Soroti Municipality to Impound Loitering Animals
In order to avert the loitering of animals in Soroti Municipality, Councillors have passed a resolution to confiscate and charge the owners of stray animals found roaming the streets of the...
View ArticleUCC, Airtel Unearth ‘Huge’ International Calls Scam
An uncharacteristic call from the United Kingdom to a Ugandan Airtel subscriber was recently intercepted and probed by the telecom company. The call was unusual because on the receiver’s handset, it...
View ArticleOngwen Trial: Defense Lawyer Questions Survivor’s Recollection of Pajule Attack
By: Tom Maliti A defense lawyer challenged the account given by a survivor of a Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) attack on the Pajule camp for internally displaced people (IDP). On Tuesday, Thomas Obhof...
View ArticleGovernment Launches Cholera Control Guidelines
The Ministry of Health has Wednesday launched the revised operational guidelines for the prevention and control of cholera and other diarrheal diseases. The guidelines seek to prevent new cases of...
View ArticleUNRA to Divert Kampala-Jinja Highway Traffic
Road users along Kampala-Jinja Highway will have to use alternative routes as Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) begins surface improvement of a spot between Namanve and Bweyogerere. According to a...
View ArticleWinnie Byanyima Named Among World’s 100 Most Reputable Individuals
Executive Director of global organization Oxfam International, Winnie Byanyima has been named among the top 100 most reputable individuals on earth in 2017. In a list released earlier this week by...
View ArticleMInister Mukwaya Rallies ILO States to Tackle Unemployment, Poverty
The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon. Janat B. Mukwaya has called on International Labour Organisation (ILO) member states to take “urgent action” against the effects of new...
View ArticleMuhakanizi, NMS Clash Over USD 200Million Loan
It was a long day Wednesday for the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as it commenced investigations into the whereabouts of the USD200Million Loan from the Preferential Trade Area Bank...
View ArticleFormer Ibanda MP Deo Rwabita Dead
Former Ibanda South Member of Parliament and Ugandan Diplomat Deo Kajunzire Rwabita has passed away. Rwabita died last evening according reports; of a yet to be revealed ailment. He was serving as the...
View ArticleJinja’s Muhammad Kezaala Floored at Court of Appeal
Court of Appeal has thrown out the Election Appeal filed by former DP national Chairperson Muhammed Baswale Kezaala, in which he challenged an earlier judgment of Jinja High Court’s Justice Geoffrey...
View ArticleMinister Tumwebaze Rallies Western IT Firms to Invest in Uganda
The Minister for Information Communication Technology (ICT) and National Guidance Frank Kagyigyi Tumwebaze has called upon Western companies to invest in Uganda’s ICT and digital economies. Tumwebaze...
View ArticleBoda Boda Cyclist Dies Instantly After Knocking Police Pickup
One person died on spot after a speeding boda boda collided with a police pickup at the cross road near Kitgum house and Electoral Commision headquarters along Jinja Road in Kampala on Thursday...
View ArticleMuseveni Now Dresses Ugandan
President Yoweri Museveni today took the recently launched Buy Uganda Build Uganda campaign to a higher level, revealing that he now puts clothes made entirely in Uganda. As proof, the president opened...
View ArticleSim Boxing Suspect Pleads Guilty, Remanded to Luzira
The prime suspect in the case of sim boxing against Airtel Uganda, Geoffrey Kasule has been convicted and remanded to Luzira prison. Kasule who was arrested alongside three others appeared before the...
View ArticleAmbassador Rwabita Succumbs to Diabetes; Family Speaks Out
Family members have opened up on the passing of former Member of Parliament of Ibanda South Deo K Rwabiita, who breathed his last in Kampala last night. Brother to the deceased Francis Gratian told...
View ArticleOpposition Point Out 2017/18 Budget Mismatch
The Opposition Leader of Parliament (LOP), Winnie Kiiza has highlighted has highlighted what she calls lot of mismatch in the 2017/18 national budget as read by the Minister of Finance, Matia Kasaija...
View ArticleNRM’s Lumumba Rushes to Kyadondo as Campaigns Heat up
As the Kyaddondo East campaigns gain momentum, the NRM Secretary General Justine Kasule Lumumba and the National Treasurer Hon Rose Namayanja Nsereko have embarked on branch level interactions with...
View ArticleMuseveni: No More District Road Tenders
President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned multibillion Komatsu road construction and maintenance equipment for all the 121 local governments in the country. The equipment which included motor graders,...
View ArticleFired National Drug Authority Legal Boss Refuses to Leave Office
National Drug Authority (NDA) are stuck with their Head of Legal Services, one Mark Kamanzi who was recently fired but declined to leave office. Mr Kamanzi was terminated by the Authority’s Board of...
View ArticleMuseveni Gets ‘Heart-warming’ Gift from US for Helping Refugees
State House have received an unexpected letter from the United States of America, expressing appreciation to President Yoweri Museveni for unsparingly supporting refugees from the region. The writer Ms...
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