By Our Reporter City tycoon Hamis Kiggundu also known as Ham through his company Kiham Enterprises Uganda Limited has released a statement clearing air on Kigo...
By Gad Masereka Richard Michael Nataka, the former secretary general of the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS), was sentenced to 7 years in prison by a Kampala anti-corruption court for embezzling more than Shs 1 billion. Nataka was found guilty on four counts of embezzlement, inflicting financial loss, abuse of office, and conspiracy to defraud by a court presided over by grade one magistrate Moses Nabende. Between February 1, 2013 and September 30, 2013, he embezzled more than Shs 1.2 billion from URCS in Kampala, when he illegally approved and paid Buki Enterprises Limited for construction work at the African Youth Leadership and Training Centre (Namakwa). For the execution of the stated works, Nataka signed duplicate contracts in favor of Buki Enterprise, Jensani Construction, and Saki Technical Services Limited. Nataka, who was previously on trial with two others, Geoffrey Serunjogi and Geoffrey Weponde, the Uganda Red Cross Society’s deputy director for finance, was found guilty based on evidence from seven prosecution witnesses, while his co-accused were acquitted due to a lack of sufficient evidence to pin them. “The prison sentences will not be cumulative. The accused is also ordered to pay Uganda Red Cross Society 1,236, 917,932 shillings in compensation “Nabende remarked. Nataka has also been forbidden from holding public office for a ten-year period, as stipulated by the Anti-Corruption Act. The warrant of commitment from Nabende to the Superintendent of Prisons Murchison Bay Prison reads, “This is to authorize and require you, the said superintendent, to receive the said Nataka Richard Michael into your custody in the said prison together with the warrant and there carry out the aforementioned sentence into execution according to law.”
Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, the leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP), has slammed the government for failing to assist Christopher Sembuya, one of Uganda’s...
City Businessman Hamis Kiggundu alias Ham has petitioned the Chief Justice of Uganda’s Judiciary Alfonse Owiny-Dollo to intervene in his scandal with Diamond Trust Bank after...
After allegedly losing nearly Shs 10 billion to Mbarara City North MP Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari, a family in western Uganda’s Isingiro district has petitioned parliament. Hillary...
Kruthum muzata has entreated the kawempe youths to continually cognizance on their jobs as the most effective way to get out from poverty. While addressing the...
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Cabinet has approved a Boda Boda Free Zone in Kampala, where entry and access to all cyclists will be prohibited.President Yoweri Museveni, in his 19th and...
By The NLPMbarara: Residents in Mbarara city are now on high tension as two covid 19 positive cases are found in hotels in Mbarara city.During an operation that...
Boda boda operators yesterday sued government for not allowing them resume passenger transport.Through their association, the National Federation of Professional Cyclists Network (NFPC), the boda boda...
By Gad MaserekaCorporate tycoon Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia was reelected to the Executive Board of the Uganda Indian Association.Sudhir was reelected at a meeting at the organization’s...
By Gad MaserekaSouth Sudanese traders are paying the expense of capacity, and more transportation costs, only days after Kenyan and Ugandan drivers challenged the street assaults.At...
As world pioneers run to Rome for the G20 culmination, US President Joe Biden met Pope Francis Friday toward the beginning of an excursion pointed toward...