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Grief As Ntungamo Businessman Is Shot Dead
The Police in Kigezi region have initiated investigations to ascertain the circumstances under which a renowned businessman, Silver Turyahikayo, 50, was attacked by unknown gunmen and shot dead on Monday evening. The deceased was allegedly attacked at around 7pm while at Kisasi village in Kamuganguzi sub-county, Kabale district. The area Police spokesperson, Elly Maate confirmed…
M7 Summons Unruly Sembabule Leaders Over NRM Elections Violence
President Museveni has summoned to State House all leaders at different levels in Sembabule District including Non National Resistance Movement leaders. Those summoned include Sembabule District Chairperson, NRM District Chairperson, all Members of Parliament and all aspirants for the position of Member of Parliament. The others include all sub county chairpersons (LCIII) and all NRM…
Mp Jimmy Akena Loses UPC Party Presidency
Uganda People’s Congress [UPC] President James Akena has lost party Presidency appeal. A panel of three Justices have thrown out Jimmy Akena’s appeal of the UPC’s presidency arguing that he holds it illegally. A panel of three justices of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Irene Mulyagonja upheld the lower court decision. Their unanimous…
Big Story: Minister Rukutana Remanded To Kakiika Prison Over Attempted Murder
State Minister for Labour, Mwesigwa Rukutana has been charged and remanded to prison for his alleged involvement in violence in the wake of the NRM parliamentary primary elections in his home district of Ntungamo. The minister was charged with seven counts of Attempted Murder, Assault Causing Bodily Harm, Malicious Damage and Threatening Violence. Court presided…
Breaking: Minister Rukutana Charged
The Minister of State for Labour Mwesigwa Rukutana has been charged with attempted murder, malicious damage and theft of a gun. His three bodyguards were also charged with attempted murder and their file was forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice. Following his defeat to Naome Kabasharira, Rukutana turned chaotic and…
One Feared Dead, Thousands Displaced As Landslides Ravage Three Villages In Mbale
Torrential rains in the eastern Ugandan district of Mbale on Sunday triggered off a landslide which has affected three villages leaving one person so far confirmed dead and property destroyed, a relief agency said on Monday. The saddening incident happened in Busaano Sub-County, Bufoto Parish, Mbale district following a heavy downpour on Sunday September 6,…
Am not Suffering From Bullet Injuries – Rukutana Victim Breaks Silence
Mr. Dan Rwiburingi, a victim of the Saturday shooting incident in Ntungamo that has landed Labour Minister Mwesigwa Rukutana in jail has said he didn’t suffer bullet injuries from the confrontation. In a video circulating on social media, recorded from his hospital bed in Mbarara Referral Hospital on Monday, Mr. Rwiburingi, a key witness in…
Health Ministry Admits 679 People Were Given Wrong Covid-19 Results
Uganda’s Health Ministry has admitted to mismanagement of Covid-19 test results being released by laboratories. The ministry says about 679 people were given wrong COVID-19 results. Some people were both positive and negative. “Some people claim to have received two different result slips, one indicating positive and the other negative. Others claim to have taken…
‘Go and Carry Own Cross’ Museveni Tells Rukutana
The President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has condemned the chaos by the State Minister for Labour and Industrial Development Mwesigwa Rukutana and other party Officials exhibited during the just concluded NRM elections to pick the party flagbearers in the forthcoming parliamentary election. In several parts of the country, there were clashes between supporters of…
Worry As Uganda’s Covid-19 Cases Surge To 3,667, Death Toll Shoots To 41
Uganda has registered two more covid-19 deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities to 41. According to the Ministry of Health, the victims are from Kampala and Jinja. The Ministry also confirmed 128 new covid-19 cases. This brings the country’s cumulative total of confirmed cases to 3,667. Of the new cases, 120 are from contacts…