The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga has paid a condolence visit to the widow of former Namirembe Diocese bishop, the late Rt. Rev. Samuel Balagadde Ssekkadde who recently passed on in Kisubi Hospital after a short illness. Mayiga visited the widow Allen Nakabiito Ssekkadde at her home at Bugonga in Entebbe, where he said […]
They asked him to surrender money, a mobile phone and any other valuables, and when he declared that he had left everything at home before going to the mosque, they hit him with a paver and killed him. A 21-year old student of Victoria University identified as Abdallah Ali Muhammad died instantly after being hit on the […]
The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) have secured sh50bn for the construction of accommodation facilities for soldiers. The Commander of Fourth Division Barracks Brigadier General Felix Busizoori noted that the fund was secured through the Ministry of Defense to improve the welfare of soldiers and their living conditions within the Barracks. Busizoori explained that the […]
The Fourth Infantry Division Court Martial has sentenced a Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) officer to 52 years in jail for failure to protect war materials. Private Owen Okumu (27) was convicted by the court which sat at the Fourth Infantry Division Headquarters in Gulu City between Thursday and Friday. He pleaded guilty to charges […]
Center for Health, Human Rights, and Development (CEHURD), and Simon Peter Kasumba, have filed a lawsuit against the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) for its prolonged failure to address a case involving alleged negligence by Kiboga Hospital. CEHURD together with Kasumba Simon Peter filed a complaint with UHRC in May 2016 alleging that various Human […]
Mulago National Referral Hospital has conducted four successful kidney transplant surgeries. Professor Philipa Musoke, the board chairperson of the hospital, says that the transplant was for patients with end-stage kidney disease. Prof. Musoke says that the achievement comes as the hospital expands its capacity for renal transplants, providing life-saving treatment to patients. Earlier this year, the hospital […]
The 6th Bishop of Namirembe Diocese, Bp. Moses Banja has pardoned the 10:30am choir and also asked for forgiveness from the choir members. Bp. Banja had suspended the 10:30am choir over a number of reasons including indiscipline. The bishop therefore asked those who wanted to continue with the service to follow the given procedures and […]
Members of St. Joseph Naggalama Old Students Association (SJ NOSA) in Mukono have launched an annual fundraising drive to get tuition for under-privileged students to study at the school. The old students for St. Joseph’s Senior Secondary School Naggalama also launched their Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation (SACCO). The event conducted at a dinner held […]
Two people have been arrested in connection to the death of the acting Health Officer for Arua District Paul Bishop Drileba. The suspects whose names have not been divulged for security reasons were picked up on Saturday night by a team of security officials led by the Arua Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Swaib Toko Paul […]
Miracle Life Arena, a Pentecostal Church in Nwoya district has been shut down following reports that its members were sabotaging the nationwide immunization campaign, “The Big Catch Up. Last week, the Ministry of Health launched the immunization campaign which aims to ensure children under five years old receive any missed vaccinations from the past three to […]
