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Profile: UPDF Eulogizes Fallen Pilot Maj. Karungi
A requiem mass for deceased UPDF air force pilot Maj. Naomi Karungi got underway Thursday at Church of the Resurrection in Bugolobi. Karungi perished in a military jet accident that happened on Tuesday along with her co-pilot Cadet Pilot Benon Wakalo. On Wednesday, the army launched investigations into what could have caused the Jet Ranger…
Kadaga Roots For Women In Conflict Resolution Mitigations
With the acknowledgment of the key role women play in averting conflicts in their societies, the Speaker of the Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has called for the inclusion of women in active conflict resolution especially in Africa. Speaking at the Ninth Conference of Parliamentary Muslim Women held during the Parliamentary Union of Islamic Conference (PUIC) on…
MP Odonga Otto Thumped At Parliament,Rushed To Hospital On Oxygen
Aruu County Constituency Samuel Odonga Otto has been rushed to Nakasero hospital after a fistfight with Hon Anthony Akol of Kilak North County. According to reports from Parliament, Akol accuses Otto of telling his voters in Amuru district not to vote for him. The lawmakers reportedly flexed muscles in the lobby of the august house…
LDU Shoots Police Officer Dead, Arrested
Police in Sembabule District have arrested a Local Defence Unit (LDU) officer for shooting dead a police officer. Jamada Luwaga, a resident of Rugusuulu Sub County in Sembabule District, allegedly shot dead Corporal Gerald Olweny, 32, a police officer attached to Rugusuulu Police Station on Wednesday night. The two had gone to Rugusuulu trading centre to…
Bruno Fernandes Arrives At Lowry Hotel Ahead Of Completing Man Utd Transfer
Bruno Fernandes and his party have been spotted arriving at the Lowry hotel as he closing in on completing his transfer to Manchester United. The 25-year-old flew into Manchester last evening as his new side beat rivals Manchester City 1-0 at the Etihad. Fernandes and his travelling party were snapped in the back of a…
Treat Your Neighbour As You Want To Be Treated – Kagame Scoffs
Rwanda president Paul Kagame has told diplomats in Kigali that he is not about to tell his citizens to return to Uganda because he has no control over their safety outside their home country. Addressing more than 60 diplomats at the home of the Presidency in Kigali on Wednesday evening, Kagame said there were still…
Grief As Police Officer Accidentally Shot Dead 13 Year Old Pupil
Uganda Police Force in Wamala Region is investigating an incident where a police officer accidentally shot dead a 13 year old pupil in an operation. Patick Manihiro, a pupil at Bukuya Primary School, was accidentally shot and killed by a stray bullet, when officers at Bukuya Police, responded to a disturbance call about an aggressive…
Tarehe Sita:Gen.Saleh Commends UPDF Great Efforts In Securing Uganda Borders
The National Coordinator Operation Wealth Creation Gen Caleb Akandwanaho who also doubles as the Senior Presidential adviser on Defence and Security has presided over the regional launch of the 39th Tarehe Sita Anniversary civil-military activities at Timuna Senior Secondary School, Kasangombe sub-county in Nakaseke District. This year’s celebrations, preceeded by a week long medical, sports…
Gov’t Prolongs Opening Of 1st Term Over New Curriculum
The Education and Sports ministry has extended student holidays by one week for the over 20 government-aided schools that will be used to train teachers in the new lower secondary school curriculum taking effect this academic year. Under the new curriculum, emphasis will be placed on competence-based learning including the acquisition of knowledge, understanding, skills,…
FIFA Secratary General Samouri Promises FUFA More Funding
Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) Secretary General Fatma Samoura who has been in Uganda for a two day working visit has pledged to lobby for more funding of Federation of Uganda Football associations. The football family, government leaders and general sports fraternity warmly welcomed this high profile FIFA official on her first ever visit…