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Two Police Officers Arrested For Brutalizing FDC Supporters
The Territorial Police in East Kyoga has arrested two of its officers on allegations of gross misconduct and excessive use of force that caused physical harm while dispersing off Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) supporters in Soroti Municipality. According to Uganda Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga, on January 20, 2020 at around 12:30pm, they received information…
Kabale NRM Youth Riot Over District Polls
Ruling party youth leaders in Kabale district are protesting the declaration of Ezra Aryanyijuka as the party’s National Youth Council finance secretary. Aryanyijuka was declared unopposed by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) district registrar Maurice Mugenga Keitaba during polls held on Tuesday at Kabale district council hall. The election is to enable the areas to…
Billionaire Isabel Dos Santos, Daughter Of Angola’s Ex-President Charged With fraud
Isabel dos Santos, the tycoon daughter of Angola’s former president, has been charged with money laundering and mismanagement, Angolan prosecutors said, as they launched a bid Thursday to have the billionairess and other suspects return home for questioning. One of five named suspects, a Portuguese banker identified at the weekend in a worldwide media exclusive…
Race For NRM Top Leadership Gets Tense As Youthful Sheema Woman MP Takes On Her Boss Speaker Kadaga
As the Uganda’s ruling party National Resistance Movement readies for the upcoming 2nd Meeting of the 3rd National Conference in Namboole stadium, many young party turks have openly come out to walk to the political battle field right by the side of the party National Chairman, His Excellency General Yoweri K. Museveni. Among those competing…
Who Has The Right Of Way On Ugandan Roads
Every day motorists in Kampala city and nearby suburbs wake up early morning to yet another nightmare; traffic jams. The traffic jams have become such a pain in the neck to most motorists that on average, motorists lose up to two hours during peak traffic time while leaving or getting into the city. And while…
Eating Cassava Helped Me Lose 30kgs – Museveni
A diet of cassava, Irish potatoes and indigenous vegetables helped Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni shed 30kg (4 stone), he told the BBC. “I am always fit but the doctors pointed out the mistakes and then I decided to shed off,” Mr Museveni said. The 75-year-old leader said he had not been watching his weight, which…
Tears As The Body of Ugandan Killed In Rwanda Is Repatriated
The body of a Ugandan national, Teojen Ndagijimana recently shot dead last week by Rwandan security operatives has been brought back into the country. Ndagijimana, 25, a resident of Kabingo village, Murora sub-county in Kisoro district was shot dead on Saturday at Kumugu trading centre Musanze district in Rwanda, about three kilometres away from the…
Kireka Fallen Tree Accident Injures 3
Traffic flow along the Kampala-Jinja road has been paralysed after a huge tree fell in the middle of the road in Banda. The eucalyptus tree fell on the road at around 12 pm. Motorists were stuck for several hours along the busy road stretching from Kyambogo all the way to Kireka. The tree hit one…
Ministry Of Education Officials In Panic Over Corruption, Shoddy Construction Of Seed Schools
The Ministry of Education and Sports is expected to present status report on the construction of seed schools in Uganda. According to Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, the Ministry is to present the report within a fortnight highlighting the number of seed schools that were to be constructed, contractors in charge and status of construction.…
Tortured Ugandan Top LGBT Activist ,Presumed Dead Resurfaces At People Power USA Convention
One of Uganda’s top activist for minority groups like LGBT who went missing due to support and defending homosexual activities, standing against Harassment, torture and Youth unemployment in the country. Who last seen in 2013 whom his family members ,workmates and other civil society presumed to be dead has been spotted in USA in a…