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Teargas, Live Bullets Rock Semuto Town As Police Arrests MP Luttamaguzi
Nakaseke South Member of Parliament Luttamaguzi Ssemakula and scores of his supporters have been arrested ahead of planned a political rally. Police intercepted the legislator at Wakasanke village along Matugga-Semuto road yesterday on his way to a public rally in Semuto town council. Police officers pulled the MPs driver Samuel Kintu from his vehicle at…
Double Loss: Sanjay Tanna In Tears After Splashing Over 4.1 Bn In NRM CEC Race Against Winner Mike Mukula
Like the old adage says, “Money cannot buy everything”, Sanjay Tanna has reportedly lost the NRM Eastern Vice Chairperson race after splashing Shs4.1billion in the campaigns.FT Former Tororo Municipality MP Tanna bite more than he could swallow when he decided to contest against the incumbent Capt Mike Mukula for the NRM Vice Chairperson, Eastern region.…
Grief As Family Of Five Drown In Lake Bunyonyi
Police is Investigating circumstances where Five more people have drowned in Lake Bunyonyi, barely a week after three people drowned in the same lake. Mr. Elly Matte the Kigezi region police spokesman identified the deceased as Grolia Tuhimbise, her children, Shanitah Ruhangariyo 1 and half years and Sandra Kyokusiima, 10 months, all residents of Karambo…
Kibwetere Cult Massacre: Kadaga Orders PM Rugunda To Compensate Orphans
A group of orphans whose parents perished 20 years ago in March 2000 in a cult massacre have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga over being denied access to their parents’ burial site and an investigation report into the incident. Chairing the plenary sitting, Kadaga said that Parliament in July 2019 resolved to have…
Museveni Declares August 29 National Prayers Day As Covid-19 Cases Surge
The president of Uganda HE Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has declared the national prayer day a public holiday all over the country. In a statement released on his social media platforms on Thursday, August, 27, the president noted thus.. A certain Ugandan came to me and told me that God had told him in a vision that…
Charms Uganda Donates To COVID-19 Frontline Health Workers
When Uganda announced the first case of Covid-19 in March, companies continuously donated food, cash and relief items to help meet the needs of those who have been denied an opportunity to earn a living due to the limitations imposed by the effort to curb the spread of the lethal virus. While these philanthropic efforts…
MP Luttamaguzi Remanded To Wanyato Prison For Flouting Covid-19 SOPs
Nakaseke South MP Paulson Ssemakula Lutamaguzi has been charged and remanded to Wanyato government prison up-to September 3, 2020. On Wednesday, police arrested Luttamaguzi and scores of his supporters over a planned political rally.He has been charged with doing an act likely to spread Covid-19. The situation comes amid public anger over a number of…
Video: City Tycoon Kalungi ‘Billgates’ Police Officer Lock Horns
City businessman Moses Kalungi Alias Bill Gates the proprietor of Kalungi Plaza has exchanged bitter with a Uganda Police Force Force Officer for arresting him and family on allegations of evicting a tenant from his building. The worse happened yesterday evening after police on orders of ACP Olugu Francis arrested and detained Kalungi, his wife…
Sad! Primary Teacher Commits Suicide Over Covid-19 Debts
A primary teacher in Kamuli district has taken his own life allegedly due to accumulated debts. Jimmy Buyonga, 32, a teacher at Kasambira Preparatory primary school in Bugulumbya sub-county in eastern Uganda hanged himself at the school premises. Rose Namukose, a resident of Bukapere village, where the school is located, says that the school has…
Kiiza Besigye: My Plan B Will Focus On Ousting Museveni Out Of State House
After announcing that he will not be participating in the 2021 presidential polls, former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president Dr Kizza Besigye has said that his next move is to fight for those who feel oppressed in their own country. The opposition strongman announced that his plan B will focus on ousting the incumbent…