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Three senior officials from the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) are facing serious legal troubles following the tragic Kiteezi incident. ED Dorothy Kisaka, her deputy David Luyimbazi, and ex- Public Health Director Daniel Okello have been accused of manslaughter and negligence, leading to the deaths of at least 34 people. The problems began when President Museveni fired Kisaka and the others after a report from the Inspector General of Government (IGG) found them responsible for not addressing warnings about a...

Two individuals have been brought before a court in Bududa District on charges related to the mishandling of funds from the Parish Development Model (PDM) program. The two suspects have been identified as Wakoko Kassim, the Parish Chief of Bunandutu, and Nakhaima Francis. According to the State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU), Wakoko Kassim, the Parish Chief of Bunandutu, is accused of obtaining money under false pretense. It is alleged that he defrauded millions of shillings from several beneficiaries of the Bunandutu PDM...

Lawyers representing a local city TikToker, Ibrahim Musana, aka Pressure 24/7, have petitioned the Buganda Road Court, demanding the withdrawal of charges against him. The lawyers, including Kato Tumusiime and Ivan Kyazze, want Musana to be released, citing a delayed trial. Musana is accused of posting and sharing information that ridiculed and promoted hostility against Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi and President Yoweri Museveni. Appearing before the presiding judge at Buganda Road Court on October 16, 2024, the lawyers led by Kato Tumusiime...

David Balondemu, the Kampala District land board chairperson, has been remanded to Luzira prison on charges of forging a medical form. He was arrested over the weekend at Entebbe International Airport by detectives from the State House Anti-Corruption Unit while attempting to flee from the country. Balondemu and his co-accused Dr. Hassan Segujja, a medical officer at Mulago National Referral Hospital, appeared before Ronald Kayizi, the Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate, on Tuesday, October 15th, 2024, to answer charges of forgery...

The grade one magistrate court in Mbarara has charged a Bishop Stuart University lecturer with grievous harm to her 21-year-old housemaid by pouring hot water. The accused has been identified as Doreen Atwongire, a 39-year-old lecturer at Bishop Stuart University, in Mbarara, and the victim as Racheal Ninsiima, a 21-year-old housemaid. Rusoke Kituuma on October 10, 2024, highlighted that the incident occurred on September 25, 2024, when Doreen returned home to find her child crying. “Doreen allegedly poured boiling water on Racheal...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pardoned the former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Local Government, John Muhanguzi Kashaka, who has been serving a 10-year jail sentence for causing a financial loss of UGX 4.2 billion to the government in the Local Council I (LCI) bicycle procurement scandal. This development was confirmed in a statement released by Uganda Prison Services on Thursday, October 3, 2024. According to Moses Ssentalo, the Commissioner of Prison Assistant Public Relations Officer, Kashaka has been released...