The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has announced the appointment of Dr. James Musinguzi as its new Executive Director, effective April 1, 2025. He will succeed Sam Mwandha, who has led the organization since 2018 and is set to retire on March 31, 2025. Available information indicates that Dr. Musinguzi is a dedicated conservationist with extensive […]
The Police are investigating circumstances under which a 17-year-old Senior Three Student set herself on fire and later died from Kiruddu Hospital in Kampala. The deceased is identified as Carnelian Maria Ndagire who was a student of Mpoma Girls School at Nama in Mukono district. Ndagire is said to have burnt herself from her […]
The police in Rwenzori East Region are investigating circumstances under which a police officer set his house on fire and later shot himself dead. Luke Mbusa, the Rwenzori East Police Region acting spokesperson has identified the deceased as PC John Kanene who hails from Budaka district. Mbusa told our reporter that the incident happened on […]
Subaru drivers under their umbrella organization, Car Tribe Uganda, are swapping their reputation for wild driving with a charitable cause. The group comprising 95 registered members is mobilizing scholastic materials for the children of police officers ahead of the upcoming school term. Car Tribe Uganda, which unites Subaru owners, mechanics, and dealers to boost innovation […]
The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has issued a statement regarding the Turkish Airways passenger plane that developed a fault and could not proceed on its journey. The aircraft Flight No. TK 612 which had on Sunday taken off from Entebbe International Airport at about 7:14 am with 259 passengers on board, could not proceed […]
The Apac Anti-Corruption Coalition (TAACC) has issued a two-week ultimatum to Kwania district leaders to recover sh8m that was meant to rehabilitate the 4.5km Too Pee Yero-Omer to Inomo town council community access road. In the 2022/2023 Financial Year, Inomo sub-county leaders received the funds from the Uganda Road Fund. The money was part of […]
An outspoken Mukono Pentecostal church activist has called on Ugandans to desist from temptations of being derailed from traditional set ups by what he termed irregular politics characterized by division and hatred. The head of Mt. Lebanon Christian Churches in Uganda, Bp. Samuel Lwandasa lamented that although over sh50bn worth of merchandise crosses the district […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called on the people of Mubende District to prioritize generating homestead income, emphasizing that other developments, such as tarmac roads and electricity, will follow. He made the remarks today during the 39th anniversary celebration of the NRM/A liberation struggle, held under the theme, “Salutations to Those Who Re-Sanctified Our Homeland”, […]
Authorities in Wakiso district have embarked on a house-to-house campaign of convincing land owners to surrender parts of their land in which the World Bank funded Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA) without compensation. According to authorities, there are a number of landlords who have insisted that they need to first get compensated before consenting the […]
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. […]
