The President of Uganda, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is confident the State has enough evidence to convict former Security Minister Lt Gen (Rtd) Henry Tumukunde of treason charges related to statements he made urging Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame to support regime change in Uganda. Tumukunde has been remanded at Luzira Prison since March 2020 after…
Ministry Of Health has today May, 11, 2020 confirmed one new Covid-19 positive case in Uganda out of 2,296 samples from truck drivers. The new case is a Ugandan truck driver who arrived from Juba via Elegu border point This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases to 122 in Uganda. All 558 community samples have…
Government of Uganda introduced Digital Tax Stamps, a measure intended to enhance tax compliance and to ensure that the Ugandan market has only authentic manufactured or imported products. Introduced in November 2019, manufacturers and importers are required to affix digital tax stamps onto every product manufactured or imported before distribution into the market. Six items…
Former Security Minister Gen. Henry Tumukunde has on Monday, May 11 been granted a Ugx50M no cash bail. Tumukunde has been in prison for sixty days on charges of treason and unlawful possession of fire weapons. The High Court had earlier denied him bail on account that sureties he had presented were not substantial. Tumukunde…
Nine construction workers are feared dead after a building caved in Lukuli-Nanganda Village, Makindye division. Under construction three-storied building on Soweto Road collapsed Saturday night trapping scores of workers in the rubble. The construction workers have been staying on-site following a presidential directive which restricted movement of people in a bid to stop further spread…
Police in Kajjansi have arrested two people on allegations of attempting to bribe a police officer. The suspects have been identified as Richard Walugembe and Remogio Baale who are currently detained at Kajjansi Police Station. According to the investigating officer, who is at the same time a victim in this crime said, Kajansi Police Station…
Four soldiers of Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) in Bushenyi District have been arrested over murder and rape allegations. The four yet to be known soldiers were picked up from Kyabugimbi on Saturday afternoon. Mr Martial Tumusiime, the Greater Bushenyi Regional Police Spokesperson, confirmed the arrest and said the soldiers allegedly shot to death Vincent…
