Detectives on Monday searched the offices at the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), including that of executive director Eng. Godfrey Turyahikayo. Rea is located along Windsor Loop Rd in Kamokya, Kampala. The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) is examining Rea activities, probing into multiple cases, including abuse of office, corruption and financial losses. Rolled out in 2003,…
The Ministry of Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs has unveiled a number of initiatives that are being considered in order to streamline, regulate, and create order in the city. The ministry says it’s still discussing the initiatives and they will be implemented after thorough consultations. The issues being considered are: Registering Boda bodas and…
Singer Alexander Bagonza aka A Pass spent four hours speaking sweet-nothings into comedienne Martha Kagimba, alias Martha Kay’s ears, even when he is aware that fellow singer Wycliffe Tugume aka Ykee Benda had run to her for consolation after being rejected by NBS TV news anchor Sheilah Nduhukire. It should be remembered that when Ykee…
Over the last two decades, the People’s Liberation Army has dedicated massive resources toward developing missiles that have both nuclear and conventional capabilities—vehicles that can be armed with different types of warheads. The goal is to put China’s adversaries, especially the U.S. military’s bases and ships, at a new kind of long-range risk. These include variants of…
The High Court Judge, Justice Henrietta Wolayo has awarded the Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago UGX 50 million as compensation for the violation of his human rights. After perusing through the evidence gathered by applicant’s legal team,court ruled that the police abused Mr.Lukwago’s rights and freedom when he was brutally arrested by security officers outside…
Torrential rains have triggered devastating floods and landslides across East Africa in recent weeks, aggravating an already challenging situation as countries in the region battle the Coronavirus pandemic. The destruction caused by the heavy rainfall has killed hundreds of people in Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Rwanda and Ethiopia and has also forced hundreds of thousands from…
The Indian (Hindu) community in Mbarara led by Mr. Nerech Patel has donated a VX Station Wagon vehicle to UPDF 2 Division to assist in the campaign against COVID 19. The vehicle was received by Hon. Brig Gen Francis Takirwa the Division Commander. While handing over the vehicle, the leader of the Indian community in…
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…
