“Public officers are being branded thieves and publicly humiliated in front of their own learners and communities long before any legal inquiry or conviction takes place,” Baguma said. The Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) has criticised Minister for Local Government Balaam Barugahara over the arrest and public grilling of headteachers and education officials during his […]
Justice Katamba agreed with the court assessors that the prosecution had not proved its case against the accused persons beyond the required standard. The High Court in Masaka has acquitted Alex Mugarura and Edison Niyo of all 48 charges arising from the 2018 fire at St Bernard Secondary School located in Manya village, Rakai District […]
The ministry did not, in the letter, specify individual allegations against each of the 13 officials or indicate whether any arrests had been made. The Ministry of Local Government has directed Kayunga District Local Government to interdict 13 officials to pave the way for investigations into allegations of gross negligence of duty, abuse of office, […]
St. Cyprian High School headteacher Joseph Kamya said the school had registered 292 Senior Four candidates and 154 Senior Six candidates for the 2026 UNEB examinations. Msgr Charles Kasibante, the Vicar General Emeritus of the Kampala Archdiocese, has blessed Senior Four and Senior Six candidates at St. Cyprian High School Kyabakadde in Mukono District, calling […]
Residents of Mukono have been thrown into mourning following the death of former Mukono Town Council mayor Charles Ssemanda. News of Ssemanda’s death was announced by former Mukono Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Lillian Nakaweesi, who is one of the leaders in the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Mukono District. The circumstances surrounding Ssemanda’s death, including […]
Ab’e Bugerere bwe bateesiba bbiri, leero ekisaawe ab’e Kyaggwe batuuse okukijjuza babuleko we balabira omupiira, anti bbo balina engombo nti ttiimu bw’ebakyaza bagiwa ssente ne bagitwala obubonero, lindirira… Olwa leero ekibanyi kigenda kugwa n’amenvu ku kisaawe e Ntenjeru mu ssaza lya Kabaka ery’e Bugerere Bannakyaggwe gye bagenze mu bungi okuwagira ttiimu yaabwe ey’essaza. Kyaggwe mu […]
Uganda’s Minister for Local Government, Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi, has called on his supporters and the public to vote for him after being nominated for the 2026 Unstoppable African Awards. Balaam is competing in the Unstoppable Cabinet Minister of the Year category, which recognises government ministers whose leadership, administrative reforms and development initiatives have delivered […]
“Some people miscalculated, but slowly we have taken the role in fighting corruption in the army and now we are beginning to wake up. Hon. Balaam is implementing what I have been talking about all the time,” Museveni said. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has tasked NRM Members of Parliament to return to the party’s grassroots […]
The Uganda Police Force has strengthened its capacity to investigate human trafficking facilitated by technology following the completion of a five-day training course in digital forensics by about 10 officers, SCP Fred Enanga has said. Enanga, the Deputy Director of Interpol and International Relations, made the remarks during the closing ceremony of the training held […]
For farmers in Namayingo and neighbouring parts of Mayuge, the immediate concern is whether the stalled CN Sugar project will eventually become operational and provide the local market they anticipated when they invested in sugarcane. NAMAYINGO — Furious sugarcane farmers in Namayingo District have confronted members of the Sugar Council, demanding an explanation for the […]