Ten people have been killed in a road crash in Kyenjojo district. The crash happened on Wednesday at Ngezi Trading Centre. Rwenzori West police spokesperson, Vicent Twesige, said the accident happened when a taxi registration number UBR 800S, travelling from Fort Portal to Kampala, collided with another taxi, registration UBK 017N, which was heading in […]
As the new year starts rolling, leaders at various levels in a cross section of sectors, education, business, religion, health, society and others have pointed out areas with loopholes and those in need of redirection and adjustments to ensure agreeable service delivery in 2025. Here below are a few quotations: John Chrysostom Muyingo, […]
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and Police are investigating a tragic incident which involved a UPDF soldier who shot himself dead. The deceased has been identified as RO/13999 Lt Ariho Amon serving under Engineering Brigade. Ariho is said to have been driving a black car UBJ 493 Q. It is alleged that the incident […]
President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Police to stop giving police bonds to petty criminals, saying it is abetting insecurity in the country. In his televised New Year’s Address to the nation, the President also said he had asked the judiciary through the Chief Justice to end giving bail to suspected criminals on trial. This, […]
Following the planned maintenance of phase one of the 21kms of Kampala Northern Bypass slated to have kicked off on Saturday, affected sections of the road will be closed to provide room for the 6-month work, and diversions will be created to ease movement and traffic flow. In a 27th December public notice issued by the Minister […]
Former Mukono district chairperson, Francis Lukooya Mukoome has observed that as the backbone of the country around whom the economy has rotated for ages, elderly people should be accorded more recognition and assistance to be able to depart without complaints of lack of provision in life. In this light Lukooya suggests, the government should raise […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signed the National Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024, into law. According to the Presidential Press Unit (PPU) in a statement issued on Monday, December 23, 2024, the President assented to the bill on December 20, 2024. Parliament of Uganda passed the National Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024 integrating the Uganda Coffee Development […]
Former Saudi Arabian Kadaama Exposes Her Alleged Thieving Husband In Mukono Municipality, a Christmas feast turned into a moment of pure joy for street and ghetto children who rarely get a chance to eat a proper meal. Organised by Mvulana Foundation Uganda, the celebration gave these children a rare taste of festive cheer, complete with […]
President Museveni said that despite the fact that ADB is lending Uganda Money for executing this project, it should not put up unfavourable restrictions. President Yoweri Museveni has out rightly rejected the use of metallic slippers for the extension project of the Uganda Railway (UR) meter gauge railway line from Kyengera westwards and elsewhere in […]
“If you decide that you want to quit your current positions for politics, go for good; we have no room for you at the presidency again,” said minister Babalanda. The Minister for the Presidency, Milly Babirye Babalanda, has pronounced the government’s position on the concerns about Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) who are considering leaving their positions […]