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The General Court Martial sitting at Makindye has remanded four senior officers of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) over allegations of large-scale fuel misappropriation, in a case that has raised fresh concerns about accountability within the military. The officers Brig Gen James Barigye Ruheesi, Col David Ociti Kidega, Maj Innocent Kikongi Mugumya, and Capt Kenneth Labwon Kinyera appeared before …

Viewers: 90,001 By Spy Uganda Four senior officers of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have been remanded to Makindye Military Barracks after being charged with misusing operational fuel for personal gain, in a case that prosecutors say undermined military efficiency. The officers, James Barigye Ruheesi, David Ocitti Kidega, Innocent Kikongi Mugumya, and Kenneth Labwon Kinyera, appeared Monday before …

KAMPALA –The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has secured a conviction against Agnes Nandutu, the Woman Member of Parliament for Bududa District and former State Minister for Karamoja Affairs, for the offence of dealing with suspect property. Hon.Agnes Nanduttu in court last year (courtesy photo) The conviction was handed down by the High Court of Uganda, presided …

A storm is brewing at the Uganda National Bureau of Standards after a bombshell report exposed shocking gaps in oversight, weak enforcement, and a baffling multi-billion-shilling shortfall in the highly sensitive digital stamps system. At the centre of the controversy is a jaw-dropping revenue gap involving Swiss-linked firm SICPA Global Fluids Integrity SA, contracted to run the Digital Conformity Marking …

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 …

After ten years, millions in financing and bold promises to transform Uganda’s business and tourism competitiveness, the Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (CEDP) is now under an unforgiving spotlight. The December 2025 Value for Money audit on CEDP has laid bare a troubling pattern of delayed works, underutilised facilities, partially implemented reforms and systems that exist on paper but struggle …

A storm is brewing in Uganda’s diplomatic circles after a senior official deployed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to an Africa nation allegedly ran off with another man’s wife. RedPepper has learnt that the diplomat (names withheld for now) is accused by sources of volatile behaviour and a dark violence past, claims that have circulated for years in Kampala …

Shock and outrage have erupted in Bugisu following the dragging of Masaka Resident City Commissioner (RCC) Ahamada Washaki to court over alleged child neglect and abandonment. Speaking to RedPepper, the Bugisu Cultural Institution spokesperson Steven Masiga confirmed that it has taken keen interest in the case involving the senior government official, describing the allegations as disturbing and shameful. Court records …

RUBANDA, UGANDA — In a powerful display of voter accountability, Prossy Akampurira, the Rubanda District Woman MP and one of the Commissioners of Parliament who benefited from the controversial UGX 1.7 billion “Service Award” payout, has been decisively voted out of office. The resounding defeat comes after months of sustained public outrage over the hefty payouts to parliamentary commissioners—a scandal …

A sperm donor who unknowingly harboured a genetic mutation that dramatically raises the risk of cancer has fathered at least 197 children across Europe, a major investigation has revealed. Some children have already died and only a minority who inherit the mutation will escape cancer in their lifetimes. The sperm was not sold to UK clinics, but the BBC can …