Security operatives attached to the Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) in Lungalunga, Mombasa County have arrested two terror suspects and recovered two firearms. The two men were arrested at the Likoni ferry crossing after their escape efforts bore no fruits. The two suspects, who were in a Toyota Probox, were trying to cross over from the…
President Yoweri Museveni has appointed former Ethics and Integrity Minister, Hon Fr. Simon Lokodo as a commissioner for Uganda Human Rights Commission. UHRC remained incomplete after the death of former chair person Med Kaggwa. He collapsed in his car, moments after leaving his home in Mulago, on the outskirts of Kampala. He was moments later…
Over the weekend, we began a fourth week since Mr. Museveni relaxed lockdown measures. Life in the country has returned to normal. Even sectors that were supposed to remain closed according to President Yoweri Museveni, have slowly re-opened themselves. The only bars that were not operating this weekend, are the ones with no customers. While…
Maj Gen. David Kasura Kyomukama is the new Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries. He joins the ministry with over 30 years of leadership experience. Before joining the Ministry of Agriculture, Maj. Gen. Kasura-Kyomukama was the Director of the National Leadership Institute at Kyankwanzi, and before this he was the…
The minister of Foreign Affairs Gen Abubakar Jeje Odongo has shed more light on the plans to secure and evacuate Ugandans still trapped in Afghanistan after the takeover by the Taliban militants. The minister broke the silence after queries by sections of Ugandans on why the Ugandan government was prioritizing hosting Afghani refugees instead of…
The Ugandan Foreign Affairs Gen Jeje Odongo has hinted that they are having issues with Ugandans who left the country under the pretext of being gay but now requesting the government to send their wives and children. Gen Odongo while appearing on NBS TV’s frontline show revealed that a number of Ugandans who have left…
The former commander of the UPDF Center for Doctrine Synthesization and Development Lt Gen Pecos Kutesa has been laid to rest at his ancestral home in Kabura, Lyantonde district.Minister Sempijja The chief mourner and Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs Hon Vicent Bamulangaki Ssempijja, who met the late Kutesa in 1980 during the bush war…
Buhweju Member of Parliament Francis Mwijukye has survived another nasty road accident along Kampala-Masaka Highway on Sunday afternoon. The Shadow Minister for Trade & Industry commonly known as ‘MP WAITU’ was rushed to IHK hospital in Kampala for medical attention. The incident was caused by a boda boda cyclist who suddenly joined the road causing…
In the morning hours of Saturday 21st August 2021, a neighbor stood at my gate and told me, “Paul Lokech is dead”. I asked him, “which Lokech” and he replied, “your Paul Lokech you have been having battles with, the Deputy IGP”. I replied, ”I have enough of my own problems, keep me out of…
The real estate and hospitality sub sectors are going through a bumpy time having to deal with the economic shocks facing the country. These two are playing hard to survive by being responsive to the economic demands. Investment is hard to come by. However the Ruparelia Group under the direction of Dr Sudhir Ruparelia has…
