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Jailed OPM Officials Appear Before Court For Bail Hearing
The four jailed OPM officials who allegedly hiked prices for COVID-19 food relief are appearing before Buganda Road court from Kigo and Kitalya prisons via video conferencing seeking to be released on bail. The Permanent Secretary, Christine Guwatudde through her senior criminal lawyer Mac Dusman Kabega says the cases in which she is charged are…
Tension In Masindi As Police Frees Suspects Over Coronavirus
Police in Masindi District have released suspects in custody on police bond after one of the officers tested positive of coronavirus. Julius Hakiza the Albertine Police mouthpiece has confirmed that all suspects made statements before they left and were given police bond requiring them to report to the station on various days as indicated on…
Just In: UPDF Major Killer Arrested In Nakasongola
Uganda Peoples Defense Forces ‘UPDF’ has arrested one of its own accused of shooting dead a senior ranking officer and injuring another in Nakasongola military barracks. The suspect is Lance Corporal Max Omutojo. He was picked up on Sunday night for allegedly shooting dead a major at his residence around 7 pm and injuring a…
M7 ‘Expected’ To Ease Lockdown As Gen. Tumwine Meets Starving K’la Residents
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is expected ease in a phased manner the lockdown which started on April 1 aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Uganda. This follows a report presented by a Cabinet committe and the security Minister Gen. Elly Tumwine after conducting an abrupt tour in some slums of Kampala…
Grief As UPDF Major Is Shot Dead In Nakasongola Barracks
A UPDF soldier at the rank of Major has Sunday been killed by a colleague who also injured a junior officer who tried to arrest him at Nakasongola Army Barracks The shooter is still at large. “There has been a shooting incident at Nakasongola Cantonment by one soldier leading to death of one Senior Officer…
BoU Confirms: Former Treasury Boss ‘Kasedde’ Was Arrested Over Theft
The Central Bank has confirmed that Dr. Charles Kasedde a former head of treasury at Bank of Uganda Mbale was fired due to theft. The confirmation comes a day after our Story reporting of how Kasedde was arrested and is being probed by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Crime Intelligence (CID) Kireka. As noted…
Magufuli Says Donated Covid-19 Testing Kits Fake, Claims Paw paw, Quail And Goat Samples Tested Positive
Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli is now casting aspersions on the COVID-19 testing kits donated to Africa by donors. In a viral video, President Magufuli claimed samples taken from a paw paw, qail and goat and sneaked in the country’s laboratory tasked with carrying out coronavirus test had turned out positive. Magufuli said he instructed security agencies to investigate the results…
In Uganda: Gov’t Tests Over 180 Street Children For Covid-19
Samples from at least 180 street children encamped at Nakivubo Blue Primary School during the lockdown following the outbreak of coronavirus in the country have been taken for testing. Officials at Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) on Friday said this will enable them know the status of the children especially those who going to be…
Lake Victoria’s Surging Water Levels Threaten Uganda’s Hydro Dams
Lake Victoria’s water levels have surged to their highest level in more than half a century after about eight months of relentless downpours, posing a threat to Uganda’s hydropower plants, the country said on Friday. The east African country relies almost entirely on four hydroelectric power dams on the River Nile, which is fed by…
UNRA Temporarily Closes One Lane Of Ntungamo-Kabale Highway
Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has closed one lane of Ntungamo-Kabale highway due to a pavement failure at Kaharo along Ntungamo—Kabale road, 18Km to Kabale town. This was communicated in a 2, May, 2020 which reads thus… Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) would like to inform the general public and road users that we are experiencing…