The prosecution received 3,363 child defilement cases in 2018/2019 fiscal year, and the conviction rate was 93.7 percent, Jean-Bosco Mutangana, the Prosecutor General has said. Defilement cases rose from more than 2,000 in the previous year, which Mutangana said is a considerable increase, citing the increase in defilement and rape , and encouraging people to…
President Yoweri Museveni has invited 25 French companies to invest in Uganda, such that they can create employment for Ugandans on top of boosting the country’s economy. Some of the French Investors with officials from then Private Sector Foundation According to a statement issued by the French embassy in Uganda, a French business delegation of…
The latest information reaching our desk reveals that the commander in chief of armed forces President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed Chief of Defence forces Gen.David Muhoozi to weed out most of the soldiers who are involved in bad behaviors like adultery and alcoholism to be punished. According to our reliable source in UPDF circles…
At least 29 people have died in landslides caused by severe weather in West Pokot county, Kenya. The landslides, affecting the villages of Nyarkulian and Parua, were reportedly caused by heavy rains. Officials say the villages have been cut off by flooded roads and at least one bridge was reportedly swept away. President Uhuru Kenyatta…
The US Embassy in Uganda has announced a blackout on per diem allowances to Ugandan government officials who attend events it has organized or US agencies. In a November 12 letter to the Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, Deborah Malac, the US Ambassador to Uganda, said starting January 2020 the Uganda government should ensure that it…
Uganda’s first mobile phone and laptop assembly plant SIMI Mobile has been commissioned this afternoon in Namanve Industrial Park, Mukono district. The factory built by Chinese Electronics firm ENGO Holdings Limited was installed to produce 2,000 mobile phones, 1,500 Smart phones and 800 mini slim laptops daily when it starts operating at full capacity in…
The Directorate of Interpol and International Relations has successfully carried out a joint security operation code named USALAMA . The annual INTERPOL activity which was carried out in various parts of the country led to the recovery of suspected stolen cars, electricity cables wild life property, intercepting of narcotic drugs, arrest of human traffickers, and…
An aeroplane being delivered to Tanzania’s national airline has been impounded in Canada over a Namibian-born farmer’s $33-million compensation claim, Tanzania’s foreign minister said Saturday. The DHC Dash 8-400 aircraft, a turboprop also known as the Bombardier Q400 which seats up to 90 people, is the second to be seized in connection with case. In…
Detained Kampala socialite Brian Kirumira alias Bryan White has paid the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party chairman for Eastern Uganda, Captain Mike Mukula $40,000 (about Shs148) as the two parties continue to negotiate how he will clear his debts. Shortly after Kirumira’s arrest on allegations of obtaining goods by false pretence on Friday, his…
The Minister of Education and Sports, also First Lady Janet Kataha Museveni, has directed the Inspector General of Government (IGG) to investigate allegations that Moses Magogo, the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) president, sold World Cup tickets that had been donated by FIFA to Uganda. Minister and First Lady Janet Museveni’s letter Magogo was…
