Tag Archives: Extorting

Residents in Kikuube district have accused officials of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) of demanding illegal payments for National ID services that are supposed to be offered free of charge. The complaints have emerged from Kyangwali and Katikara parishes in Kyangwali sub-county, where residents claim some officials involved in the ongoing mass national registration exercise are charging between …

Drama unfolded in Kampala as a self-styled “State House insider” was remanded to prison after allegedly pocketing Shs20 million in a brazen scam involving a forged presidential appointment letter to the Uganda Railways Corporation. Nicholas Arinda was arraigned Wednesday before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court and charged with forgery, uttering a false document, and obtaining money by false pretence. …