The Kampala Resident City Commissioner, Hud Hussein has distanced himself from “smart city”, one of the youth vigilante groups purportedly enforcing law and order in the city. The youths who often wear black T-Shirts and light green reflector jackets with the inscription “smart city”, have in the previous days been seen enforcing law and order…
Child rights activists have spoken out against the stance by the Bishop of Mukono Diocese, James William Ssebagala, not to allow pregnant learners into any of the Church of Uganda schools. Lillian Ssengooba, the deputy national director at SOS Village Uganda, indicated that everyone has a right to attain his or her full potential. “Pregnancy…
Premier Recruitment Limited, Uganda’s most reputable external labour agency has announced the urgency need of 50 Ugandans to secure jobs abroad working as taxi drivers in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates- DailyExpress has learnt. According to a company announcement released via its socials, interviews for the taxi driver jobs are currently ongoing and successful candidates will…
Uganda’s leading private Education hub, Victoria University Kampala, has yet again registered a landmark achievement under its Virtual Campus (VClass) after holding successful online guild elections in the voting exercise. Officials at Victoria University told this website that the e-voting application “VU Elections” which is an extended module of its now popular VClass platform allows students…
Brig Flavia Byekwaso, the Defence and Army spokesman, has delegated her duties to her deputy, Lt Col Ronald Kakurungu. She has handed over all her office duties as she prepares to attend a one-year course at the National Defence College in Jinja. “I have today officially handed over the Office of Defence Spokesperson to my…
The political persecution against members of the National Unity Platform (NUP), a political party headed by former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, continues a year after the 2021 presidential elections. Several Bobi Wine supporters have between 2020 and 2021 continued to disappear, others are arbitrarily arrested while some have turned up dead days…
The Parliament’s Health Committee is demanding accountability for the Covid-19 vaccine funds allocated to the National Medical Stores-NMS in the last two financial years. NMS officials led by Apollo Newton Mwesigye, the NMS Board Secretary, Paul Okware, the Chief Operations Officer, and Lillian Audo, on Tuesday appeared before the committee to present the entity’s policy…
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Diana Atwine has been given a last chance to appear in court and testify in a case in which two people are accused of inciting violence by dropping a casket demanding her immediate resignation for allegedly mishandling COVID-19 response funds. Augustine Ojobile and Sharif Kawooya were…
The general crimes department in the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) is investigating Captain Lillian Namara from the Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF for allegedly hiring private guards from Arrow security to abduct and torture her builders. CID Spokesperson Charles Twine, says that the general crimes team received complaints about Namara’s conduct from a civilian and they…
Benjamin Kisokeranio alias Ben who has been in charge of intelligence, finances, and supplies within Allied Democratic forces ‘ADF’ has been captured by Congolese army forces in Vira region on his way from Burundi. Benjamin is the son of Bwambale Kisokeranio, the leader of the National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (NALU), a Ugandan…
