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Police Officer,Son Arrested Wearing Uniform Chatting People Power Slogans
Wandegeya Police Station has detained Inspector of Police Luben Ngasaki, a police officer attached to Wandegeya Police Station, and his son, Walter Mumbere, after the latter was found dressed in his father’s police uniform. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango revealed that the incident happened on 23/8/2020 at around 2100 hours around Wandegeya…
Uganda Recalls Ambassador To Denmark Cited In A Scandal To Steal Govt Funds
Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recalled ambassador to Denmark and her deputy, after the pair were recorded apparently plotting to steal funds meant to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. During the meeting, in a video which circulated on social media, Ambassador Nimisha Madhvani, her deputy and other staff members are heard devising a plot to…
Businessman Dodoviko,Police Officer Odero Remanded Over Demolition Of Ndeeba Church
On Monday afternoon, Makindye chief magistrate remanded to prison the three key suspects implicated in the destruction of St.Peters Church-Ndeeba. Those remanded were; Dodoviko Mwanje, believed to be the mastermind, KCCA’s Ivan Katongole and Police officer SP. Martin Odero together with 18 others. The three men appeared before chief magistrate Prossy Katushabe and denied the…
India Donates Brand New Buses,Ambulances,Trucks And Motorcycles To UPDF
The Republic of India has donated an assortment of vehicles and motorcycles to the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) to augment on the professionalization efforts. The donation is a fulfillment of the earlier pledge by Rt. Hon Shri Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India when he visited Uganda in July 2018. The Minister of…
Big Story: Korea’s Kim Jong Un In Coma, Sister Set To Take Control, South Korean Ex-diplomat Alleges
By Agencies A South Korean diplomat is speculating that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fallen into a coma and that his sister, Kim Yo Jong, is poised to take the rogue nation’s reins. Chang Song-min, a former aide to South Korea’s late president Kim Dae-jung, made the sensational claims to South Korean media, according to the New York Post.…
Don’t Miss What’s Inside Victoria University’s New Affordable Fees Structure
Victoria University a leading private University in Uganda last month announced that it has reduced its fees structure. The university explained that this is to help parents and guardians who are financially distressed by the current economic situation caused by the global corona virus pandemic. Under its new fees structure, with as low as Shs…
21 Finance Ministry Officials Test Positive For Covid-19
At least 21 staff at the Ministry of Finance have tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as the cases grow among different private and public agencies. Finance staff under-went mandatory COVID-19 test on August 19. Test results, according to a letter by the Secretary to the treasury Keith Muhakanizi shows that 21 of the staff…
Six UNRA Officials Test Positive For Covid-19
Six Staff of Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) have tested positive for COVID-19. UNRA , on Monday afternoon released a statement revealing that five staff at the headquarters in Nakawa tested positive while one staff member at the Authority’s Masindi office tested positive for COVID-19 The confirmed cases are from 494 samples taken August 19…
Uganda Police Headquarters Closed Over Surging Covid-19
The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has ordered for the closure of police headquarters and the National Security command in Naguru, a leafy Kampala suburb over the surging Covid19 cases and deaths in the country. This information was revealed by police spokesperson CP Fred Enanga who intimated to the press on Monday at…
Full List: Gen. Tumukunde, 57 Other Candidates Pick Presidential Nomination Forms
On Friday, “Renewed Uganda” team a pressure group led by former security minister Rtd. Gen Henry Tumukunde visited the Electoral Commission Uganda offices to pick nomination forms for the 2021 presidential race. “Our campaign shall continue to lawfully consult Ugandans from all backgrounds regardless of their ethnicity, religion, gender or other identifier as we seek…