Author: Alexandra Katusiime

Our Snoops have learnt that a section of City Landlords have issued a rent waiver on tenants for the period that they were not carrying out operations due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The development comes after the Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) and umbrella organisation that brings together tenants within the city, sued landlords over rent and other utility arrears such as water and electricity during the lockdown. The Plaintiffs (KACITA) filed the court petition through their lawyers of M/S Ortus Advocates on the June 4th, 2020 at the Civil Division of the High Court of Uganda under Civil Suit…

On July 1, 2020, Mbarara Municipality will start operating under City Status. Ahead of the historic moment and because of in fighting among local leaders, this website understands that Hon. Raphael Magyezi the Minister of Local Government visited the district to have discussions on harmonization of interests. The Minister, this website understands, held talks with the District Authorities and Municipal Council authorities. The cause of division among the local authorities, we have learned, is the new staff structure, interim leadership, representation of councillors and relationship between the city and the new district among other worries. According to the Minister, all…

The Uganda Police has released cautioning messages meant for the public in light of what they termed as intelligence that a section of Ugandans want to riot in Kampala tomorrow. According to the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson SP Patrick Onyango, the security organ has received information that members alleging to be in the association of boda boda riders are in final stages of plans to demonstrate over the continued ban on boda bodas to carry passengers in light of the fight against COVID-19. In a statement dated today Sunday June 7, SP Onyango revealed that Police has received credible information…

Information reaching us from the West Nile district of Arua suggests that the security officers are on a hunt for yet to be identified bow and arrow men who shot at a Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) officer that was on night patrol. According to Lt Col Deo Akiki, the UPDF deputy spokesperson, Private Rashid Ayiga was shot on the head by the said goons near Stabex Petrol Station, Awindiri area, on Arua-Nebbi road. “We condemn these acts of Barbarianism using arrows and bows against our forces and this is now the third time it’s happening. This seems to be…

This website has received exclusive information that the ancestral Kasubi Tombs of the Kingdom of Buganda, are on fire 10 years after an initial fire almost put them to ash in March 2010. The Tombs in Kampala, Uganda, contain the the burial grounds of four Kabakas (Kings of Buganda) and other members of the Baganda royal family. Police Fire Brigade trucks and personnel are already on the site, doing everything possible to put out the fire. The cause of the fire has not yet been confirmed. Buganda Prime Minister (Katikiro) Charles Peter Mayiga, has through the years been traversing all and sundry securing “etofaali” to rebuild…

Uganda’s Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business has taken himself into self isolation over fears that he could have contracted the novel coronavirus. Rt. Hon. Ruhakana Rugunda, a Medical professional and former Minister of Health in the government of President Museveni is the head of the COVID-19 Task Force in Uganda. Just moments ago, the Prime Minister announced that he would be taking the bold step to self isolate after some of his close contacts contracted and tested positive for the coronavirus. “Friends, I have gone into self isolation after some of my contacts tested positive for #COVID19. My…

The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has, as of today, registered a some 1500 taxis and 300 buses in a bid to regulate operations ahead of the oepning of public transport tomorrow. According to reports that this website has obtained, about 500 taxis have been registered to operate to upcountry destinations across the country. Jinja, Mbale, Kapchorwa, Soroti, Busembatya, lganga, Mayuge, Busia, Gulu, Mpigi, Mbarara, Rushere, Sembabule, Fort Portal, Kyenjojo, Kamwenge, lbanda, Kiruhura, Nakasongola, Mubende are some of the towns that taxis and buses have registered to operate to and fro. The Minister of Kampala Affairs, Betty Amongi has emphasised…

Members of Parliament (MPs) led by Kalungu West MP Hon. Joseph Ssewungu want the government of Uganda to explain circumstances under which, four Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) staff resigned and were not arrested. Last week on Friday, top URA Commissioners Dicksons C. Kateshumbwa, Henry Saka, Silajji Kanyesigye Baguma, and Samuel Kahima tendered in their resignations from the government tax body under very unclear circumstances. According to information this website has received, of the four commissioners who resigned, three had been accused of overseeing a Shs 195Bn tax waiver in a multi-billion deal involving the purchase of Sadolin Paints by a…

Musician Daniel Kazibwe, mostly known as Ragga Dee excited Ugandans last night with an energetic performance on NBS TV’s #NBSKatchup show. The singer/rapper, 47, took the viewers that are currently locked down in their homes, down memory lane to the good old times of early 2000’s when he was a household name in the music industry. Accompanied by one of the show hosts, Sheila Salta, the Ugandan music legend sampled some of the greatest hits to ever grace the music scene in the country. Oyagala Cash, Bamusakata, Mbawe, Letter O and Ndigida were some of the songs he had his…

President Museveni, in his address to the nation today, has revealed that he rejected a salary increment by the Ministry of Public Service because Uganda is a poor country. The President donated half his salary to the COVID-19 Task Force for the next six months and had his wife, Hon. Janet Kataaha Museveni the Minister of Education and Sports, deliver the cheque to the task force. “The Ministry of Public Service contacted me and offered to increase my salary because I am told other presidents earn more but I refused because Uganda is a very poor country.” Museveni revealed. The…