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War brewing at Finance ministry as commissioner refuses to retire

News Editor 30th January 2023

There is a brewing war in the Ministry of Finance as the current Commi..

Afternoon News

News Editor 30th January 2023

War brewing at Finance ministry as commissioner refuses to retire.

Tayebwa lauds army ahead of 42nd anniversary

News Editor 30th January 2023

The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has commended the Uganda Peoples’ ..

The State Minister of Defence, Jacob Oboth-Oboth boasts of a disciplined army

News Editor 6th February 2023

The State Minister of Defence, Jacob Oboth-Oboth has boasted of a disc..

ANT “forgives” FDC for fielding own candidate in Serere County by-e

News Editor 12th February 2023

ANT “forgives” FDC for fielding own candidate in Serere County by-e..

President Yoweri Museveni vows to defeat the resurgence of insecurity in the Karamoja sub-region ..

News Editor 16th February 2023

President Yoweri Museveni vows to defeat the resurgence of insecurity ..

Teenage school-going mothers, who were impregnated before and during the COVID - induced lockdown..

News Editor 16th February 2023

Teenage school-going mothers, who were impregnated before and during t..

Gov’t, MPs inquiries into Karamoja iron sheets and goat scandal start.

News Editor 27th February 2023

Government has ordered inquiries into questionable procurement of goat..

Officials shared Karamoja iron sheets on WhatsApp.

News Editor 28th February 2023

Officials shared Karamoja iron sheets on WhatsApp.

Karamoja inquiry unearths key claims against ministers.

News Editor 28th February 2023

Karamoja inquiry unearths key claims against ministers.

Speaker tells Karamoja minister to carry own cross.

News Editor 1st March 2023

Speaker tells Karamoja minister to carry own cross.

Minister removes Karamoja iron sheets off his roof.

News Editor 1st March 2023

Minister removes Karamoja iron sheets off his roof.

Karamoja iron sheets saga goes deeper.

News Editor 5th March 2023

Karamoja iron sheets saga goes deeper.

MPs heap pressure on Kitutu, Nandutu to resign.

News Editor 8th March 2023

MPs heap pressure on Kitutu, Nandutu to resign.

Museveni directs police and State House to investigate Karamoja iron sheets saga.

News Editor 13th March 2023

Museveni directs police and State House to investigate Karamoja iron s..

30 MPs named in the Karamoja iron sheets saga.

News Editor 26th March 2023

30 MPs named in the Karamoja iron sheets saga.

Security tight as ministers record statements over the Karamoja iron sheets saga.

News Editor 29th March 2023

Security tight as ministers record statements over the Karamoja iron s..

Assault charges slapped on Karamoja iron sheets protesters.

News Editor 30th March 2023

Assault charges slapped on Karamoja iron sheets protesters.

Ministers disown Kitutu over Karamoja iron sheets scandal.

News Editor 31st March 2023

Ministers disown Kitutu over Karamoja iron sheets scandal.

Iron sheets scandal adds to Karamoja safety woes.

News Editor 2nd April 2023

Iron sheets scandal adds to Karamoja safety woes.

Kitutu faces arrest for snubbing summons.

News Editor 3rd April 2023

Kitutu faces arrest for snubbing summons.

Police will not name grilled ministers in the iron sheet scandal probe.

News Editor 4th April 2023

Police will not name grilled ministers in the iron sheet scandal probe..

Minister Kitutu, brother remanded over Karamoja iron sheets.

News Editor 6th April 2023

Minister Kitutu, brother remanded over Karamoja iron sheets.

Iron sheet scandal tops preaching as Christians mark Good Friday.

News Editor 7th April 2023

Iron sheet scandal tops preaching as Christians mark Good Friday.

Iron sheets probe committee fails to meet Speaker Among.

News Editor 7th April 2023

Iron sheets probe committee fails to meet Speaker Among.

Iron sheets saga dominates Easter Sunday preaching.

News Editor 10th April 2023

As Christians thronged churches in various parts of the country to cel..

Experts poke holes in Nabbanja’s defense over the iron sheets saga.

News Editor 11th April 2023

Experts have weighed in on Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja’s confessio..

Minister Kitutu denied bail, further remanded.

News Editor 12th April 2023

Karamoja Affairs Minister, Dr. Mary Goretti Kitutu has been denied bai..

Museveni encourages court to Charge ministers with theft for iron sheets saga.

News Editor 12th April 2023

President Museveni has denounced public officials named in the iron sh..

Speaker Among’s iron sheets missing at OPM.

News Editor 13th April 2023

A row is brewing between the Speaker of Parliament and Office of the P..

Museveni orders Implicated officials not to leave the country until iron sheets scandal is done.

News Editor 16th April 2023

President Yoweri Museveni has passed a directive barring any governmen..

Minister Lugoloobi arraigned before court over iron sheet scandal; denies any wrongdoing

News Editor 17th April 2023

State Minister for Finance, Amos Lugoloobi has been arraigned before t..

Minister Lugoloobi to push for better prison conditions.

News Editor 24th April 2023

State minister for Planning Amos Lugoloobi has shared that his detenti..

DPP goes for OPM officials as net widens into iron sheets saga.

News Editor 25th April 2023

The Director of Public Prosecutions has cast her net wider in the ongo..

Arrests over iron sheets silence ministers’ sirens.

News Editor 26th April 2023

Ministers are increasingly skipping Parliament sessions and sirens on ..

Karamoja ministry official in iron sheets scandal granted bail.

News Editor 2nd May 2023

The first technocrat in the Karamoja iron sheets saga was Tuesday morn..

Minister Nandutu granted bail.

News Editor 4th May 2023

The Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court has granted bail to the..

The Presidential Affairs Committee leadership has revealed that the probe into the mismanagement ..

News Editor 5th May 2023

The Presidential Affairs Committee leadership has revealed that the pr..

PM Nabbanja’s PA summoned by CID over Karamoja iron sheets

News Editor 11th May 2023

The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and a team from the Stat..

Museveni asked to fire defiant iron sheets ‘thieves’.

News Editor 16th May 2023

The executive director of Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda has tasked ..

Noose tightens for more ministers in iron sheet saga.

News Editor 18th May 2023

Police have completed additional inquiries and closed gaps raised by t..

MPs pin three ministers on the iron sheets saga.

News Editor 24th May 2023

House committee which carried out separate inquiries into the Karamoja..

Nandutu runs to court to halt iron sheets trial.

News Editor 25th May 2023

State Minister for Karamoja Affairs Agnes Nandutu has run to the Const..

Minister Nandutu loses bid to halt iron sheets trial.

News Editor 29th May 2023

The Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court in Kampala has dismisse..

Museveni goes into self-isolation after testing positive for Covid.

News Editor 8th June 2023

President Museveni has announced he has gone into self-isolation after..

25 killed as suspected ADF rebels raid school in Kasese.

News Editor 17th June 2023

Gunmen suspected to be ADF rebels have attacked a privately owned scho..

Minister Kitutu’s brother loses bid to transfer his trial to Namisindwa.

News Editor 20th June 2023

The chief magistrate’s court at the Kololo based anti-corruption court..

Evidence against Kitutu and Lugoloobi gathered.

News Editor 30th June 2023

The director of public prosecutions has listed thousands of stolen Kar..

Journalists condemn brutal attack on colleagues at FDC offices.

News Editor 21st July 2023

Journalists have condemned the “barbaric” attack on their colleagues b..

Court bans live coverage of Minister Kitutu case.

News Editor 25th July 2023

A judge at the anti-corruption court has banned live broadcast inside ..

Local council one and two elections in the offing.

News Editor 12th October 2023

The ministry of finance has announce release of funds to facilitate el..

31 die during end of year festivities.

News Editor 2nd January 2024

At least 31 people died under different circumstances during the end o..

Gov’t explains postponement of LC1 elections again.

News Editor 3rd January 2024

The Ministry of Local Government has explained that the Local Council ..

President Museveni to address the nation tomorrow Tuesday

News Editor 8th January 2024

President Yoweri Museveni will tomorrow Tuesday address the nation on ..

Justice Byabakama retained as EC chairperson.

News Editor 11th January 2024

President Museveni has reappointed Justice Simon Byabakama as the chai..

Minister Kitutu charged afresh over iron sheets scandal.

News Editor 17th January 2024

Karamoja affairs minister Mary Goretti Kitutu has been charged afresh ..

Minister Kitutu loses court bid to block IGG prosecution.

News Editor 19th February 2024

Karamoja affairs minister, Mary Goretti Kitutu has lost bid to stop pr..

Court in Kampala orders 88 mothers arrested from streets to return home.

News Editor 23rd February 2024

Court has ordered 88 mothers from Napak district who have been sending..

Kitutu ordered to appear in court over 1.5billion shillings loss.

News Editor 1st March 2024

The anti-corruption court has ordered the lawyer representing Karamoja..

ICT ministry to streamline communication in government.

News Editor 20th March 2024

A section of communication officers from different ministries, departm..

Karamoja registers slow progress in mapping of villages ahead of census.

News Editor 8th April 2024

Uganda Bureau of Statistics -UBOS has indicated that the pre-census ge..

Priest remanded to Kigo prison over murder of URA employee.

News Editor 10th August 2024

Rev.Father Dominic Alinga,34-year-old priest has been remanded to Kigo..

SFC soldier to be hanged for murder of five family members.

News Editor 1st November 2024

The military court martial sitting in Mayuge District has sentenced Pr..

President Museveni grants pardon to 19 NUP members.

News Editor 22nd November 2024

President Yoweri Museveni has granted clemency to 19 political prisone..