Jailed city Lawyer Bob Kasango has died of heart failure in Luzira prison according to the authorities. Uganda Prisons Service spokesperson Frank Baine confirmed Kasango’s death on telephone interview. “For the last two weeks,he has not been well health wise but our prisons medical team has been treating him. Currently,i cant tell what killed because…
President Yoweri Museveni has accused Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi Wine of giving the Supreme Court false, irrelevant and contradictory reasons for withdrawing his election petition. Museveni’s response is contained in an affidavit of Oscar Kihika the Director Legal Affairs of National Resistance Movement (NRM) which is the party that sponsored him and is in…
External Security Organisation (ESO) and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) have joined the probe of local singer, Ameria Nambala, who was found in possession of 48 passports whose owners cannot be traced. The artist was arrested from Sheraton Hotel in Kampala on Friday by plain-clothed security personnel from the Special Forces Command and Internal…
There was a stampede at Fairway Hotel on Valentine’s Day, after a bevy of dazzling waitresses and skilled waiters decided to stage an exotic dance show, as a special treat for their guests. The dance show, which was composed of contemporary musical scenes from India, Arabia and Africa, involved waitresses and waiters pulling very seductive…
The US should to “fix its own elections” rather than give “lectures” to Uganda about its elections, Ugandan government spokesman Ofwono Opondo has been quoted by the state-linked New Vision as saying. His comments came after the US said it was considering “targeted options” following elections in Uganda that were marred by “irregularities” and “abuses”…
Members of Parliament Thursday proposed the removal of the office of the Resident District Commissioners (RDCs). This was proposed by Hon Wamanga Wamai who also wants ministers to be appointed from professionals and not from among Members of Parliament. Wamai noted that the moves will promote efficiency in service delivery. “We also need to save…
The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has directed the accounting officer in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to present performance and accountability reports regarding the funding of a UNDP supported project. The committee chaired by Budadiri West MP Nandala Mafabi was meeting Under-Secretary Lynette Bagonza on Thursday over queries on the Peace and Security for…
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) has revealed that it will carry out the national population census next year, 2022, two years earlier. Uganda last carried out a population census in 2014. Supposed to happen every decade, the census had delayed over lack of funds. Now, Ubos says it is planning to conduct another census…
Detectives from criminal investigations Department ‘CID’ at Kibuli have raided one of the posh houses in Munyonyo, a leafy Kampala suburb and arrested con men. The suspects have been identified as; Dorcus Chibasi, Samson Onyango Wesonga a Kenyan national; Godfrey Kadimba, a security guard at Rangers Security Limited,Manda Mpoyi Rajiv a Congolese national; Immaculate Nsimire…
The Inspectorate of Government is waiting for National Unity Platform president Robert Kyagulanyi to update the anti-corruption body on his wealth since information circulated that he had got a donation of an armoured (bullet-proof) car. Bobi Wine unveiled his ‘armoured’ vehicle at the weekend, attracting attention from the public and government. The Leadership Code Act…
