Author: Solomon Katushabe

The State Minister for Labour and Rushenyi County Member of Parliament Hon. Mwesigwa Rukutana has been granted bail and is out of prison, we can confirm. Sent to Kyamugorani Prison in Kakiika Mbarara a week ago, the Minister has today been released on a Shs 4M cash bail by the Ntungamo Chief Magistrate. His friends, including former Information Minister Jim Muhwezi, Michael Mawanda the Igara East MP, and businessman Bob Kabonero were his sureties to secure bail. The Minister was first remanded last week by the Grade One Magistrate’s Court on charges of attempted murder, assault, malicious damage, and threatening violence.…

Jothan Yamurebire Burobuto, a two time Speaker of the Students’ Body at Makerere University, the premier institution of higher learning in Uganda and a former President of the Uganda National Students’ Association (UNSA) has declared a bid to challenge for President of Uganda in 2021. Burobuto, who also leads a youthful platform (Progressive Youths Platform – PYP) has announced that he will be contesting for President of Uganda, adding his name to a list of Bobi Wine (NUP), Mugisha Muntu (ANT), and President Museveni (NRM) that has been president for 35 years. Born in Bushenyi district, Burobuto went to St.…

Aga Khan owned Kenyan Bank DTB is in a state of quagmire as it seems very clear that the bank is buying time to figure out how to pay Ham Enterprises but one thing remains clear that the Kenyan born bank does not have enough money to take care of the 120Bn fraud case. To shade more light on this we closely look into their money resource potential with deeper attention to figures. To begin with, available information indicates that Diamond Trust Bank Uganda’s total assets are Shs1.6 trillion of which shs 1.2trillion is customers’ deposits. This is not money…

The congregation and well wishers of King of Kings Church in Sanga Town Council, Nyabushozi, Kiruhura District are up in arms with authorities and Police for failing to hunt down goons who demolished their church on Monday night. The angry Christians also accuse the government of Uganda for failing to support them in rebuilding the Lord’s temple that was demolished by yet-to-be identified people. “We are all Ugandans and we have a right of religious belonging thus the government must not under value us,” Christians at the construction site said, alleging favouritism that they say is accorded to the traditional…

Reports coming just in from Mbarara City have revealed shocking images of an agent of Incumbent Mbarara Municipality MP Micheal Tusiime who has collapsed after seeing the never ending lines of their opponent at a polling station. The agent, who is still unidentified (by press time) gasped for air and fell in when he saw even his friends that had vowed to support his candidate laughing sheepishly at him from the other end. The incident, according to our reporters in Mbarara, has happened at Biharwe East Playground – a Mbarara City suburb along the Mbarara-Masaka highway. The line that caused…

President Yoweri Museveni has released yet another missive around the sectarian and tribal talk by members of society over alleged favouritism that Banyankore are enjoying in the government of the National Resistance Movement (NRM). In a communication thread released on his social media, the longest serving President of Uganda expressed surprised about how Banyankore are allegedly getting majority of the Public Service jobs yet the Public Service Commission has not been headed by a Westerner since 1990. “On the issue of tribalism, especially referring to jobs of the Public Service, people who push that talk are wasting the time of…

Veteran Socialite and Tanzanian Playboy Diamond Platinumz Baby Mama Zarinah Tlale a.k.a Zari Hassan a.k.a the Bosslady will remain a Tourism ambassador for Uganda even with the newly announced ambassador Eddy kenzo on board. This is according to the State Minister for Tourism Hon. Godfrey Kiwanda Ssuubi who on Tuesday announced Edrisah Musuuza (Eddy Kenzo) as the new Uganda Tourism ambassador when his contract as the Kenya Tourism ambassador expired. The role was recently held by Zari whose reign as ambassador raised several questions regarding UTB’s criteria of picking their ambassadors. Last year in January, the role was handed over…

Victoria Rubadiri, a Kenyan investigative reporter and TV news anchor is the 2020 winner of the celebrated BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Ms. Rubadiri, a presenter with Citizen TV in Kenya, is according to reports, “a multifaceted journalist in East Africa and has interviewed some of the leading names in politics and current affairs.” Following in the footsteps of Solomon Serwanjja (Uganda), Waihiga Mwaura (Kenya), Amina Yuguda (Nigeria), Didi Akinyelure (Nigeria) and Nancy Kacungira (Uganda), Ms Rubadira is the second Kenyan to win the award and the 5th East African. According to initial reports from the English Broadcasters, Rubadiri…

Celebrated and Veteran Kadongo Kamu singer Willy Mukabya has made a strained appeal to President Museveni for financial support after battling poverty for a while now. Mukabya, who recently turned to boda boda riding to make a living, said in his cry out that he is going through financial distress and is a very sickly man.  While recalling his glorious days in a video that Our Reporter has watched, Mukabya shed tears while talking about his strained relationship with President Museveni.  “I fought in the NRA bush war that brought President Museveni to power. But I have never benefited individually…

President Museveni has, in a tweet, taken a very unexpected jab at Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago while welcoming former Deputy Lord Mayor Sarah Kanyike to Cabinet. President Museveni first recommended Ms Kanyike’s appointment as one of the directors at the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) before he later appointed her Minister of State for Disabilities and the Elderly. All this was while she was still serving as a KCCA Lord Councillor and Deputy Lord Mayor to Mr. Lukwago. In retaliation, Lukwago gave her a 24 hours ultimatum to come out about her position on the matter – whether she…