Police in Arua city have in their custody a 51-year-old man who was captured on a video clip which circulated on social media flogging an elderly woman at Manibe Trading Center along Arua-Koboko road. Twalibu Avutia, a resident of Baruku cell, Baza ward, Arua Central Division was on Wednesday captured on a phone camera whipping […]
A Ugandan military court has ordered the release of 32 Kenyan nationals who were previously sentenced to 20 years in prison for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. The decision by the General Court Martial (GCM), which convened late Wednesday, overturned an earlier ruling by a lower court. The GCM found procedural irregularities during last […]
Health experts are blaming the persistent cases of cleft lip and palate in the West Nile sub-region to poor nutrition and harmful habits like smoking and alcohol consumption among expectant mothers. Cleft lip and palate is a birth defect that commonly affects unborn children which usually manifests as openings or splits in the upper […]
The Head of the Police Criminal Investigations Department, Major Tom Magambo has revealed that they have what he describes as “very good leads” to who paid the killers of former Senior State Attorney Joan Kagezi Namazzi. Assassins gunned down Joan Kagezi nine years ago. Without revealing further details, Magambo told the Seventh Joan Kagezi Memorial […]
The National Unity Platform (NUP) President, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu a.k.a Bobi Wine has passed by AghaKhan Hospital in Nairobi Kenya to check on the ailing health conditions of Muhammad Ssegirinya. The Kawempe North Member of Parliament, Ssegirinya has been ill for quite some time, the illness which intensified when he was imprisoned for over three […]
Prudence Mahirwe has been sworn in as the first female Guild President of Kampala International University (KIU) Western Campus. Muhirwe has sworn in together with cabinet and Members of Parliament. The swearing in function has been conducted by the university lawyer Paul Tusuubira at the basketball court. The graceful function attracted the Deputy Vice-Chancellor […]
A disagreement has emerged between Luweero town council and district authorities over the ownership of Kasana playground. In 2021, Luweero district took over ownership and management of Kasana playground from Luweero town council. The playground is located in Kavule zone, Luweero town council. However, in February 2023 the Town Clerk of Luweero town council wrote to […]
A formal motion will be introduced in Parliament to determine the relocation of Luzira Prisons to make way for the construction of a five-star hotel. On Wednesday, 24 April 2024, the Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen. David Muhoozi presented a statement stating that the dilapidated prison built in the 1920s is facing a […]
“Okuwangaala emyaka emingi tekigasa nga tolina kyamakulu ky’okola mu bulamu, kye kiseera buli muntu omulamu olwaleero obeereko ky’okola ekiyamba ensi naawe ng’omuntu ssaako abakwetoolodde,” ebyo bye byabadde ebigambo bya Katikkiro wa Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga. Okwogera bino, Katikkiro yabadde mu kusabira omugenzi Zebib Solomon Kavuma, abadde mukyala wa Paul Robert Kavuma mutabani w’omugenzi Owek: Godfrey […]
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has asked the prosecutors in the Directorate of Public Prosecutions to always use lawful means to obtain evidence. According to Dr. Abdul Salaam Waiswa the Head Legal Affairs and Compliance at UCC, anyone including prosecutors can be a victim of cybercrime but it is illegal to intercept conversations without permission even […]