The death toll of the garbage dump landslide in Kampala city’s Kawempe Division, central Uganda, has climbed to 21, said Lillian Aber, the minister of state for relief, disaster preparedness and refugees, on Sunday. She told Xinhua over the phone that a total of 21 bodies have been retrieved and taken to City Mortuary Mulago […]
Twelve people have been confirmed dead and 10 retrieved alive from the Lusanja-Kiteezi landfill slide. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango has said that by 5:00pm on Saturday they had recovered 12 dead bodies and 10 people who are alive. Onyango says that they are still going on with the search and no place will […]
Police have started investigations into the possible cause of death for a prisoner who collapsed and died at Hoima Government Prison. The deceased has been identified as Stephen Mbabazi (38), a resident of Bujumbura East in Hoima City. Mbabazi who was on remand on charges of murder collapsed and died on Thursday at 9:00am. Mbabazi […]
Police in Mukono District are hunting for a gang of panga welding thugs who have terrorized different parts of Mukono Municipality cutting people and robbing them of their property. The affected cells include; Jjoggo, Buddugala and Nyenje in Goma Division, Upper Kauga and Lower Kauga in Mukono Central Division. David Ssemwogerere, the Upper Kauga Cell […]
Fear gripped residents of Upper Kauga Cell in Mukono Central Division, Mukono Municipality following the gruesome murder of a private security guard from the rented apartments belonging to the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Stephen Samuel Kazimba Mugalu. The deceased has been identified as Patrick Okware (35) who has been attached to Marvel Security […]
It’s a grieving moment following the killing of at least 37 civilians and injuring of 212 in an explosion at a popular Lido Beach restaurant in the Somali capital late on Friday. Somalia’s government has blamed the attack on the Al Shabaab, a militant Islamist group. Ali Haji told a press conference that 11 of […]
The Principal of National Unity Platform (NUP) Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has reported the violent abduction of the party’s head of security. Kyagulanyi has identified the victim as as Achileo Kivumbi who was violently beaten immediately as the abductors picked him from his home. He says that Kivumbi was trailed by heavily armed men who were […]
A group of 36 members of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Katonga faction have been remanded to Luzira Prison on charges of terrorism. The group, comprising of 34 men and 2 women, appeared before the Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court, presided over by Chief Magistrate Elias Kakooza, on Monday. They were not allowed to respond […]
Fugitive Lujja Tabula, wanted for the murder of Ndiga clan leader Eng. Daniel Bbosa now faces 17 additional murder charges after police recovered 17 human skulls at his shrine in Mpigi district on Monday afternoon. Eng. Bbosa was shot dead on February 25, 2024, in Kikandwa village, Lungujja, Rubaga Division, Kampala. Following the incident, locals […]
