Dr. Martin Aliker, an acclaimed Ugandan diplomat, businessman and one of the country’s first dental surgeons died on Monday at the age of 95. He will be buried on Sunday 21st April at his ancestral home in Aworanga in Gulu district. As different people within Uganda and across the world pay tribute to veteran politicians, […]
The President of Kenya, William Ruto on Thursday confirmed the death of Gen. Francis Omondi Ogolla, Kenya’s Commander of Defence Forces (CDF) whose death resulted from a helicopter crash. President Ruto reported Gen. Ogolla’s death with eight other military officers of different ranks who were aboard on the same helicopter. Who is General Francis Ogolla? General […]
Uganda Christian University (UCU) School of Law has mourned the sudden death of one of their staff, Raphael Okiot, a Tutor Assistant who perished in an accident at Nkumba roundabout on Entebbe road on Wednesday morning. Okiot met his death as he had stopped at the traffic lights at Nkumba in his vehicle registration number […]
Uganda Christian University (UCU) fraternity is shocked with the sad news of the passing of their senior lecturer in the Law School, Raphael Okiot who has been killed in an accident on Entebbe road. Okiot who had stopped in his vehicle registration number UBQ 371P got crushed at Nkumba University traffic lights on Wednesday morning […]
Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has suspended transportation of vehicles on their Nakiwogo – Buwaya ferry for one week. According to UNRA’s spokesperson, Allan Ssempeebwa, the suspension comes as a result of the raising of the water levels of Lake Victoria which submerged the ferry’s docking area. Ssempeebwa however says that for this period, it’s […]
National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) in conjunction with Environmental Police have destroyed property worth millions of money as it evicted a Pentecostal church out of a wetland located at Seeta in Mukono Municipality. NEMA identified the evicted church as Blood of Jesus Ministries International located opposite Seeta High School Main Campus along Kampala-Jinja highway. The […]
Mbarara City authorities and the Deputy Inspector of Government (IGG), Dr. Patricia Achan Okiria, have expressed concerns that the funds allocated for the construction of three roads in Mbarara City might be returned to the treasury if the contractor fails to meet the deadline once again. The joint contract awarded in May 2021 between Multiplex […]
The Presidential Press Unit (PPU) has clarified that there is no intended meeting involving President Yoweri Museveni and the traders in Kampala on Friday as per the information circulating on social media. In a public notice which the PPU has issued on Wednesday April 10, 2024, it has highlighted that there has been information circulating […]
Police in Ssezibwa region have confirmed the death of two people involved in yesterday’s accident along the Jinja-Kampala highway. It is alleged that the driver of a loaded box body truck bearing registration number; UBH 059F driving from Kampala direction to Jinja rammed into commuter vehicles, leading to dozens of casualties. The accident occurred at Kaganda in […]
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Uganda subsidiary has denied circulating social media claims regarding a purported loss of $250,000 (approximately sh965m) from a customer’s account, labelling these allegations as baseless and unfounded. “UBA Uganda categorically refutes these spurious allegations, asserting no such incident has occurred,” the bank said in a statement issued on April.08, reinforcing […]