James Kabengwa
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Row as Archbishop rejects new SMACK head teacher
Archbishop Paul Ssemogerere said the ministry’s move was a surprise that was made without notifying his office and that it flouted the due process which was ongoing → Read More
Ham Towers primed to slip through Kiggundu’s grasp
Kabaka through the BLB wants the titles cancelled and accuses the businessman of illegally acquiring the leas → Read More
Wakiso RDC sucked into land conflict
Ms Kankunda is accused of ordering a group of residents in Mazzi-Ssissa, Kajjansi Town Council to trespass into a five-acre land at Busiro Block 486 Plot 17, Kajolya → Read More
Lawyers task DPP to reinstate graft charges against Basajja
“Evidence against the Basajjabalaba brothers is within the public domain. A huge line-up of witnesses is available" → Read More
Democracy icon Ssemo to receive official burial
The announcement came after two separate letters that informed the government about the death of Ssemogerere—the first from his brother John Kawanga, and another from Democratic Party President... → Read More
Buganda royals lose Mutungo land to businessman Kasasa
Mr Kasasa says the ruling now gives him a chance to start earning revenue from his investments → Read More
Why govt is seeking Shs2 trillion new loan
The rush to borrow more expensively from private lenders could suggest poor revenue planning → Read More
Lands minister declares all leases null and void
The junior Lands minister accused the Buganda Land Board of mixing up and managing all land in Buganda yet some of it is owned by individuals → Read More
Taxi park, other facilities evicted from Lubigi swamp
In the second day of the operation to evict encroachers from the wetland, a grader was used to dig holes at a lorry park to deny accessibility → Read More
Inside Buganda’s grand coffee plans
Mengo has moved to use Mwanyi Terimba Limited—a company affiliated to it—to “start coffee trade, roasting and exporting coffee.” → Read More
Buganda, Kooki division deepens
Ms Sarah Kiyimba, the Rakai RDC, could neither confirm nor deny receipt of the petition from the sub-counties that taken together form the greatest part of Kooki chiefdom → Read More
Mixed reactions greet plans for coffee plant
The development has cast a chill over some players given that UDCA offered its backing to a coffee agreement that the government entered into with Uganda Vinci Coffee Company → Read More
Owino market lease cancellation faces growing opposition
President Museveni has ordered the cancellation of the land title of the market → Read More
President orders cancellation of Owino land title
The President’s directive comes nearly a year after the chairperson of the Kampala District Land Board, Mr David Balondemu, wrote to him seeking his direction after the commissioner of land... → Read More
Jailed NUP legislators lash out at Opposition
When Sunday Monitor visited the embattled lawmakers in Kigo prison, they had a lot to say—most not good about “our closest colleagues → Read More
EC backs Bobi Wine in battle for NUP’s soul
In the new leadership, Mr Kibalama is the party vice president, while the secretary general is Mr Kagombe → Read More
Microfinance reform comes to a dead end
In a minority report, the five lawmakers claim that “MSC operations are marred with massive irregularities and without adequate supervision → Read More
Kiggundu, Mengo trade insults over Kigo land
Buganda Kindom officials accuse businessman Hamis Kiggundu of grabbing kingdom’s land, but the later says the officials are hiding behind the king to sell Buganda land and enrich themselves → Read More
How Uganda coffee got its groove back
Parliament’s report established that five companies between 1994 and 2017 had carried out feasibility studies to set up coffee processing plants → Read More
How Lubowa project left taxpayers Shs359b poorer
At least five certificates worth $101m (Shs359b) were issued by the Health ministry, and all payments were exclusive of the statutory 18 percent VAT → Read More