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Crime

Natete: Police Hunt Panga Welding Bashir Greening Millers Staff Over Attempted Murder

Natete police are currently investigating an alarming incident of attempted murder where a man wielding a panga (machete) launched a vicious attack at a maize miller’s office in Kutano Village, Natete. The victim, identified as Sam Turyamuhaki, a 55-year-old resident of Kabaho

May 16, 2024

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Eye Witness Account: How MP Mwijukye Is Hiding Behind Church To Grab Family Land In Buhweju

A tumultuous clash unfolded in Buhweju District on May 12, 2024, as accusations of land grabbing marred the peaceful setting of Omuhambo, Kyakatungu, Rwanyamabare. The dispute, centered around ancestral land, pitted workers against church congregants, with Hon. Francis Mwijukye, a Member of

May 13, 2024

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M7 Queries Service Awards To Mpuuga, Other Parliamentary Commissioners

President Yoweri Museveni has expressed concern over service awards given to Mathias Mpuuga, the former Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and NRM-nominated Parliamentary Commissioners, totaling UGX 1.7 billion. In a May 3, 2024, letter to Attorney-General Kiryowa Kiwanuka, Museveni questioned the

May 13, 2024

National News

CDF General Kainerugaba Lectures Officer Cadets On Servant Leadership

The chief of Defence Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba delivered a lecture on servant leadership to Officer Cadets of Intake 18/long at the Basic Military Training School, Kaweweta, Nakaseke District. General Kainerugaba, also the Senior Presidential Advisor – Special Operations, reminded them that

May 12, 2024

News

Torrential Rains Kill More Eight People In Kasese

At least eight people have been killed by landslides triggered by torrential rains in Uganda’s border district of Kasese on Thursday, a government official said on Friday. Joe Walusimbi, resident district commissioner for Kasese, told Xinhua by telephone that landslides swept several

May 12, 2024

Politics

Bloody: Five NUP Foot Soldiers Wounded After Nasty Fight At Party Offices

Five supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) in Busia have been admitted to Dabani hospital after they sustained serious injuries in a fight that broke during a party meeting. The fight is said to have broken out after some party members

May 8, 2024

Business

Traders Threaten To Close Shops After Meeting Museveni Over EFRIS

The leaders of traders’ associations have threatened to lock down their businesses again, displeased with the outcome of the Kololo meeting with President Museveni. They argue that President Museveni did not address any of their concerns about taxes at the much-anticipated meeting.

May 8, 2024

News

On Standby: UPDF To Monitor Upcoming Population Census

Five hundred Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers have completed a nine-day training on conducting the upcoming National Housing and Population Census at Gaddafi Barracks in Jinja District. While officiating the closure of the training, the Executive Director of the Uganda National

May 8, 2024

News

70 Suspects Arrested For Robbing Northern Bypass Road Users

Police have arrested over 70 suspects in connection to paver (stone) throwing along the Northern Bypass on Kiira Road. According to Luke Owoyesgire in a Statement released on Monday, May, 6,2024 this operation was in collaboration with local councils, PISOS, GISO, CMI,

May 7, 2024

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CDF Kainerugaba Meets DRC Counterpart, Hails Operation Shujaa

The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba on May 6th, 2024 met with his counterpart from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Gen. Christian Tshiwewe Songesha, the General Chief of Staff of the

May 7, 2024