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For an institution created to sniff out dirty money and choke financial crime at its roots, the spotlight is now uncomfortably fixed on the watchdog itself. A damning Value for Money audit in the December 2025 report by the Auditor General has exposed glaring weaknesses at the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), raising tough questions about competence, focus and leadership under …

Shockwaves are ripping through the Office of the Prime Minister after the Inspectorate General of Government (IGG) quietly kicked off a sweeping investigation into the lifestyle, work ethics and conduct of a powerful Commissioner at office of the Prime minister (OPM) over chilling allegations of sexual assault, carpet interviews , abuse of office, corruption and illicit wealth. The probe was …

Senior Principal Magistrate Peter Ndege on Thursday, summoned Domitila Mailo of Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) to testify in the fraud and forgery case facing Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago. Mandago is charged alongside county officials Meshack Rono and Joshua Lelei. Mailo is supposed to appear on November 27 and testify as a prosecution witness.Ndege issued the summons after Mailo failed …

The trial involving nine (9) youths accused in the long-running defamation and related case against Kampala pastor Robert Kayanja took another turn on Thursday, November 6, when the eighth witness, a 20-year-old inmate named Ssentongo Regan, testified before the Mwanga II Magistrate’s Court in Mengo. The case, which has dragged on for years, was presided over by Chief Magistrate Adams …

Kira, Wakiso — The Chief Magistrate’s Court of Kira has become the latest battleground in the high-profile divorce case between media personality Aisha Alibhai and her estranged husband, Gabriel Ajedra Aridru, a former state minister for Finance. Court documents seen by this publication reveal a bitter exchange of accusations between the two, with Alibhai filing a cross-petition and responding in detail to Ajedra’s claims in a …

The Comesa Competition Commission has fined global beverages giant Diageo $750,000 (Shs2.5b) for engaging in anti-competitive business practices across Uganda, Eswatini, and Zambia. Diageo, the majority shareholder in East African Breweries Limited, was found to have breached regional competition laws by restricting trade and distorting market dynamics within Comesa.A 13-page ruling indicates that the Commission concluded that Diageo’s distribution and …

KAMPALA – Jibu Uganda is under intense public scrutiny after a video circulated on social media showing a customer receiving impure water from one of its 20L bottles. A video posted on social media showed “green water” or algae in Jibu Uganda’s water, prompting public concern and discussion. “It seems we have been taking poison. Our lives are at stake, Jibu …