Three children aged between 5 and 12 years and all coming from the same family, drowned last Friday while rescuers managed to save the fourth child. It is alleged that the deceased had defied their mother’s directive stopping them from washing their clothes from the lake shores when the nasty incident occurred. According to onlookers, […]
Participants of the Seventh Day Adventist Men’s Congress have been called on to wake up and exert their presence and effectiveness in society, with a reminder that being the first creatures of God’s creation, men are under obligation to be exemplary to their siblings and the entire mankind. The advice was made by Pr. James […]
The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has cautioned heads of UCE centre numbers to be on the lookout for fraudsters claiming to be members of UNEB Security Committee and extorting money from them to allegedly strike their schools from the list of those whose results are to be withheld on grounds of malpractices. The release […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday appointed the new Deputy Chief Justice, Justice of the Supreme Court, eight Justices of the Court of Appeal and 21 Judges of the High Court in acting capacity into the Judiciary Service for a period of two years from the date of assumption of duty. In the same vein, […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has asserted that despite the decision by the Supreme Court in the matter of the civilians being tried by the General Court Martial (GCM), it will not be quashed because it is a method freedom fighters support for reinforcing the civilian judicial system to defend the lives of Ugandans against criminals […]
Authorities in Buyende district have interdicted five headteachers over alleged involvement in Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) malpractices that led to the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) to withhold their results. According to Buyende district Senior Education Officer, Aaron Gwoloba, the affected headteachers are from; Kagulu, Namulikya, Mirengeizo, Namusita and Igoola primary schools. Gwoloba said that […]
Supporters of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s 2026 presidential election bid have organized a grand mobilization campaign tomorrow January 31, 2024. The team led by Bugiri district Woman Member of Parliament, Agnes Taaka Wejuli have today began with the general cleaning exercise in Bugiri town. President Museveni is expected to be the chief guest at the […]
President Museveni has given an express order for the arrest of leaders implicated in the grabbing of South Busoga Central Forest Reserve at Malongo and Kityerera in Mayuge district, and unconditional cancellation of land titles acquired thereon. Museveni also promised to start on a process of empowering fishermen to conduct policing activities on the lake themselves, saying […]
Mukono Municipality parliamentary seat, currently occupied by Betty Nambooze Bakireke, continues to be a hot cake attracting more aspirants by the day. Today, close to ten wishfuls think Nambooze has had enough and are all swearing to defeat her come 2026. They include; George Fred Kagimu, the former Mayor for Mukono Municipality, Mike Ssegawa, the deputy […]
A Senior Accountant in the tax department of Mukono Municipal Council, Florence Zawedde has succumbed to cancer of the stomach at Mulago Hospital where she was admitted last Monday with complaints of sharp stomach pains. Zawedde (50), was married to Ben Kibirige, a Mukono businessman, and is survived by three children, a boy and two girls. […]