Three people are dead and 100 others are admitted at different health facilities following alleged poisoning at a funeral in Bukasami village, in Buyengo town council, Jinja district. The deceased include; Faisal Magumba (20), Suleiman Byanguwa (4) and a six-year-old Shamim Nangobi. St. Joseph Naggalama’s Best Scores 10 in 10 A health worker who spoke […]
The victim says that their father would buy her fast foods and soft drinks, lock up her two young brothers outside their two-roomed house, and then defile her. Police in Kiira region have confirmed the arrest of a 35-year-old, Paul Mwanje on Sunday on allegation of repeatedly defiling his Primary Six daughter aged 14 years. […]
Police in Kiira region working with local divers have retrieved the bodies of two boys who reportedly drowned in Lake Victoria, along the Masese landing site pier in Jinja City on Christmas evening. It is reported that the duo had gone swimming along the shoreline. However, unexpected storms swept over the area, causing them to […]
President Museveni noted that even the terrorism that is going on in most of Africa and other places was the handiwork of the West. President Yoweri Museveni has hit out hard against the United States and the United Kingdom embassies for issuing advisories to their citizens not to travel to Uganda over terrorism concerns. In […]
The lawyers, Mugerwa and Partners Advocates and Solicitors said that any other marriage to another woman by the Kyabazinga would amount to committing bigamy. Busoga Kingdom’s Premier, Dr. Joseph Muvawala has dismissed claims that the Kyabazinga, William Gabula Nadiope IV is married to another woman. On Thursday, lawyers representing Anna Alison, a woman based in […]
From Nyege Nyege to Woodstock: The Debate About Freedom, Sex, And A New African World Rages By Charles Onyango-Obbo One of Africa’s biggest – and most controversial – indie musical festivals, Nyege Nyege, is underway (Nov. 9-12, 2023) in the eastern Uganda industrial town of Jinja. Nyenge Nyenge season tends to be one of the […]
Every year, Nyege Nyege attracts thousands of local and foreign visitors to Jinja and its surrounding areas for three days of music, community, self-expression and diversity. Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs Rebecca Kadaga has thanked the hundreds of attendees who flocked to the 2023 Nyege Nyege festival on […]
Authorities in Jinja City have closed two schools to give ample space for the on-going four-day Nyege Nyege Festival. The affected schools are; Victoria Nile School and Summit Nursery and Primary School. The closure has been effected by the Jinja City Education Officer Haruna Mulopa, who said they intended to guarantee the safety of […]
The United States of America and United Kingdom diplomatic missions in Kampala, Uganda has issued security alert to their citizens in and those intending to visit the country. They have been warned against attending “Large scale music festival in Jinja”. “Due to increased terrorist activity, U.S. Embassy Kampala recommends that individuals exercise an elevated degree […]
Busoga Kingdom’s second deputy Prime Minister Owek. Alhaj Osman Ahmed Noor has called on stakeholders in the health sector to increase awareness of breast and cervical cancers in Busoga sub region and the whole country at large. Owek. Osman was speaking during a prize giving ceremony to winners of the Cancer walk, run and ride […]