By Benjamin Emuk Kampala: Movit Products, the leading personal care company in Uganda has today been unveiled as one of the sponsors of Tooro’s inaugural ‘Ekyooto Ha Mpango’ cultural festival scheduled for this month. Organized by Tooro Kingdom, the 4-day festival will be happening from 25th to 28th, November at the heart of the Kingdom’s…
By: Rpf Gakwerere During an online radio interview, Rwanda’s former ambassador to USA told his listeners that he has credible information linking Rwanda’s top Military officers to Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorist outfit which has bases in Democratic Republic of Congo. Ambassador Theogene Rudasingwa pointed out that Gen James Kabarebe and Brig Gen Dan Munyuza are…
The police has confirmed that they killed Sheikh Muhammad Kirevu in Masajja, a Kampala suburb earlier today. Addressing the press at the police headquarters in Naguru this evening, Fred Enanga, police spokesperson said Kirevu was killed as he tried to resist arrest. Enanga said the joint security team had gone to arrest Kirevu after it…
The death toll of Tuesday twin bombings in Kampala has increased from six to seven after a Kampala businessman George Katana who had been admitted at Mulago with injuries died on Tuesday evening. The deceased who was doing printing business along Parliament Avenue was hit by shrapnel after two suicide bombers blew themselves up out…
The Chief Justice of Uganda Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny – Dollo has asked government to increase the budget for the Judiciary as well as security for judicial officers. Justice Owiny Dollo made the request while presenting the Judiciary Annual Performance Report for the Financial Year 2020/21 at the Judiciary Headquarters in Kampala on Tuesday where he…
The Parliament of the Republic of Uganda is set to resume it’s business despite the terror bomb blast threats in the country. In a letter dated 17th November 2021, Adolf Mwesige Kasaija the clerk to Parliament revealed that the August House’s preliminary sittings will resume on Thursday 18th November 2021 starting from 2:00pm. The house…
The High Court in Kasese district has rejected the bail application of five National Unity Platform-NUP supporters facing treason charges and remanded further until next week. The five members are; Bryan Basisa, the NUP Kasese district chairperson, Geoffrey Bwambale, the NUP coordinator for Bundibugyo, Atanazio Isande from Ntoroko district, Isaac Mumbere, the former NUP candidate…
President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the controversial Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) to get off workers’ savings in the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). Museveni made the directive during a meeting with stake holders of the NSSF fund at State House Entebbe on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by among others, the Prime Minister…
In a bid to curb the escalating bomb threats in Uganda most especially in the capital Kampala, Uganda Police Force has issued an order to Makerere University Business School (MUBS) students against carrying bags in the institution. According to the statement dated 15th November 2021, students at the above institution with effect from tomorrow, Wednesday…
Parliament has called off today’s sitting and any other businesses at the house following multiple explosions in the city centre. Security personnel have cordoned off at least two areas in the heart of Kampala where two explosions happened this morning. One of them went off at Raja Chambers, along Parliament Avenue in Kampala, just a…
