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Elections Are Over, Go Back To Productive Work- M7 Tells Ugandans
President Yoweri Museveni took the oath of office Wednesday and was sworn in to a sixth term in office at a ceremony held at Kololo Independence grounds. Speaking at the inauguration, President Museveni thanked the heads of state that graced the ceremony for honoring his invitation. The ceremony was also graced by heads of delegation…
Church of Uganda Lashes At Minister Ecweru For Clobbering 3 Priests
The Church of Uganda has condemned the beating of it’s priests by minister Musa Ecweru. It is alleged that minister Ecweru roughed up three Anglican priests last Saturday over a land dispute, leaving them injured. The wrangle pits St John’s Church of Uganda Wera and the neighbouring Wera Seed Secondary School, both in Amuria District.…
Nsangi Man Arrested After Killing Wife, Maid In Foiled Rape Attempt
Police at Nsangi are investigating a double murder and attempted suicide that took place at Kasenge, Kikajjo, Nakilama in Kyengera Town Council in Wakiso District. According to deputy Kampala metropolitan spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire revealed that suspect Shaban Musisi attempted to rape his house help , Scovia Abed, 15 years old. Scovia made an alarm that…
AMISOM Contingent Holds Pipping Ceremony For Promoted UPDF Officers
Recently promoted Uganda army officers currently serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM, have received their new rank insignia while in Mogadishu, Somalia. In April 2021, a total of 1,393 officers of the Uganda Peoples Defence Force were promoted to various junior and senior ranks. Seventy-seven (77) of the promoted officers are deployed…
Busted: How ‘Corrupt’ Ugandan Foreign Affairs Ministry Senior Officials, Envoy Defrauded Over Shs3bn From Equatorial Guinea In Dubious House Sale Deal
The Ugandan Foreign Affairs Ministry is on the spot after some of it’s senior officials got involved in a dubious house deal. The property in question is a residential building on Plot No. 31 Mackenzie Vale in Kololo which was recently “purchased” by the Government of Equatorial Guinea to house its Embassy in Kampala. In…
MPs Reject A Proposal To Grant Children Of Refugees Born In Uganda Citizenship
Members of Parliament have blocked a recommendation by the House Committee on Human Rights that sought to grant citizenship to children of refugees born in Uganda, and register them at birth as Ugandans. The recommendation was contained in a report on the recommendations of the 20th Annual Report of the Uganda Human Rights Commission; presented…
MPs Task M7 To Appoint Substantive UHRC Bosses
The President is yet to consider names for the appointment of the Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) and two Commission members. The Deputy Attorney General, Hon. Jackson Kafuuzi, told a Parliament sitting on Monday, 10 May 2021 that the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs had written to President Yoweri Museveni on…
Israeli Airstrikes Destroy Media Building Housing Al-Jazeera, AP
A high-rise building in Gaza City where Associated Press and Al-Jazeera are based has been destroyed by Israeli airstrikes today Saturday, as the worst violence between Israel and Palestinian militants since 2014 continues to escalate. Israeli planes carried out airstrikes on Gaza and Hamas militants responded by firing rockets into Israel, as the violence between…
Govt Approves Shs 1.4 Trillion For Kampala-Malaba Metre Gauge Railway Project
Parliament has approved a government request to borrow Euros 216.7 million from the African Development Fund (ADF), Euros84.41 million from the African Development Bank (ADB) and Euros25.9 million from the Corporate Internalisation Fund of Spain. The loan monies totaling to approximately shs1.4 trillion will facilitate the refurbishment of the Kampala-Malaba Metre Gauge Railway Project. According…
Notorious Child Trafficker Arrested At Uganda-South Sudan Border
Police in Elegu Township in Amuru District are holding a 44-year-old Ugandan who has been on a wanted list of serial child abductors and traffickers in the country. The suspect, Bakaki Yunusu alias Kabbu was arrested on Saturday from his hideout home at Lorikwo West Cell, Elegu Town Council at the Uganda-South Sudan border during…