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Shock As Kampala Businessman Asiimwe Fails To Attend Court Over Acute Diarrhea

The lawyer to city businessman and company director at Taifa Partners Limited, Emmanuel Asiimwe who is accused of forging and uttering false documents told court on Monday that his client is suffering from acute diarrhea. To win the sympathy of the Chief

April 30, 2024

Africa

Joseph Kony Survives Deadly Wagner Group Capture In Central African Republic

Russian mercenaries, operating under the Wagner Group, are intensifying their pursuit of the infamous warlord Joseph Kony in the Central African Republic (CAR). Kony, accused of abducting thousands of children to serve as soldiers and sex slaves, in his Lord’s Resistance Army

April 30, 2024

Security

AU Hails UPDF For Stabilizing Somalia

A delegation from the African Union, led by General Cheikh Dembele, Head of the African Union’s Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department, Peace Support Operations Division, today visited the Forward Operating Base in Qoryooley, Lower Shabelle, Somalia. During the visit, General Dembele

April 30, 2024

Crime

Police Guns Down Assailant After Hacking Four Children

Residents of Bongole Zone in Ndejje, Wakiso District are reeling from a horrifying incident of attempted murder that left four children critically injured. According to ASP Luke Owoyesigyire, Deputy Public Relations Officer for Kampala Metropolitan Police, an unidentified assailant armed with a

April 30, 2024

Politics

Big Harvest: Another Top Busoga NUP Honcho Defects To NRM As Capt Mukula Vows To Paint Region Yellow

The National Unity Platform-NUP has lost more party officials and members in the Busoga sub-region to the National Resistance Movement-NRM party. The latest defection is Emmanuel Lutaya Mbalasa, the NUP Luuka District coordinator who has crossed to NRM. Mbalasa was welcomed into

April 28, 2024

Politics

Just In: Top NUP Strongman Yusufu Dabada Joins NRM Alongside Namutumba Mobilizers

The flag bearers and mobilizers in Namutumba under the National Unity Platform- NUP have crossed to the National Resistance Movement- NRM party as the 2026 Presidential & Parliamentary- elections hit up. Led by Yusufu Dabada, the former Busiki MP contestant in the

April 26, 2024

Health

Lord Mayor Lukwago Rushed To India For Spinal Surgery

Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, also the interim leader of a breakaway faction within the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), has traveled to New Delhi, India, for spinal surgery. Lukwago was diagnosed with C6-7 cervical discopathy two months ago. While initial treatment

April 26, 2024

Security

CDF Muhoozi Passes Out 177 Guinea Bissau Soldiers Trained In VIP & Special Operations Tactics

A total of 177 trainees from Guinea-Bissau, who underwent training in the Very Important Persons and Special Operations Tactics Course, passed out today at the Special Mission Training Centre in Butiaba, Bulisa district. The 16-week training was conducted by the Uganda Peoples’

April 26, 2024

Politics

Speaker Among Tasks Minister Babalanda To Unveil Qualifications Of Assistant RDCs

Speaker Anita Among has directed the Minister for the Presidency, Hon. Milly Babalanda to present a list of Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) and their deputies and assistants to Parliament for scrutiny. This followed a statement presented by Minister for Kampala Capital City

April 26, 2024

Kampala

Last Nail: Lands Commissioner Orders For Cancellation Of NSSF Lubowa Title

The acting commissioner of lands Baker Mugaino after thorough investigations on the contentious land has released a report faulting NSSF. NSSF bought Land comprised in FRV 402 Folio 13 Block 269 Plot 4,323 and 1322, from Uganda Company Holdings Ltd in 2003.

April 26, 2024