The Anti-corruption Court has canceled bail for city businessman and president Museveni’s personal friend and business ally, Hajji Hassan Basajjabalaba and sent him back to Luzira Prison amidst tears from his female relatives. Some of Basajjabalaba’s relatives were overheard as saying that Museveni is started witch-hunting him because he cooperates with some opposition politicians.

Chief Magistrate, Irene Akankwasa who in January had granted Basajjabalaba a cash bail of 60 million shillings on Wednesday rescinded her earlier decision.

Basajjabalaba is accused of forging a consent judgment which shielded him from paying 20.1 billion shillings in taxes accruing from his 142 billion shillings compensation for Nakasero city market.

Chief Magistrate, Irene Akankwasa at first granted bail to the beleaguered businessman, saying there was no evidence he snubbed Police summons over charges of forging a consent judgment, as the prosecution was alleging.

The magistrate said that he should be given chance to benefit from bail, but with stringent conditions and also ordered Basajjabalaba to deposit his passport with court.

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Two political leaders, Michael Mabikke and Dr. Abed Bwanika have opposed the MPs move to impeach President Museveni.

The MPs’ proposal to impeach Museveni is being driven by MP Odonga Otto (Aruu) and Ken John Lukyamuzi of Lubaga South. Abed Bwanika and Mabikke say that the MPs who plan to impeach Museveni are in day dreams since NRM has majority MPs in the house.

Mabikke says that opposition members have no capacity to impeach Museveni since they have few numbers in the house. Mabikke says that the MPs should concentrate on developmental issues than dreaming to impeach Museveni.

MPs Lukyamuzi and Otto want to impeach Museveni over allegations of causing financial lose to the government in the compensation saga to businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba and purchase of fighter jets. Mabikke is the president General of the Social Democratic Party while Bwanika is the president of the Peoples’ Developmental Party.

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A new political pressure group similar to Activists for Change (A4C) has launched its national wide programme in Kampala.

The pressure group of concerned Ugandan citizens has been named the National Action for Awakening Uganda (NAAU ). It officially launched shop at Fair Way hotel in Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA).

Its national coordinator is businessman Frank Gashumba. The leaders of Awakening Uganda hope to bring on board all political pressure groups in Uganda to stage a joint pressure group against President Museveni’s reported despotic regime.

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During last Thursday’s meeting NRM MPs were divided over exonerating Tumusiime Mutebile for his role in the 142 billion shillings compensation to city businessman Hassan Bassajjabalaba.

The NRM MPs argued that they would not accept to be swayed by the president and would stick to the parliament’s recommendation that Mutebile be personally held liable for his commissions and omissions in the Basajjabalaba saga.

Museveni on Thursday pleaded with MPs to spare Mutebile reasoning that while Mutebile erred in not consulting, he technically committed no offence under Ugandan laws.

Museveni says that whereas Mutebile never consulted him before making the commitments, the MPs need to save him for the sake of the economy. Museveni says that Mutebile has for a long time been without blemish so the MPs should spare him.

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Palma says that her husband, Charles, 42 was an engineer working with Nile Breweries in Jinja municipality, eastern Uganda. Akello says that the suspects shot dead Eturuket as he walked out of his home to take a bath in January.  Palma Akello says that Charles died in the door way where he fell after he was shot in the head by the suspects.

Akello narrates that  one of the suspects (Ssengendo) demanded to be given all the money the deceased had in the house while the second suspects (Magero) collected the deceased’s items.

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The two ministers resigned last week after the Public Accounts Committee of the 9^th parliament accused them of causing financial loss to the taxpayer and abuse of office for their role in approving reported inflated compensation claims to a Kampala Businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba. The money was in excess of 150 billion shillings. At the meeting we are told that the president requested MPs to ‘love their party, ministers and the country and to save ministers and the government whenever there is a need to do so.’

A source that attended the meeting told us that the MP for Lwemiyaga Theodre Sekikubo challenged the president never to think that the MPs will ever save corrupt ministers. He reportedly told him that those corrupt ministers will one day fall and go away but Uganda will remain. So Sekikubo told the president that He and his conscience will never put NRM interests before national and citizens interests.

The MPs also asked Museveni to advise Bank of Uganda Governor Tumusiime Mutebile to resign for his role in the deals Bbumba and Makubuya were accused of.

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 Health minister, Christine Andoa is now on the menu to make a wedding in a period less than a year since Alupo made hers.

 Christine Andoa we are told she is preparing to walk down the aisle soon with his long time lover, Thomas Udongo Pongona. He is a businessman operating inKampala.

 A source in the ministry of health told our informers that Andoa and her hubby will say ‘I do’ atResurrectionChurchin Bugolobi,Kampala. Andoa is a member of that church. The reception will take place at Munyonyo resort beach.

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We have been told that Yawe using his brother Bobi Wine as an assurance that he would pay got the machines he is currently using in his studio on loan which he has failed to clear up to day.

Yawe got the loan four years back. A source in Bobi Wine’s Firebase crew has told our news desk that Yawe got the machines from a Ugandan businessman based in US pledging that he will settle the debt within one year. But now it is four years down the road.

We hear that the businessman has already reported the matter to the police in US such that it connects with their counterparts in Uganda to see how they can open up charges against Yawe and perhaps Bobi Wine because he was the guarantor.

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 After making a joint deal with a Kampala Businessman Sebalamu to build ‘Freedom city’ shopping mall in Namasuba PWD zone, the Kabaka now wants to start up a bank on his new arcade in Katwe.

The Kabaka’s arcade is called Muganzirwaza. A source in Mengo, a seat of theBugandaKingdomtold us that the Kabaka will use some of the rooms of Muganzirwaza to house Buganda bank.

 We hear that preparations for Buganda to start own bank are in high gear and that the Katikkiro of Buganda, JB Walusimbi is in charge of making all the arrangements for the Bank to start. We shall give you more details as the all process matures.

By Moureen Nakyanzi

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Much as Sekalala is a popular businessman in town few people have ever seen his wife or wives. Sekalala’s wife is also a silent powerful business lady in Kampala .

 Robert Kabushenga

He is the managing editor of the New Vision. He is a married man with three kids. However it is easy to get a visa to go to USA than finding Kabushenga with his wife at a public event.

Emperor Orlando

He is one of Uganda ’s celebrated musicians. He has one wife and five children. They stay together in Bakuli Rubaga division. Orlando like all other personalities mentioned above, he rarely moves with his wife.

Lawyer Yusufu Nsibambi

Before walking down the aisle, lawyer Yusufu Nsibambi and his wife were inseparable. But after he set up a shop for her in Kampala , the lawyer remained at his profession and the wife concentrated on her shop business.

Nasser Ntege Sebaggala

The former mayor of Kampala might be one of the popular guys in town, but he never moves with his wife. May be it is because he has many wives. Even during his political struggles, Sebaggala never showed himself to the public in company of his wives.

Peter Sematimba

He is a very popular businessman and trying politician in town. Millions of Ugandans know him by face, his businesses and political party. But we beat not even one thousand people can identify his wife. Even during the mayoral polls which he lost, every one moved with his wife but Sematimba never came out in the limelight with his wife.

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