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…
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…
