ADF Militants Free Over 900 Prisoners in Beni
Suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militants have helped more than 900 inmates to escape from a prison in Beni, in eastern Congo. The jailbreak happened early Tuesday morning according to local...
View ArticleBurundi Rwanda Meet to End Hostility
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Rwanda and Burundi have Tuesday met at the countries’ Nemba One Stop Border Post to discuss ways of restoring bilateral ties between the two countries. Vincent...
View ArticleBeret War: DP Warns Security Forces against Targeting their ‘Green Beret’
Democratic Party (DP) has warned the Government of legal consequences in the event that security forces raid their headquarters under the guise of impounding the Party’s ‘Green Beret’ political...
View ArticleCourt Considers Reinstating Besigye’s Petition on Police Act after Dismissal
The Constitutional Court has set 22nd October 2020 to deliver it’s ruling on the case in which Col Dr Kizza Besigye challenges some provisions of the Police Act, including one that allows police...
View ArticlePolice Bosses Apologize to Bishop Kaggwa
Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has sent out an apology to the Catholic Church and to Retired Bishop John Baptist Kaggwa over the unbecoming behaviour of his officers in a recent...
View ArticlePARLIAMENT: Internal Affairs Minister Summoned to Explain Mbogo Clan Saga
Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Minister of the Internal Affairs, Gen. Jeje Odong to appear before the House to explain the circumstances under which police fired rounds of...
View ArticleParliament Presses EC Over Election Dates
Parliament has backed by the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga in pressing the government to communicate the dates for national elections slated for the beginning of 2021. This came after the...
View ArticleBreaking: Relief for Bobi Wine as Court Throws Out NUP Case
High Court has reportedly dismissed the case that was filed against the new leadership of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party. In the case, two former members of the party had challenged the recent...
View ArticleEx-Kabale MP Turns to God After Surviving Covid 19
Rita Rona Ninsiima the former Kabale district Woman Member of Parliament has decided to give her life to God. Ninsiima represented Kabale in the 9th parliament from 2011 to 2016 before losing the seat...
View ArticlePS Atwiine Warns Health Workers Against Absenteeism
The Permanent Secretary in Ministry of Health Dr Diana Atwiine has asked all heads of Government Referral hospitals to prevail over their staff and curb the increased rate of absenteeism in these...
View ArticleGrief as MP’s Twin Daughter Drowns in Basin of water
The Member of Parliament for Ik County in Kaabong District, Hon Hilary Lokwang, is in grief after his one-year-old twin daughter drowned in a basin of water on Tuesday. The girl drowned when the mother...
View ArticleKanyamunyu to Plead Guilty to Akena Murder under Plea Bargain System
Matthew Kanyamunyu has told court that he will opt for the plea bargain mechanism where a suspect pleads guilty to an offence in place for a lenient sentence. Kanyamunyu, who is on trial for the murder...
View ArticleWe Want Quality Not Quantity: UPC to Field Only 45 Parliamentary Candidates
The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has defended its decision to field fewer candidates in the forthcoming Parliamentary Polls saying it is premised on quality rather than quantity. This followed...
View ArticleSoroti: Man Arrested For Masquerading As a Woman to Defraud Men
Soroti Central Police is holding a man who was rescued from a mob for being a homosexual and a notorious impersonator. The suspect Olaboro Silver Jude, 22, is a resident of Madera Central ward, Eastern...
View ArticleBobi Wine Meets Katikkiro Mayiga Shortly After Winning NUP Case
Security has heavily deployed outside Bulange in Mengo, Kampala as National Unity Platform (NUP) leader and presidential hopeful Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine meets Buganda Kingdom Prime...
View ArticleElect Leaders That Will Address Buganda Issues – Says Mayiga After Meeting...
The Katikkiro (Prime Minister) of Buganda Kingdom Charles Peter Mayiga has urged voters to elect leaders who will positively address the “Buganda question” and stand for Buganda’s 5 aspiration...
View ArticleBuganda Clan Elders Call for Prosecution of Errant Police Officers
Just hours after the Inspector General (AIGP) of Police Martin Okoth Ochola apologized to both Buganda Kingdom and the Catholic Church over last Saturday’s incident where Mbogo Clan members and other...
View ArticleSOMALIA: Gen. Otto Visits UPDF Frontline Battle Groups
The Commander of the Uganda’s AMISOM contingent, Brig. Gen. Richard Otto on Tuesday completed a routine visit to the frontline to assess the progress of military operations against Al-Shabaab. Brig....
View ArticleUNEB Warns Government Schools Against Registering Students from Private Schools
The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) has warned schools against registering pupils and students from private schools On October 15, the government okayed the reopening of schools and different...
View ArticleKampala Police Shoots Rape Suspect Dead for Attempting to Disarm Officers
Police in Old Kampala have shot and killed a rape suspect as he allegedly resisted arrest and attempted to disarm officers, who were effecting an arrest. The suspect according is said to have raped a...
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