Christmas Day in Sembabule has ended in tears for one family after a truck rammed into a happy crowd killing two instantly leaving five admitted in critical condition. The fatal incident occurred at Bulakati-Nyange trading centre, Nakasenyi sub-county in Sembabule at around 5 pm. The deceased have been identified as Winnie Naluswaata, 20, and her brother…
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90. President Cyril Ramaphosa said the churchman’s death marked “another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans”. Archbishop Tutu had helped bequeath “a liberated South Africa,” he added. Tutu was…
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) mobile forces together with the FARDC assault force, have finally captured the much revered Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) /ISCAP camp, Kambi Ya Yua. Kambi Ya Yua, a stronghold of ADF/ISCAP terrorists, seating on eight acres of Virunga forest land, is estimated to have accommodated over 600 ADF/ISCAP terrorists and…
President Yoweri Museveni will on Monday 27th December, 2021 receive the current status report on the Covid-19 situation in Uganda, according to Deputy Senior Presidential Press Secretary Faruk Kirunda. Kirunda says the report will be handed over to the President by the National Covid-19 Taskforce led by the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja. “The report will…
The Ministry of Health has asked the elderly and those living with other health conditions that compromise immunity to seek booster doses of COVID-19 jabs. This development comes after the country registered a hundred percent increase in cases in the last week. According to test results released on Thursday, the country recorded 710 new cases…
Uganda Police Force with sister security agencies have opened up an investigation into the death of Hajj Rashid Kamoga Kulima, a senior human resource manager of the Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA. Assistant Superintendent of Police Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson said that unknown people brought Kamoga to Seguku based Doctors hospital in…
Moroto police are holding a businessman from Namutumba district on suspicion of stealing hoes distributed by the government under the Operation Wealth Creation – OWC program. Godfrey Isumba was transporting the hoes to Namutumba district from Moroto in a Tata box body registration UBH 407U. He was intercepted at a security checkpoint in Moroto district.…
A suspected grenade explosion has left five people injured and admitted to Mulago hospital in Kampala, the police have said. According to the Kampala Metropolitan Area deputy Police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, the incident happened at Industrial zone, Kagugube,Central division in Kampala city when an explosive ordinance blasted and injured five people. “It is alleged that…
Uganda Red Cross Society -URCS has so far recorded eight deaths and 55 severe injuries countrywide since 18th December when their emergency response started operations this festive season. This is more that one death per day. Documents from the URCS, indicate that these deaths are from road traffic crashes especially in the areas of Jinja…
Delhi Public School International is now accepting new students for the 2022 academic year and CBSE Senior Secondary -Class II Students, the Naguru based school announced in a statement. The school opened its doors to the Ugandan public when business magnet Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia acquired Indian School of Uganda. Dr Sudhir then merged Indian School…
