The Minister for Presidency Milly Babirye Babalanda has directed investigation into reports of high-handedness and syndicate corruption against Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) in different parts of the country. Speaking at the closure of a three-day capacity-building training for RDCs and Internal Security Officers of the greater Masaka sub region, Babalanda expressed concern about some President’s […]
The first responders to the fire outbreak in Kigoogwa town have described it as a horrifying incident and blamed the Police for the delayed response. On Tuesday, a fuel tank registration number UAM 292Q, from Kampala heading to Gulu overturned and caught fire in Kigoogwa town. At least 11 people died on the spot with […]
A 38-year-old Earnest Kato Mugerwa, a resident of Kitaka zone in Busega, Kyengera Town Council whose house caught fire that killed three of his children early this week has amazed relatives when he said that he knew long ago that one of the dead children was fathered by a different man. Maureen Mbabazi, the mother of the […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged the people of East Africa and Africa at large to use their similarity and promote Swahili as a powerful tool for economic integration and unifying the continent. According to the President Museveni, having many tribes and clans that are similar is a blessing and the factor can be used […]
Mukono-based Anglican priest, Rev. Geoffrey Kagoye has lashed at the government’s Uganda Broadcasting Service (UBC) for not honoring fallen icons regardless of their contribution to the development of this nation. Rev. Kagoye, of St. Dunstan’s Church in Mukono Central Division, Mukono Municipality did not have any kind word for UBC Radio where the late Ssaalongo […]
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 […]