The Luweero Town Council has suspended the involvement of a mortuary attendant and a casual labourer in handling the burials of unclaimed bodies due to their demonstration over unpaid allowances. George Kalibbala, a mortuary attendant, and Rogers Bulime Kakumba, a casual labourer at Luweero Hospital, protested by dumping two decomposing bodies at the Luweero Town Council […]
Tororo police have shot dead a 26-year-old Godfrey Odoi for allegedly attacking and injuring a police officer. Odoi, a resident of Poti cell in Iyolwa town council, Tororo district, was involved in a confrontation with Francis Musamali, the officer in charge of Iyolwa police post on Tuesday. Reports indicate that Odoi hacked Musamali with a […]
Security has announced a sh20m bounty on two men they believe are behind the two blasts that went off on Saturday night injuring one person. In a statement released by the deputy UPDF spokesperson, Col Deo Akiiki, the two improvised explosive devices exploded in Kikubamutwe parish in Kabalagala and another in Nabweru, Nansana Municipality. “The […]
“We cannot behave normally in an abnormal situation; Muslim properties are at stake, and we needed the members to address this matter at length and find a solution,” Kakuru told our reporter. The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) General Assembly, has suspended six delegates for alleged misconduct. The decision was taken at the UMSC Annual […]
Residents of Komamboga Central Zone in Kawempe,Division, a Kampala city suburb are in shock after a yet to be explained death of three people in a new septic tank. The dead include the site engineer. According to eyewitnesses, the trio seem to have died in the process of fixing the pipes of a new septic […]
The Police in Lwengo district have in custody a school director, bursar and headteacher in connection with the death of a nine-year-old pupil. Lwengo District, Coloh Children’s Foundation The trio had allegedly detained the pupil after his parents failed to pay fees amounting to sh100,000 and was found dead in one of the dormitories on […]
The army has arrested ten people for unlawful entry into a farm owned by a cattle keeper in Gulu District. The suspects were picked up from Lugore Village in Owalo Sub-County on Thursday by heavily armed soldiers and driven to Lugore Barracks. Some of those arrested include Patrick Okello Onguti, a former contestant in the […]
Stanley Ssendegeya, the former Managing Director of Uganda Railways Corporation is on remand in Luzira prisons for allegedly forging his academic documents to secure a job. The Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate Siena Owomugisha remanded Ssendegeya, 54, a resident of Namugongo Jjanda Village in Wakiso District on Wednesday evening shortly after reading him the charges […]
A prominent businessman in Lira City is in police custody for shooting his son dead. Haji Joe Ogwang, a resident of Ireda Estate in Lira City East Division shot his son Aaron Okello, during a heated altercation at Tipper stage in Kamuswahili Cell on Tuesday. Reports suggest that a confrontation arose when Okello demanded money […]
The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala on Wednesday remanded Mitooma Chief Magistrate Sylvia Nvanungi and Sembabule Resident State Attorney Jacqueline Bako, for alleged corruption. The two appeared before the Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Joan Aciro who charged them with eight counts of corruption. Bako was implicated in all charges, while Nvanungi was involved in one count. […]