bugingo has yet missed to attend his other daughter’s graduation in the United Kingdom. According to the dat we have, Pastor Bugingo and former wife Teddy Naluswa Bugingo have three daughters, Doreen Gift, Winnie, and Jenifer Bugingo, and one son, Miracle Bugingo,(Wikipedia). Reports allege that most of the children were still in school and he also stopped paying their School fees saying it is the responsibility of their mother but Teddy Naluswa continued to pay school fees for her children and now she is enjoying…
By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. Kampala, Uganda: According to Phillip Mulindwa the CEO of MPUNGU-an ICT based Company, they are developing a learning platform to help young adults learn how to effectively make use of ICT at their place of work, schools and as a hobby. Speaking to Umoja Standard News Agency, Phillip reveals that there is a big shortage of computers in schools so students cannot effectively access computers. ‘Basing on Ministry of Education statistics, one computer is used by 14 students so if it is a computer laboratory we are talking about, of 14 students only 4 can…
By Metedeo Iceta. Moyo, West Nile: The Boda-Boda cyclists in Moyo town Council, Moyo district have blocked the road to Yumbe while protesting what they call unjustified arrests and extortion of money by traffic police in the district. The cyclists accuse traffic police of confiscating their motorcycles and thereafter charge them money especially when they arrest them while on the roads to extend or impound their motorcycles in the community access roads. This Morning (Wednesday) , the cyclists clashed with the police at the Moyo Central Police Station blocking roads after their colleague’s motorcycle was allegedly impounded at one of…
By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. Kampala, Uganda: City Lawyer Male Mabirizi has come back in high gear to commence from where he stopped from before he was taken to serve 18 months in jail to challenge National Unity Platform NUP Principal Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine’s a academic documents. It should be remembered that Counsel Mabirizi challenged Bobi Wine when he contested as the president of Uganda as well other people questioned education. This dates to the mentality that Ugandan artistes are not educated and that those who try don’t go far. It is against this background that Male…
NATIONAL: Uganda’s State Minister for Finance in charge of Planning and Ntengeru North Member of Parliament, Amos Lugoloobi allegedly hired men who spent the entire Tuesday deroofing his farm house in Misanga village, Misanga Parish in Kayunga’s Bbaale Sub County. Now this is how Hon. Amos Lugoloobi’s Goats’ house looks like OPM Branded Iron Sheets Minister Amos Lugoloobi is one of the few officials who were mentioned in the iron sheet scandal that said truth for having inappropriately received iron sheets that were procured by Government of Uganda through Office of the Prime Minister for poor people in Karamoja. The…
By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. Makerere, Uganda: On Sunday, Makerere-based Soul Salvation Ministries (SSM) lead Pastor Brother Charles Mukundane celebrated a belated 34th birthday whose maiden speech induced emotions of joy amongst followers. Initially Bro. Charles was supposed to celebrate his birthday on Thursday, 23rd, February, 2023 but the entire SSM Community was still in 14 Days of Prayer and fasting (to commission leaders of SSM Church and presenting self suplications to Almighty God) so he decided to push it to Sunday when the Fasting was ending. During his speech, Brother Charles broke into tears when he casted his mind…