Mazima News

A businessman who allegedly defrauded a Kenyan investor 1.3 billion Shillings has been remanded. Elijah Martin Rusoke commonly known as Albert Kamugisha was on Wednesday arraigned before City Hall Court and charged with two counts of obtaining money by false pretense and conspiracy to commit a felony. He is jointly charged with Issa Muwonge who did not appear before Grade One Magistrate Edgar Kakaire.

Parliament has asked the Government to present efforts to combat the rising prices of fuel that have rocked the country in the past week. Speaker Anita Among, said whereas inflation had been contained, there are worrying signs with the escalation of fuel prices, which she said has the effect of causing general commodities inflation.

While it might be too early to assess the effects the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin and other leaders on the Wagner Group’s operations in Africa, some analysts say there will be short-term disruptions. Given Prigozhin’s reach on the continent the past few years, it will take time to replace Wagner’s top man, said Steven Gruzd, head of the Africa Russia Project at the South African Institute of International Affairs in Johannesburg.

The police in Hoima have arrested five security guards for allegedly shooting at the Minister of State for Lands, Dr Sam Mayanja in Hoima district. The security guards attached to Pyramid Security Group have been identified as Vincent Omara, 28, Vincent Tusingwire 26, Cleophas Kansiime 22, Gad Mairiho 42 and Robert Abekani 25. Julius Hakiza, the Albertine Region Police Spokesperson says the five are detained at Hoima Central Police Station.

Mobile phone-based payments for goods and services in Uganda remain low relative to subscriber numbers, a situation service providers say must be tackled to drive the cashless economy. While the country boasts more than 30 million mobile phone subscriptions, just about 20 million subscribe to mobile money platforms, and a far smaller number use their mobile wallets to pay for goods and services.

The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has appointed James Ereemye Jumire Mawanda as the new Public Relations Officer for the Judiciary. Mawanda the current Acting Registrar in Charge of Magistrates Affairs and Data Management will replace Jamson Karemani Karemera who was last month appointed as a Judge of the High Court by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni . Karemani had served in the same capacity for five years since 2019.

A group of army officers in the central African nation of Gabon say they have overthrown the government of President Ali Bongo. The officers announced the coup early Wednesday morning on national television channel Gabon 24, hours after the nation’s election commission had announced that President Bongo had won a third term in last week’s general elections. The group said that the election results were invalidated, all state institutions dissolved and all borders closed until further notice.

Dr. Kiizza Besigye has urged against the use of guns to topple President Museveni and his NRM party from power. The four-time former Presidential candidate says that it is useless to use violence against Museveni. He said Museveni who used the gun to assume power in 1986 has demonstrated that taking power using the gun does not offer a solution to vices like dictatorship.

The multi-billion Karuma-Gulu water project will be commissioned in October 2024, according to a timeline by the National Water and Sewerage Corporation. The Karuma-Gulu water project is expected to boost the capacity of water production in Gulu City from the current 12,000 litres of water per day to 22,000 litres per day.

Airtel Uganda has opened up share sale to the public as it plans to raise 800 billion shillings at 100 shillings per share. It becomes the second telecoms operator to float its shares to the public after MTN Uganda about two years ago. This completes the requirement of listing at least 20 percent of the Company’s total stock onto the Uganda Securities Exchange, as per the National Telecommunication Operator’s license acquired in 2021.