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Mines Department Commissioner Alaba: Mineral Markets Regulation to Protect Miners From Exploitation, Traders From Fraud, Gov’t from Illicit Financial Flows – The Voice Uganda HomeBusinessMines Department Commissioner Alaba: Mineral Markets Regulation to Protect Miners From Exploitation, Traders From Fraud, Gov’t from Illicit Financial Flows …

Veteran businessman Mathew Rukiikaire has entered the growing battle over the vast business empire left behind by late tycoon Musinguzi James Garuga accusing individuals linked to the family of attempting to unlawfully seize control of key companies tied to the deceased businessman. Court and company records filed before the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) reveal that Rukiikaire has launched a …

Kampala city lawyer Jimmy Awanga has been remanded to Luzira Prison after appearing before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s court on allegations of obtaining Shs 193 million by false pretences in a disputed land transaction. Awanga, 49, appeared before chief magistrate Ritah Neumbe Kidasa on Wednesday and denied the charges during plea taking. According to the charge sheet, Awanga, a …

MTN Uganda CEO, Sylvia Mulinge Like many Ugandans, I have had terrible experiences with MTN. Not once or twice but many times over. I enumerated some dubious incidents in the article “Does MTN promote crime?” (The Observer, 1 April 2026). I particularly found the continued use of a strange phone number on the MTN network illegally registered under my NIN …

Viewers: 90,001 By Spy Uganda A notorious Wakiso land grabber who for years allegedly terrorized residents by fraudulently claiming ownership of their properties has been sentenced to eight years in prison by the High Court Criminal Division. Charles Kyagaba was handed two consecutive four-year sentences after being convicted on two counts of obtaining money by false pretences, bringing his …

Kampala, Uganda — Uganda’s security agencies have disrupted what authorities describe as a sophisticated transnational criminal network, following an intelligence-led operation that uncovered links between drug trafficking, identity fraud, and impersonation of state authority. The operation, coordinated under the oversight of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, resulted in multiple arrests, seizure of weapons, and recovery of forged official documents.   …

SOROTI — A Community Development Officer in Soroti City has been interdicted from duty pending the outcome of a fraud case in which she is accused of extorting money from Parish Development Model beneficiaries. Alajo Hellen, the CDO for Kengere Ward in Soroti City East Division, was interdicted this week by Soroti City authorities after she was formally charged before …

A Value for Money audit has detonated a political and administrative bombshell at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, exposing deep cracks in Uganda’s land administration system despite years of digitalisation and decentralisation reforms. At the centre of the storm is the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, headed administratively by Permanent Secretary Dorcas W. Okalany, who …

One of the suspects charged over an attempted Shs 725 million fraud targeting Stanbic Bank has opened negotiations with the State to resolve the case through a plea bargain. The development was disclosed on Monday before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court, where Chief State Attorney Joan Keko told the court that Elizabeth Mbabazi, a Rwandan businesswoman, had formally expressed …

Uganda’s coffee sector has been put on alert and thrown into anxiety after police in Vietnam uncovered a massive fake coffee operation, raising fears that counterfeit coffee products could find their way into markets and affect her share. Vietnamese police have launched a criminal investigation after raiding a warehouse in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, where officers seized …