“What bills did she propose? What laws did she amend? When did she stand on the floor of parliament to debate any laws in the past 5 years?” she asked. Former Makerere University don and a Kampala Woman Member of Parliament contestant, Stella Nyanzi has challenged the ailing Kampala Woman Member of Parliament, Shamim Malende […]
These women are not only improving their own lives but also making a positive impact in their communities. With the income generated from their motorcycle fleets, they’ve supported their families, invested in property, and even built homes. In the streets of Kampala, bodabodas have become an essential part of urban transportation, driving daily commutes and […]
The Police have identified the two people who died in the Wednesday fire that gutted the Sunrise Hotel Building in Kampala. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, has identified the victims as Akot Akol Arop Chan, a South Sudan national and Shineni Mwinsadi, a Tanzanian national. Police say that among the 17 injured victims, 9 have […]
Two people have been confirmed dead in a fire that swept through a seven-story building along Rashid Khamisi Road in the city center. The fire is believed to have started at approximately 10:00am in the basement shops of Sunshine Building, located near Namayiba Bus Park and the Swarayan Indian worship center in Old Kampala. Daniel […]
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in which people carrying huge sums of money are waylaid by robbers, are rooted within the banks from which the money is withdrawn, where the robbers get leads on the attire of targets, the amounts withdrawn, and their other identity details.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 […]
