Measles Outbreak Confirmed in Kampala, Wakiso
Ministry of Health Tuesday morning announced an outbreak of Measles in the capital Kampala and neighboring Wakiso district. The ministry’s Permanent Secretary Anthony Mbonye in a statement revealed...
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Kenyans in Uganda Pray for Peaceful Election
Voting kicked off smoothly in Kampala, as Kenyans in Uganda joined others to vote for their next president. At the Kenyan High Commission in Kololo, voters started turning up as early as 6 am and by...
View ArticleMan Takes Own Life after Testing HIV Positive
Residents of Kinyole zone B in Namanyonyi Sub-county, Mbale District are in grief after one of their own took his own life for testing HIV positive. According to residents, Moses Bubulo, 38, could not...
View ArticleMan Found Dead in Kabale Guesthouse
Police in Kabale are investigating the death of an elderly man, whose body was found Tuesday morning in a lodge. The deceased who is suspected to be in his late 60s was found dead in a room at...
View ArticleUganda to Kick Out ‘Neglected Tropical Diseases’ By 2021
Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng announced Tuesday that by the year 2021, Uganda will be free from Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). NRDs are a diverse group of communicable diseases that...
View ArticleNRM Nominates 6 for Rukiga Woman MP, LC5 Seats
Six people have been nominated by the ruling NRM party to stand in the primaries for District (LC5) chairperson and Woman Member of Parliament in the newly created Rukiga district. The nomination took...
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Live: Uhuru Kenyatta Projected To Win
10:00: Results from 73% of the votes have been counted. Incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta still leads with 7618943 votes (54.5%) while Raila Odinga follows close with 6241496 votes (44.65%). 1:25am: Results...
View ArticleGerman National Shot Dead in Buikwe
An elderly German national living in Buikwe district was Tuesday afternoon shot dead by unknown assailants who also stole his property. The deceased was identified by police as Remus Manifred, aged 70...
View ArticleOdinga Rejects Election Results; Kenyatta Projected to Win
The National Super Alliance (Nasa) has disputed preliminary presidential results as released by the electoral commission. Presidential candidate Raila Odinga early Wednesday termed the outcome that saw...
View ArticleCourt Appoints City Lawyer as Mediator in Sudhir BoU Case
The Commercial Court has asked Bank of Uganda and tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia to make another attempt at resolving their Shs 400 billion case outside of court. The Court yesterday appointed city advocate...
View ArticleMPs Accuse State House Officials of Blocking Their Meeting With Museveni
Members on the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs are angry at State House officials, who they accuse of blocking them from meeting the President Yoweri Museveni. Yesterday, while meeting the...
View ArticleKIBANDA NORTH: Museveni Rallies Support for Taban Amin
President Museveni has commended the people of Kiryandongo District in Bunyoro Sub-Region for supporting him and the NRM throughout the elections process over the years. The President was speaking...
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Firestorm as Amin’s Son Attacks Besigye
Hussein Lumumba Amin, the son of departed Ugandan dictator Idi Amin has triggered a social media firestorm by describing Dr Kizza Besigye as a “pig.” It all started with President Museveni campaigning...
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Kaweesi Murder Suspects Raise More Torture Claims
Twenty four people charged with masterminding the killing of AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi have again raised torture claims in court. Appearing before Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court, one of the accused...
View ArticleFull Statement: Odinga Claims Kenyan Electoral Body was Hacked
Kenya’s main opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga has unveiled what he said is proof, that the elections conducted yesterday were rigged using advanced technology to favour the incumbent...
View ArticleKorean Preacher Urges on Good Parenting
Korean Theologian and International Teacher, Sul Dong Ju of Shema Education Research Institute (SERI) has called upon Ugandans to reflect back on the ancient culture of parents teaching their children...
View ArticleAmin’s Grandson Unopposed as Otada Withdraws from Kibanda MP Race
Hon. Sam Owor Otada has withdrawn from the Kibanda North Parliamentary by election scheduled for Thursday. In a letter written on Wednesday to the Kiryandongo Returning Officer, seen by ChimpReports,...
View ArticleElectoral Commission Confirms Amin’s Grandson Unopposed for MP Kibanda
The Electoral Commission has declared Idi Amin Taban unopposed for the Kibanda north parliamentary by-election scheduled for Thursday. A brief statement from the Commission on Wednesday evening, few...
View ArticleUPDF Last Troops Leave Central African Republic
Following the announcement and beginning of a phased withdraw of all Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces’ (UPDF) troops from the Central African Republic on April 19, 2017; Wednesday marked the last arrival...
View ArticleMuseveni Eulogizes Brig Kyabihende
President Yoweri Museveni has commended the major role the late Brigadier Geoffrey Taban Kyabihende played with regard to the dividend of security and peace that Ugandans are enjoying today. The...
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