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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...

A total of six senior officials of Bugiri District have been remanded for allegedly defrauding Parish Development Model officials. The suspects appeared before the Chief Magistrates Court following their arrest by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU) in collaboration with the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP). According  to the report, the suspects have been identified as Mugunda Azedy, the Assistant Town Clerk, Busowa Town Council, and Community Development Officer; Maka Christopher, Parish...

Members of parliament Hon. Michael Mawanda, Paul Akamba and City lawyer Julius Taitankoko Kirya, have each been granted bail of UGX 35 M in cash by the High Court on corruption charges. Justice Jane Okuo Kajuga while presiding over the court session on August 30, 2024, ordered the MPs to deposit their passports with the court, be barred from leaving the country without permission, and have their sureties bonded in the amount of UGX 50 M not in cash.  Justice Kajuga...

The Judiciary has recorded significant achievements and initiatives in the quarterly performance report aimed at enhancing justice delivery in the country. This was announced by James Eremye Mawanda, the judicial spokeswoman, while addressing a media briefing on Tuesday, August 20th, from the High Court headquarters in Kampala. He cited the verdict delivered by the International Crimes Division in the high-profile Thomas Kwoyelo case as one of the notable achievements of the judiciary. Kwoyelo was found guilty on 44 counts, acquitted on three,...

Trouble for the organizers of the recently flopped “March to Parliament” protest over failed accountability for the funds received to facilitate the demonstration has deepened and is taking on new twists day by day. Top among those on the lists include a local journalist and activist, Agatha Atuhaire, the Executive Director of Agora Centre for Research Ltd., Godwin Toko, and Jimmy Spire Ssentongo, among others. The latest is that the city lawyer, Isaac Ssemakadde, also the founder and executive director of...

Sam Tusubira, a State Attorney at the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs (MoJCA), has been arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court on 16 counts of corruption. The official was arrested by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU), in collaboration with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP). According to a statement released by SHACU on August 13, 2024, the accused, while representing the government in court, solicited a bribe of UGX 100 million...