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The Court of Appeal has upheld separate criminal prosecutions against former Karamoja Affairs Minister Mary Goretti Kitutu Kimono over the Karamoja iron sheets scandal, ruling that the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Inspectorate of Government acted within their independent constitutional mandates and were not required to merge the cases into a single trial.

The High Court has dismissed an application by Kiyaga Hillary Innocent, popularly known as Dr Hilderman, seeking access to Electoral Commission records as part of his legal challenge against the election of former minister Ameria Kyambadde as Mawokota North Member of Parliament. In a ruling delivered by Justice Jamson Karemani, the court found that Kiyaga’s request for electoral documents was too broad, ambiguous and lacked the specificity required for a court to order discovery of evidence.

The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have renewed their commitment to strengthening cooperation on standards and conformity assessment, in a move aimed at improving the safety, quality and reliability of electrical and electronic products on the Ugandan market.

Finance Minister Henry Musasizi has called on commercial banks to lower lending rates and channel more financing into productive sectors, saying affordable credit will be critical if Uganda is to achieve its ambitious target of growing the economy from about $50 billion to $500 billion by 2040.

The National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (NLRGB), working with the Uganda Police Force, has seized more than 123 illegal gaming machines during a coordinated enforcement operation across the Greater Katonga region as the regulator intensifies its nationwide campaign against unlicensed gambling businesses.

KAMPALA/ SEPT/17/2026-The Ndere Cultural Centre has initiated a new programme to digitise Uganda’s cultural heritage and introduce indigenous knowledge to primary school children through the Uganda Primary Schools Cultural Digitisation and Musicality Festival.

Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner General John R. Musinguzi has applauded businessman Sudhir Ruparelia for embracing electronic tax invoicing and described him as one of the pioneers in the real estate sector complying with the authority’s tax requirements. Musinguzi made the remarks during an engagement between URA and city landlords, where he called for closer cooperation between the tax authority and property owners to reverse a decline in rental income tax collections.

By Anthony Kivumbi-Business Development Manager- Strategic Partnerships at HFB Drive out of Kampala on any road you like. Take the one to Naggalama, where I went to school. Somewhere past the last trading centre, you will pass a plot with a ring beam and no roof. The blocks are good. The windows are bricked up against thieves. Grass is growing where the sitting room will be. We look at that plot and we call it a stalled project. I have come to see it differently. That house is not stalled.

The Head of Secretariat of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID), Matthew Bagonza, has been charged with abuse of office and money laundering over transfer of Shs171.7 million from an account associated with the presidential initiative to his personal bank account.

For many Ugandans, Sudhir Ruparelia is the billionaire behind luxury hotels, towering buildings and one of East Africa’s largest business empires. But beyond Kampala’s skyline lies another story, one that cannot be measured by wealth rankings or property portfolios.