Speaker Rt Hon Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has visited the student who was shot in the mouth as KCCA enforcers and police battled vendors in downtown Kampala recently. “I have just been to Mulago Hospital’s ward 7 to check on Lowena Rachael Nankya, the S.6 student of Nalya Lugazi Mixed School, who was shot in the…
By Agencies Coronavirus has killed more people in Italy than in any other country, after deaths there rose by 427 in a day. The number of deaths now stands at 3,405, which is more than in China where the virus originated last year. There have been 3,245 reported deaths in China, but there have been…
Concerned Citizens are in final stages to petition the State House Anti-Corruption Unit investigate the day robbery, fraud and corruption by top Police officers at Interpol headquarters Kololo led by the Interpol boss AIGP Moses Balimwoyo. This follows a failure by the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) Maj. General Sabiiti Muzeei and Police Boss…
All court hearings and appearances have been suspended for 32 days according to a circular issued by the chief justice Bart Katureebe. Katureebe says the suspension is in line with the directives issued by President Yoweri Museveni yesterday Wednesday on the prevention and mitigation of coronavirus (COVID-19). Museveni announced a ban on mass gatherings…
Victoria Rusoke, a Commissioner at the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) is in deep trouble for allegedly using government resources to further her political ambitions. We have learnt that Rusoke plans to contest for the Kabarole District Woman Member of Parliament seat come the 2021 elections and because of that, sources reveal that she is…
|A day after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni issued 14 directives on preventing coronavirus (COVID-19), the Inspector General of Police – IGP Martin Ochola, has summoned directors and commanders to deliberate on the strategy for implementation. Museveni on Wednesday issued guidelines to cub the pandemic caused by the coronavirus which has so far infected 200000 leading…
Parliament has rolled out a number of measures restricting and limiting access to the Building, and curtailing MPs’ activities in the constituencies intended to stem the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19). In her communication on Thursday to Parliament, Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga, said that access to the precincts of Parliament and all activities within will be scaled…
Uganda peoples defense forces UPDF in Somalia under the African Union Mission in Somalia’ AMISOM’ and the Somalia National Army SNA launched an operation which killed and captured several Alshabaab terrorists in a new town of Jannale. Speaking after the operations, the Sector I and Uganda Contingent Commander, Brig Richard Otto, commended both SNA and…
The Ministry of Health together with World Health Organization (WHO) has trained Chiefs of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) and top officials from the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs about Corona Virus (COVID-19) at Mbuya hill. The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen. David Muhoozi in his remarks thanked the Ministry of Health…
Burkina Faso has reported its first case of coronavirus death: Marie-Rose Compaoré. She was the second vice-president of the National Assembly. According to the BBC, the 62-year-old who was diabetic died on Tuesday night. Prof. Martial Ouedraogo, national coordinator of the response to the Covid-19 epidemic, confirmed the news saying: “This tragic event calls us…
