Kampala, Uganda | URN | Fifty-three days after security agencies launched a high-profile money laundering investigation, security experts say fundamental procedural mistakes may have fatally undermined the case, potentially exposing the government to costly legal challenges even if the matter proceeds to trial. The experts argue that investigators departed from …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The embattled former Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among, can still receive visitors to her residence in Nakasero despite the presence of tight security. A Uganda Radio Network (URN) visit established that while access to the Bukedea Woman MP is tightly controlled by security personnel, …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Nearly a month after dramatic security raids on the homes and businesses linked to former Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, pressure is mounting on the government and security agencies to publicly explain the allegations that triggered the operation and her subsequent incommunicado detention from public …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Journalist Pidson Kareire, who was abducted, tortured, and then charged with defaming the former Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among, has been awarded 30million shillings by the High Court in Kampala. High Court judge, Simon Peter Kinobe, held that Kareire had provided convincing evidence to …
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Bukedea, Uganda | URN | Security operatives, including personnel from the Army, the Police CID, and the Internal Security Organization (ISO), conducted a three-hour search at the residence of Zipporah Akol, a personal assistant to the former Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among. The operation took place on Friday evening …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Outspoken historian Professor Mwambutsya Ndebesa argues that the embattled former Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among, has had her “License” for corruption revoked. In his analysis Anita Among, who is under investigation for suspected abuse of office and self-enrichment, has been a beneficiary of what …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Justine Nameere Nsubuga, the Masaka City Woman Member of Parliament, re-surfaced after spending hours under what some described as military abduction. Nameere was arrested on Friday evening, in a joint operation by armed military and police operatives who intercepted her while she was in a …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has come out to explain the circumstances leading to the siege of properties belonging to the outgoing Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among. The Senior Presidential Advisor and Chairperson of the Patriotic League of Uganda, General Muhoozi …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) aspirant Norma Susan Otai and National Resistance Movement (NRM) member Hellen Odeke Akol have both asserted that the seat of Woman Member of Parliament for Bukedea District is open for competition and should not be regarded as an uncontested …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
