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Jose Antonio Reyes: Former Arsenal Player Dies in Accident
Former Arsenal winger Jose Antonio Reyes has died in a car accident aged 35, Spanish club Sevilla have announced. “We couldn’t be confirming worse news,” the La Liga club said on Twitter. The Spaniard joined the Gunners from the La Liga side in January 2004 and was part of the ‘Invincibles’ side that went through the…
Prof Nsibambi to Be Buried On Tuesday
Fallen former Prime minister of Uganda Prof Apollo Nsibambi will be buried on Tuesday next week according to government. On Friday morning at 10:00am, members of parliament paid last respects to the body of Late Prof.Nsibambi . While eulogizing the statesman, the speaker of parliament Rt.Hon.Rebecca Kadaga who chaired the special seating told law makers…
Security Sets Tough Guidelines Ahead of Martyrs Day Due To Terror Alerts
Ugandan security agencies have put up strict conditions at three different venues that pilgrims are expected to gather, among them include Namugongo Catholic Martyrs shrine, Anglican Martyrs Shrine Namugongo and Mamiree. According to the church representatives, millions of people are expected to grace the event from all over of the world. As security, after receiving intelligence…
French Soldiers Train UPDF Commandos Deadly Skills on Mt.Rwenzori
French and UPDF Soldiers have ended a combined training exercise in mountain warfare along the Mtn Rwenzori range in Western Uganda While officiating at the colourful function, the Deputy Chief of Defence Forces Lt Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi urged soldiers to keep good health, physically fit by keeping exercising if they are to stay…
City Socialite Ssemakula Escapes From Police Custody, Wanted
Police in Kampala metropolitan south are investigating the circumstances under which a city socialite escaped from a police detention. Atibu Ssemakula 44 years ,a Muganda by tribe, resident of Makindye Kampala district was picked by police detectives from hide out in Makindye on allegations of sexual abuse. According to police sources at Katwe police,its alleged…
Wanted: Security Hunt TVO’s social Media Critic Isaiah Ssekyanzi
Security organs in Uganda are hunting for a political social media activist Isaiah Ssekyanzi, who hid to unknown destination for his dear life due to endless state intimidation and political motivated harrassment . According to the security operatives who are on look out for Ssekyanzi revealed that Isiah alongside deadly unanimous social media critic Tom…
Big Story: ‘Top Teachers Arrested for Promoting, Recruiting Students Into Homosexuality’
Uganda Police Force and sister security agencies have arrested a group of secondary teachers at Waterford Primary Nabisunsa (holiday coaching center for students) for wooing young boys into acts of homosexuality. Vincent Sekatte the Criminal Investigations Unit (CID) Spokesperson says Police detectives arrested Mukasa Emmanuel and three others at the coaching centre in response to…
‘Not Your Body’: Ugandan Women Share Stories of Sexual Harassment
When Ugandan activist Lindsey Kukunda got tired of the constant sexual harassment she and other women in her country experience, she decided to do something about it. She founded “Not Your Body,” a forum where Ugandan women and men come together to share stories about discrimination and harassment of women. Uganda’s 2016 demographic and health…
On The Run: Ugandan Gay Activist Muwazi In Hiding Over Threats To His Life
The never ending persecution against gays and members of the LGBT community in Uganda has put another life in danger. At a time when very many gays, bisexuals and transgender people in Uganda are being lynched, abused, maimed, jailed and treated to all sorts of inhuman atrocities, we have learnt that Lawrence Muwazi, a renowned…