Our Reporter The formerly interdicted Commissioner for Land Registration Baker Mugaino over corruption and abuse of office charges is again on spot over accusations of fraudulent cancellation of the certificate of title for Kibuga block 28 plot 540 (worth billions of Shillings) at Makerere, belonging 82-year-old wheelchair bound lady. Mugaino, who, was reinstated in August by the presidential directive that ruled …

Claver Serumaga, the  Executive Executive Director, Commercial Banking at Equity Bank Uganda reflected on how banks have navigated the tension between regulation and customer service. Serumaga was speaking at the 47th organisation of Eastern and Southern Africa Insurers (OESAI) Conference and Annual General Meeting on August 26, 2025 at Munyonyo Speke Resort Convention Centre. Serumaga said that while regulation was …

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) export system meltdown has taken a dramatic and alarming twist, with exporters now receiving chilling emails informing them that their transit operations have been disengaged over alleged tax liabilities from unvalidated and unreturned T1 transit documents — liabilities that exporters say were created entirely by URA system failures. In the latest communication to affected exporters, …

Many of my friends have been asking me whether I had been circumcised for the second time. This is because early March of 2020 I was undergoing a whopper treatment before the president ordered for a lockdown of all happening places in Kampala due to the deadly pandemic coronavirus. Before the announcement, on average, I nailed about four babes in …

Kampala, Uganda — The Uganda Police Mineral Protection Unit and the Law Council have opened separate investigations into Kampala-based law firm M-Smith Advocates over allegations that it facilitated a sophisticated gold fraud scheme that defrauded a British-New Zealand investor of more than $800,000 (about Sh3 billion). The Law Council and Police confirmed to this publication that the complaint—lodged by the …

November being the Prostate cancer awareness month, Redpepper online looks back on how far the fight against cancer has come in the country. For a long time, Uganda had only one dedicated cancer treatment center which is at Mulogo Hospital. However, through partnerships and initiatives such as the Cancer Run, Rotary Uganda and Centenary Bank have been able to construct …

Jinja City – President Yoweri Museveni has concluded his campaign trail in North , East with Busoga subregion wrap up in Jinja City, highlighting key gains in security, infrastructure development, and wealth creation, a key indicator that he was set to take the campaign to West, starting with Kigezi subregion. Speaking during his final stop in Jinja, Museveni said Busoga’s …

Iganga – A mammoth crowd on Friday poured into Iganga District to welcome President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as he wrapped up the final day of his Busoga campaign tour. Thousands of enthusiastic supporters thronged the district headquarters, turning the entire town centre into a sea of yellow long before his convoy arrived. The atmosphere was electric—cheers, chants and NRM flags …

Amos Tayebwa Mbarara: Kashari South has officially erupted into political theatre as NRM flag bearer Capt. John Bosco Bamuturaki Tumusiime stormed Nyarubungo Sub–county, kicking off his 2026 campaign trail with a fiery warning to rivals: “No one will snatch the flag from me!” The former Mbarara District LC5 Chairman, speaking before electrified crowds on Monday, declared that he is battle-ready …

A Finnish investor has accused officials linked to a Ugandan mineral trading company of orchestrating a high-level international gold scam spanning Uganda, Kenya and Dubai, leaving him millions of shillings in losses. The complaint, now with the Uganda Police Force, Minerals Protection Unit, has thrust Oyztar Minerals Company Limited back into the spotlight—barely months after the firm was cited in …