The Omukama (King) of Bunyoro Kitara, Dr. Solomon Gafabusa Rukirabasaija Agutamba Iguru I, has been discharged from the hospital after receiving treatment for a deteriorating health condition. The King was airlifted last Thursday in a military helicopter to Kampala, where he received care at Ruby Hospital. During an interview on Tuesday morning, Fred Mugenyi Rucunya, […]
Scores of people are feared dead and others injured after fuel tank overturned and caught fire at Kigoogwa town along the Kampala-Gulu highway. The incident has caused heavy traffic jam between Matugga town and Kakerenge town along Kampala-Gulu highway According to Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, the accident occurred at around 3.00pm when […]
A wax candle left burning by a housewife of Kitaka zone in Busega, Kyengera Town Council who had gone to buy some household requirements, accidentally set ablaze a house killing three children aged between three and ten years. According to neighbours, the housewife identified as Maureen Mbabazi, wife of Ernest Kato Mugerwa, an accountant, locked […]
The Catholic Church in Uganda is mourning the untimely death of a priest who perished in a road crash on his way back to the parish after conducting a mass. Rev. Fr. Wycliffe Byamugisha, attached to Mbarara Archdiocese is reported to have died on Sunday after a head on collision with a Fuso Truck. Fr. […]
The government of Saudi Arabia has announced a pardon for Ugandans imprisoned for various offenses, according to Esther Anyakun Davinia, the State Minister of Gender, Labor, and Social Development. Speaking at a press conference at the government-owned media center on Monday, Anyakun confirmed that all Ugandans detained, except those serving sentences for capital offenses such […]
President Museveni has thanked Permanent Secretaries for the decision to align with the National Resistance Movement, saying this will make them contributors to the socio-economic transformation as prescribed by the NRM. Museven who was on 17th October meeting the Permanent Secretaries at State House Entebbe, reminded them that they are obliged to execute their supervision role […]
Police in Savanah Region have confirmed six people dead and five others seriously injured following a head-on collision involving a commuter taxi and a Fuso truck on the Kampala-Gulu Highway. The accident is reported to have occurred on Wednesday at 3:00pm in Sinalya village near Bombo town in Luweero district. It involved a Toyota […]
The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), has kicked off nationwide registration of all Ugandans of 17 years and above to get ready for the 2026 general elections. Speaking to journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala on Tuesday, Rosemary Kisembo, the Executive Director of NIRA said the current exercise will target at least […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who is also the Commander-In- Chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has today passed-out 203 officer cadets at Uganda Military Academy, Kabamba. The President congratulated the new officer cadets on being commissioned. “There are three (3) types of people among the 203 cadets. One type are the ones who have […]
Following a decision by the Uganda Railways Corporation (UR) to lift the suspension imposed last September to give room for repairs on the Mbuya – Kinnawattaka stretch of the railway, commuters in Mukono and surrounding areas have been given a ray of hope for relaxation of the notorious traffic jam along Kampala-Jinja highway. According to […]