Suspect Grabs Police Gun, Disappears
Kampala Metropolitan Police is investigating an incident in which a suspect grabbed a gun from police and disappeared with it. This happened on Monday in Bakuli, a Kampala city suburb. Police said two...
View ArticleGovernment Reassures Older Persons on SAGE Payments
The Minister of State for Gender and Culture Affairs, Hon. Peace Regis Mutuuzo has reassured all older persons facing challenges in accessing the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE) of the...
View ArticleNIRA Resumes Operations; Fresh Registration, Head Office Remain Shut
Despite the resumption of operations and issuance of National IDs by the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), civil registration, fresh registration, replacement of lost National...
View ArticleHigh Court Holds Special Juvenile Criminal Session
The head of Criminal Division of High court Justice Wilson Kwesiga will today (Wednesday) commence a special session for Juvenile offenders who are charged with capital offences. These sessions will be...
View ArticleRwandan Patients Overwhelmed Kabale Health Centres – RDC
The resident district commissioner-RDC for Kabale District Mr. Darius Nandinda has said Rwandan patients had been overwhelming Ugandan health centres along the Uganda/Rwanda border before Kigali barred...
View ArticleEast African Court to Deliver Age Limit Judgment on Notice
The East African Court of Justice sitting in Arusha will deliver on notice the judgment of the matter in which city lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi Kiwanuka appealed against the Age Limit ruling of both...
View ArticleCovid19: Kabale Sex Workers Arrested
Police in Kabale District has seven sex workers in detention for staying around bars and continuously getting in touch with truck drivers, an act that could easily spread Covid19. The sex workers were...
View ArticleMuseveni Pledges Support to Retired Sportsmen
President Museveni has commended Ugandan sportsmen and women for their contribution towards the development of the nation. For long, Ugandan media has reported about the miserable life being lived by...
View ArticleZambia Denies Allegations President Lungu Financed Rwanda Rebels
The Zambian Government has issued a statement describing as false allegations that President Edgar Lungu provided financial resources to a Rwanda rebel group to launch attacks in Rwanda. In a statement...
View ArticleWhy the East African Court Dismissed MPs’ Appeal on Age Limit Amendment Case
The panel of three justices from the East African Court of Justice on Tuesday dismissed an application filed by seven opposition members challenging the age limit amendments made within the...
View ArticleShe’s an Impostor: FDC Throws Out Kampala Mayor Aspirant Nabila Sempala
The Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) on Wednesday declined to accept nomination forms from Hon Nabila Naggayi Sempala who is seeking to contest for the Kampala Lord Mayor seat. The Kampala...
View ArticleFDC Disowns Party Members Who Crossed to NRM, Calls Them Masqueraders
The Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has today distanced itself from a group of its supporters who purportedly defected to the reigning regime. Early this week, Mike Mukula the National...
View ArticleKabale Slum Dwellers Launch Sanitation Project
The Kabale branch of the National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda on Wednesday commissioned a Shs 93Milliom Kigongi Bataka Community led water, sanitation and community hall project. The project is...
View ArticleRobber with Fake Gun Netted in Mbarara
A 35-year-old man has been arrested by police in Mbarara city for alleged robbing people with a fake gun. Samson Kusasira, the Rwizi regional police Spokesman identifies the suspect as God Byaruhanga,...
View ArticleSafeBoda Accused of Sharing Client’s Personal Data with Third Party App
SafeBoda, a ride-hiring app in Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria is on the spotlight after a civil society organization released a report yesterday indicating that the app has been sharing its clients’...
View ArticleBesigye Fires Back at Those Pressuring Him to Emulate Winnie Kiiza
Former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President Col Dr Kiiza Besigye has asked people to stop mischaracterising him as a person who has overstayed in leadership when he is not occupying any office....
View ArticleLDUs Recalled Back to Their Bases
The Local Defence Unit (LDU), a subsidiary force to Uganda’s security agencies has been withdrawn and taken back to their various base camps across the country in the latest security move. This...
View ArticlePan African Movement Mourns Prof Wamba-dia-Wamba
The Global Pan African Movement has joined in mourning the passing of Congolese scholar and stateman Professor Ernest Wamba-dia-Wamba. Wamba, who also served as a senator vice president of the Senate...
View ArticleCovid-19 Cases Rise to 1,051 with 8 New Infections
The Ministry of Health has on Thursday confirmed 8 new COVID-19 cases in Uganda bringing the total number of infections in the country to 1,051. Dr Henry Mwebesa, the Director General Health Services...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Catholic Church Suspends Salaries for Staff in Catholic Funded Schools
The Catholic Church in Uganda has ordered for temporary suspension of salaries for all staff in church-founded schools due to the ongoing lockdown which has affected almost every business including...
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