Namayingo District has remained the centre of a fierce conflict among rival sugar factories for over a week. This follows a controversial suspension of CN Sugar Factory, by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. The ministry’s decision left over 800 workers jobless and other residents, who were supplying construction material for the new multi-billion […]
The Inspector General of Police, Abbas Byakagaba, has appointed Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Rusoke Kituuma as the new police spokesperson. Kituuma, who was in 2023 appointed as a member of the Police Council, replaces Fred Enanga. Enanga, who previously served as the former commissioner in charge of land protection, was first appointed Police spokesperson […]
Traders are counting losses after a bus they were traveling in caught fire. The bus belonging to Friends Bus Company Limited registration number UBL 996N caught fire on Saturday opposite Jet Oil Fuel Station in Rubaare town council, Ntungamo district. The bus was transporting more than 40 passengers, mostly traders and goods from Kampala to Goma-Gisenyi […]
Police in Nakaseke District are holding a 17-year-old boy for illegal possession of a firearm. The suspect is identified as Akhram Yusuf, a resident of Lubaga Division in Kampala. Akhram was arrested on Friday after residents of Mabanga village in Namayumba sub-county saw him carrying a suspicious object in the bag. Sam Twiineamazima, the Savannah Regional Police […]
| KYAGGWE TV | Namayingo, Uganda| Tension has escalated in the Namayingo district as police fired live bullets and teargas to disperse irate workers and Indian investors who were protesting the suspension of the CN Sugar factory. The Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives had earlier suspended the factory due to the investors’ failure to create […]
At least 57 people have been arrested in joint security operations carried out in search of criminals waylaying locals and carrying out robberies in Mutungo, a suburb of Kampala. Dozens of complaints had been lodged by locals at Mutungo and Lubowa police stations about criminals mugging them on the way mostly in the early morning […]
The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) is investigating the mysterious death of a Chinese national at a hotel guarded by Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) soldiers in Nakawa Division in Kampala City. Ji- Feng was reportedly discovered groaning in pain and crying for help at the weekend at Golden Hotel ground floor, yet he had been […]
Six private security guards accused of attempting to shoot at the State Minister for Minerals, Phiona Nyamutoro, have been charged with seven counts of threatening violence. They are Nobert Okurboth the Manager of Wolves security company in charge of Rubanda and Kisoro districts, Robert Mucunguzi, Anthony Niwagaba, Hassan Oman, Deus Kiiza, and Mathias Kajugo. […]
Fire has gutted Shuhadal Islamic Secondary School dormitory in Mbarara District, destroying property worth millions of money. The fire also injured a student, Suleiman Beigana who is currently admitted at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. The dormitory houses 202 students of Senior 2 and 3. Isaq Mugerwa Kafeero the headteacher, says the fire started at 4:30am […]
Police and the army on Monday afternoon fired live bullets and teargas to disperse a gathering at Lubigi swamp in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso district where the National Environment and Management Authority (NEMA) has been evicting residents since May 27, 2024. Police and the soldiers intervened to disperse the gathering shortly after the arrival of politicians […]