Uganda Christian University (UCU) School of Law has mourned the sudden death of one of their staff, Raphael Okiot, a Tutor Assistant who perished in an accident at Nkumba roundabout on Entebbe road on Wednesday morning. Okiot met his death as he had stopped at the traffic lights at Nkumba in his vehicle registration number […]
Masaka High Court Judge, Victoria Nakintu Katamba has convicted and sentenced two witchdoctors to life imprisonment after finding them guilty of sacrificing a one-year-old girl. Peter Makumbi Kiseegu (77) together with his accomplice, Denis Kabuye were on Tuesday sentenced to a life sentence for sacrificing Passy Mirembe. The duo committed the offence on October 23, […]
Uganda Christian University (UCU) fraternity is shocked with the sad news of the passing of their senior lecturer in the Law School, Raphael Okiot who has been killed in an accident on Entebbe road. Okiot who had stopped in his vehicle registration number UBQ 371P got crushed at Nkumba University traffic lights on Wednesday morning […]
The Police and Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have so far arrested 29 people suspected of having orchestrated the lynching of five people, who allegedly killed two Bodaboda riders last week. Sande Ssemanda and Richard Mawanda were hacked to death and their motorcycles were robbed at Kakoola village, Katoogo Parish, Nama sub-county, in Mukono district. […]
In a significant move aimed at boosting the welfare of Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) officers, Parliament has approved a sh962.23bn for the enhancement of their salaries. This decision was presented by Wilson Kajwengye, the Chairperson of the Defence Committee of Parliament as the House considered the defence ministerial policy statement presented on Thursday, […]
Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has suspended transportation of vehicles on their Nakiwogo – Buwaya ferry for one week. According to UNRA’s spokesperson, Allan Ssempeebwa, the suspension comes as a result of the raising of the water levels of Lake Victoria which submerged the ferry’s docking area. Ssempeebwa however says that for this period, it’s […]
National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) in conjunction with Environmental Police have destroyed property worth millions of money as it evicted a Pentecostal church out of a wetland located at Seeta in Mukono Municipality. NEMA identified the evicted church as Blood of Jesus Ministries International located opposite Seeta High School Main Campus along Kampala-Jinja highway. The […]
Police in Jinja City used tear gas to disperse Jinja Referral Hospital health workers who had staged a sit-down strike within the hospital premises. The health workers were protesting Minister Samuel Mayanja’s decision to allocate 4.6 acres of contested land to the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) for development. Despite the police deploying personnel, tear […]
Ekitongole kya National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) ekivunaayizibwa ku ntobazzi mu ggwanga nga kiri wamu ne poliisi y’obutonde bw’ensi bayungudde abasirikale abawanvu n’abampi okubawa obukuumi nga bamenya ekkanisa egambibwa okuba nga yazimbibwa mu lutobazzi. Ekkanisa ya Blood of Jesus Ministries International yamenyeddwa n’esigala ku ttaka n’ebintu ebirala omuli kaabuyonjo, ennyumba zibadde zisulamu abaweereza mu kkanisa […]
Some of the NUP Supporters seeking Bail Before the Court Martial. FILE PHOTO Military Police were called in to calm the General Court Martial in Makindye, after the bail application for 28 supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) was for the third time dismissed. The 28 are facing trial of unlawful possession of ammunition. […]