The Police have identified the two people who died in the Wednesday fire that gutted the Sunrise Hotel Building in Kampala. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, has identified the victims as Akot Akol Arop Chan, a South Sudan national and Shineni Mwinsadi, a Tanzanian national. Police say that among the 17 injured victims, 9 have […]
Chaos in Parliament as Opposition MPs Throw Tear Gas, Smoke Grenades Inside Chambers Justice Douglas Singiza Karekona is the new Chairperson of the Judicial Service Commission following his appointment by President Yoweri Museveni. He replaces Justice Benjamin Kabito, who has led the commission since September 2016. Anonymous sources indicate that Justice Singiza has already made familiarization […]
Two people have been confirmed dead in a fire that swept through a seven-story building along Rashid Khamisi Road in the city center. The fire is believed to have started at approximately 10:00am in the basement shops of Sunshine Building, located near Namayiba Bus Park and the Swarayan Indian worship center in Old Kampala. Daniel […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today commissioned the Kampala Flyover Project, a landmark infrastructure development aimed at easing traffic congestion and improving road networks in the city. The project, located in the heart of Kampala’s Central Business District (CBD) is part of the government’s broader efforts to modernize urban transport and boost economic growth. It […]
Public Finance Management experts have urged African governments to take deliberate steps to improve tax-to-GDP ratios, manage public debt responsibly, and intensify the fight against corruption through effective Public Finance Management (PFM) reforms. Speaking at the second edition of the Public Finance Management Conference for Africa, which took place from February 18 to 20, 2025, […]
Traffic police has issued traffic movement directives to be followed by motorists and other road users to give room for the ongoing maintenance works on Entebbe Express Highway that commenced on February 26 2025 to last for one week. The traffic directives issued by the Traffic Police Spokesperson Michael Kananura stand as follows; Traffic from […]
Ugandans who misuse the one million shillings for Parish Development Model (PDM) fund will be arrested and work without pay in government prisons, according to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. “We shall arrest those who just eat PDM money and pay through labor while in prison. In the prisons, they have a lot of work to […]
A staff member at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is citing political intrigue and personal vendetta as responsible for his delayed or revoked deployment. Dhakaba Mohammed Kirunda was last deployed as Financial Attaché at the Ugandan Embassy in Algiers, Algeria in 2022. He was recalled to Kampala over administrative and abuse of office investigations. He […]
Five people have perished in an accident which occurred on Kampala-Jinja Highway opposite Kampala Cement factory at Kibaati village in Namataba Town Council, Mukono district. The accident which involved a speeding cement trailer registration number UBJ 930T/UAW 217A is reported to have occurred at around 9:00am on Wednesday February 26, 2025. According to eyewitnesses, the truck driver […]
Police have started investigating circumstances in which a yet to be identified man set himself on fire near the main gate of the Parliament of Uganda on Wednesday. According to an eyewitness, the man who is in his 30s soaked himself with petrol before igniting the flames a few meters from the parliament entrance. Raid […]