Police has used teargas and live bullets to disperse hundreds of Boda-boda operators from Bombo road and Lumumba Avenue on Tuesday February 18, 2020 afternoon protesting endless police arrests and eviction from their stages in Kampala. The demonstration followed a recent operation conducted by jointly the KCCA enforcements and police to crackdown on Boda-boda riders…
Victoria University, one of the model institutions of higher learning in Uganda, has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with 16 Chartered Universities in Gujarat State, India, in a bid to undertake student exchange programs. The MoU was signed on Monday February 17, 2019 and according to officials at Victoria University Kampala, this undertaking will see…
Parliament of Uganda has fulfilled the UGX 114 million pledge it made to the Ghetto kids meant to cover a debt the youngsters have over a house they acquired but partly paid for. The pledge that was made by MPs last year, on December 19, 2019, on learning that the ghetto kids were on the…
Bagyenda, a pharmacist and son of the Director General of Internal Security Organisation (ISO), Col Frank Kaka Bagyenda, was on Monday convicted of murder by Justice Moses Kazibwe of the High Court in Kampala alongside his accomplices Innocent Bainomugisha, a-24-year-old cleaner and Vincent Rwahwire, a 28-year-old casual worker. Justice Kazibwe, among other things, said that…
The Territorial Police in Busoga East has charged ASP Masinde Yaser Okot the Regional ICT Maintenance Officer, with discreditable conduct, which on conviction attracts punishment under the Police code of conduct that ranges from reprimand to a dismissal from the force. The officer has a medical condition of diabetes and last week, his photos went…
The Inspector General of Police [IGP] Okoth Ochola has applauded Inspector of Police (IP) Joshua Cheptegei, for his remarkable world record in the 5km race at the Herculis Monaco Run. Cheptegei won the race in 12 minutes 51 seconds breaking Sammy Kipketers mark of 13 minutes that was set a decade ago. “We are incredibly proud…
Soldiers attached to Fisheries Protection Unit on Lake Edward Sunday shot and killed a fisherman at Kisenyi landing site, leaving the other with a broken arm. The deceased was identified Joram Bombo, 58, who died on the way to Komboni Hospital Kyamuhunga, about 78km from Kisenyi landing site. Francis Kabundire, 62, survived with a broken…
The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has instructed the Directorate Of Crime Intelligence to conduct operations aimed at apprehending patrollers on highways and routine foot patrol, who solicit bribes from motorists and people walking back home. Notably are pat rollers along Busabala road and others heading out of the city. This indicates that…
Israeli commercial planes have started overflying Sudan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, casting the new air corridor as the result of a breakthrough meeting with the African Muslim country’s de-facto leader this month. Khartoum said on February 5 it had given Israeli planes initial approval to fly over its territory, two days after…
The Horn of Africa is suffering the worst desert locust invasion in decades, devastating pastoralist and farming communities in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Uganda. South Sudan and Tanzania now are on the UN “watch list”. For Kenya, it is the worst infestation in 70 years and the worst outbreak in 25 years for…
