The parliamentary committee for health has established that although pork is the most widely consumed meat in the country, only Masaka and Kampala cities have only one gazetted abattoir each for slaughtering pigs. Committee chairperson Joseph Ruyonga (Hoima West Division) told parliament on Wednesday that out of nine cities and four districts inspected, it was […]
Security agencies have disclosed that the rampant robberies in Kampala in which people carrying huge sums of money are waylaid by robbers, are rooted within the banks from which the money is withdrawn, where the robbers get leads on the attire of targets, the amounts withdrawn, and their other identity details. The particulars were unearthed […]
The newly appointed directors of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) have today officially taken over their offices. Hajjat Sharifah Buzeki takes over the big office of the political administration of Uganda’s capital from Dorothy Kisaka who was dismissed in September 2024 following the Kiteezi garbage landfill tragedy. Frank Rusa has since been taking care of […]
The Police in Kampala are hunting for one of its own, a police officer who fatally shot and wounded a driver. The police in a statement issued on Monday December 23, 2024 identified the suspect as No. 55915 PC Bahati Charles, and the victim as Ssemwaka Julius, a driver of vehicle registration number UAX 460C. […]
A police swoop has disbanded groups of gangsters behind the ongoing robberies, murders, break-ins and rapes in and around Kampala and Metropolitan Areas. According to Police, they have arrested several leaders of these gangs who were forced to reveal facts around their operations. Police who were tickled by an upsurge in these crimes in Kampala, […]
The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has ruled that the State Minister for Economic Planning, Amos Lugoloobi has a case to answer about the charges levied against him arising from the mismanagement of iron sheets meant for the vulnerable people of Karamoja. Lady Justice Jane Okuo Kajuga on Wednesday said that there is sufficient evidence from 11 […]
Nnaabagereka Sylvia Nagginda asabye abakyala okwenyigira mu bifo by’obukulembeze beeyongere okuganyula nnyaffe Buganda ne Uganda yonna okutwalira ewamu. Nnaabagereka obubaka buno abuweeredde ku Golf Course Hotel mu Kampala, mu lukungaana lw’Abakyala abeegattira mu bibiina eby’enjawulo ebirwanirira eddembe ly’Omukyala “Annual Buganda Women Human Rights Defender’s conference” wansi w’omulamwa; “Ssiga mu Mukyala, okulaakulane”, n’ategeeza nti abakyala balina […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged public administrators to liaise with reformers or political leaders who make a diagnosis in society when it comes to issues of philosophy and ideology. According to the President, this will help the society to achieve effective administration. “As you discuss the techniques on how to administer, what are you […]
Four members of the debating club of Mt. St Mary’s Namagunga are set to represent Uganda in the 2025 Eurasian Schools Debating Championship (ESDC) to be held in Istanbul, Turkey. The students won the opportunity after excelling in this year’s annual National High School Cross Fire Debating Competition which was held on September 30, at […]
The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded the Kampala District Land Board Chairperson, David Balondemu, on charges of forgery involving medical documents. Balondemu, who was arrested over the weekend at the airport upon his return to the country, is jointly charged with Mulago Medical Doctor Hassan Ssegujja, who did not appear in court. Balondemu […]