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Angry Residents Burn School Over Owner’s Suspected Involvement in Pupil Murder

Angry residents have set ablaze a section of Jozan Nursery and Primary School in protest against the failure to physically produce suspects in court. The suspects were arrested in connection to the death of a pupil, Joan Faith Apio. Apio, (5) was only two days old in the school when she was reportedly killed inside […]

Mukono District Council Bothered by PAC’s Failure to Work in Three Years

Mukono district council has expressed concern for the over three-year silence of the district Public Accounts Committee (PAC), despite the alleged continued release of allowances to the committee members. Lauben Ssenyonjo, the district male youth councilor has tasked the district chairperson, Rev. Dr. Peter Bakaluba Mukasa to explain reasons why the PAC has taken this […]

Reckless Ambulance Driver Intercepted While Carrying Dead Body, Flees

Jinja Police are searching for the driver of an ambulance registration number UBR 148W who drove recklessly from Iganga to Jinja carrying a dead body and ten relatives of the deceased. According to the Traffic Police publicist, Michael Kananura, the unidentified driver was signaled to stop at a checkpoint but declined to comply, and drove […]

South Sudanese, Tanzanian Killed in Kampala Building Fire

The Police have identified the two people who died in the Wednesday fire that gutted the Sunrise Hotel Building in Kampala. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, has identified the victims as Akot Akol Arop Chan, a South Sudan national and Shineni Mwinsadi, a Tanzanian national. Police say that among the 17 injured victims, 9 have […]

Two Teachers’ SACCO Bosses Remanded Over sh2bn Fraud

The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded two leaders of the Uganda Liberal Teachers’ Union Members’ SACCO on charges of obtaining money by false pretense and conspiracy to defraud. The leaders are Evans Mutesasira Kaganizo, the SACCO Chairperson who resides at Katanga Zone in Bushenyi District and Esiingwa Hassan Maganda, the General Secretary and […]

Kenya’s High Commissioner to Uganda Apologizes to CDF Gen. Muhoozi

The Kenya High Commissioner to Uganda Joash Maangi has apologized to the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Muhoozi Kainerugaba for last week’s publication of an article in a Kenyan newspaper, The Standard, which was disrespectful toward him. The story last week titled “Four-star brat: Why Muhoozi, tweeting General could fuel anger and division in DRC talks“ questioned […]

M23 Defends Raid on Hospitals in Goma City

The March 23 Movement (M23) have dismissed accusations against them of raiding hospitals in Goma city, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. On Monday, Vivian Van De Perre, the Deputy Special Representative for Protection and Operations in United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) released a report […]

Parliament Approves Sh66bn loan for Uganda Cancer Institute Expansion

Parliament has approved a proposal to borrow $18.09 million (sh66 billion) as additional financing for the expansion of the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI). The government argues that this investment would save Ugandans from spending over sh1.094 trillion annually on seeking cancer treatment abroad, particularly in India, the United States, and other nations. The approval followed […]

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