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By Amos Tayebwa Tears, anger and desperation have engulfed the streets of Mbarara after a sweeping city council operation to restore “order” turned into a full-blown eviction storm, leaving thousands of street vendors, kiosk owners and small traders counting heavy losses and staring at an uncertain future. The no-nonsense crackdown, jointly executed by Mbarara City South Division and Mbarara City …

Uganda’s booming betting industry has been thrown into scandal after a Fortebet employee was unmasked as part of a deadly armed gang behind the cold-blooded murder of a senior police officer and a wave of violent robberies across the Kampala Metropolitan Area. In a dramatic intelligence-led swoop, police arrested five suspects, including Okello Daniel, a guard attached to Fortebet, during …

Kanyanya Grade One Magistrate Damalie Agumasiimwe has ordered the immediate evacuation of detained National Unity Platform (NUP) supporter Sauda Madada to a medical facility for further treatment. Madada, who appeared frail and visibly ill, was brought to court supported by prison warders and was reportedly vomiting blood. Before the court session began, the magistrate visited the holding cells after receiving …

MUBENDE — Horror has hit Mubende Town after the manager of Prime Rose Hotel — who also happens to be the son of the hotel owner — allegedly murdered one of his long-serving workers and buried him secretly after accusing him of stealing charcoal. The suspect, Genesis Dduhimbaazi, manager of the Prime Rose Hotel, was this week dragged before the …

Hold onto your hard hats, folks! The cement giant that once owned Uganda’s Hima Cement is now mixing in a whole different kind of trouble — terror money! French prosecutors on Tuesday opened a sensational trial against Lafarge, a subsidiary of Switzerland’s Holcim Group, accusing it of funding deadly jihadist groups including ISIS and al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front to keep its …