Several Ugandans with savings in the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) have vowed to stage protests on Monday July 13th, 2020 across the country, to express their dejection with the Fund for denying them access to their savings during the this Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. Under their umbrella group ‘NSSF Savers Forum Uganda, the savers have…
Police spokesperson Fred Enanga has revealed that private security guards participated in the brutal murder of a 24 year old Makerere University veterinary student Emmanuel Tegu. The deceased was violently beaten on the 27.06.2020, and sustained life threatening injuries, which he eventually succumbed to on the 3.07.2020 at Mulago Hospital, Kiruddu. Four suspects identified as…
Members of Parliament have adopted a report recommending a forensic audit of the national identification registration of learners undertaken by the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA). The report of the Committee on Defence and Internal affairs on the petition and oversight visits on operations of the National Identification and Registration Authority recommended that the…
Sanyu FM has rewarded it’s employee who footed to and from home to workplace for three months to serve at the Kampala based station during COVID-19 lockdown. Mr. Steven Kyaka a traffic controller at Sanyu FM didnt give up when President Museveni announced a total lock-down but instead he footed about 40km from Buloba to…
Mary Goretti Kitutu, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, has directed the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) Executive Director Godfrey Turyahikayo, to hand over office today July 9th, 2020, due to mismanagement of the agency. This website has established from credible sources that Kitutu directed Turyahikayo to hand over his office to her after his…
City Businessmen have threatened to stage a massive demonstration in the city centre if government doesn’t open arcades in 5 days. Traders, led by Former Makerere University researcher, Dr. Stella Nyanzi made threats on Wednesday July 8, 2020 while addressing the media at Nakasero, in Kampala. It’s from here Traders called on Gov’t to reopen…
Members of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces’ (UPDF) Division Court Martial (DCM) for General Headquarters that sits in Bombo barracks have sworn in to serve for a one-year term having been appointed by the President and Commander-In-Chief of the UPDF, H.E Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The new appointments came after the expiry of the last…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has directed the Minister of Internal Affairs, Gen. Jeje Odongo, to explain circumstances surrounding the death of Emmanuel Tegu, a Makerere University student. Kadaga’s instruction to Gen. Odongo followed a submission by the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LOP), Hon. Betty Aol Ocan. “The Minister of Internal Affairs…
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has launched Investigations under which a Local Defence Unit Personnel (LDU) assaulted the Mityana District LC5 Chairman, Joseph Luzige on Tuesday July, 7, 2020 evening. The video that went viral show L/Cpl Anguria Simon Peter, Pte Odeke Simon, Pte Musundi Caroline and Pte Okello Isaac seriously assaulting the LCV…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has directed the Minister of Internal Affairs to investigate the state of affairs at the Nsambya Police Barracks in Kampala. The directive was prompted after Hon. Maurice Kibalya (NRM, Bugabula County North) raised a matter of national importance in regard to the living conditions in the barracks. “It is…
