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Zombo Baracks Attackers Were Mislead By A Witchdoctor – UPDF
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Deputy Spokesperson Lt Col Deo Akiiki, has spoken out on the attack on a detach in Zombo. In the March 9, 2020 statement, Col. Akiiki said that the attackers, who raided a Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) base in Oduk Village in Zombo Town Council, Zombo District were mobilised…
Breaking! City Tycoon ‘Ben Kavuya’ Survives Assassination As Robbers Are Arrested Trying To Enter His House
The Directorate of Crime Intelligence has conducted an intelligence led operation that culminated into arrest of four suspects who had gone for Robbery at City businessman Ben Kavuya’s residence in Mbuya, a Kampala surbub. TheCapitaltimes has learnt that the arrest followed a tip off to police by a family member after suspecting an attack in…
Man Sentenced Up To 775 Years In Prison For Filming Sex Abuse Of Infant
A West Virginia man convicted of filming an infant being sexually abused will likely spend life in prison. Kanawha Circuit Judge Tera Salango sentenced Richard Smith II, 41, on Wednesday to serve between 205 and 775 years behind bars. Smith was convicted last month of 11 counts of first-degree sexual abuse, four counts of sexual…
Ex-Brazil Football Star Ronaldinho, Brother Arrested In Paraguay
Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho has been branded “stupid” by his lawyer after being banged up for using a fake passport. Adolfo Marin insisted the former Barcelona and AC Milan star had no idea he was doing anything wrong by trying to enter Paraguay with a dodgy passport. In an interview with Brazilian newspaper Folha de…
Panic As Over 100 Cows In Isingiro Are Found Blind
Over 100 cows have lost their eye sight in Kakamba sub county in Isingiro district, cattle keepers have confirmed. Benon Mutakirwa Rugaju, the chairperson Kakamba Dairy Cooperative Society which brings together 150 dairy farmers in Kakamba sub county confirmed to this website that their cows are going blind and they suspect fake drugs is the…
Uganda’s ‘Locust Commander’ Confirms A Successful Battle Against Deadly Locusts
The deputy commander of the Land Forces, Maj Gen Sam Kavuma, has said the locust invasion has been contained. Over the last month, desert locusts have entered Uganda from Kenya, spreading across several districts in Teso, Karamoja, Lango, Acholi and West Nile sub-regions. However, Gen Kavuma, who is the UPDF focal person in the fight…
Policeman Arrested For Shooting UPDF Sergeant
Uganda Police in Rukiga District is investigating circumstances where a police officer is allegedly accused of shooting a UPDF soldier. Sgt David Mperize who was shot in the leg, is attached to the 2nd Division in Mbarara District. According to sources, he is alleged to have been shot by Constable Alex Twongyeirwe attached to Kamwezi…
Police Arrests 11 Suspects For Pelting Bottles At Bebe Cool
Uganda Police has arrested eleven people suspected to be behind the throwing of bottles at Bebe Cool during Cindy’s Boom Party concert over the weekend at Lugogo Cricket Oval. “The suspects were arrested by our covert officers that were within the crowd. They are detained at Jinja Road Police Station,” Police spokesman Fred Enanga said…
Disappointed! Police Would’ve Arrested Hooligans That Assaulted Bebe Cool – Gen Muhoozi
Gen. Muhoozi Keinerugaba has expressed disappointment over police’s failure to arrest revelers who threw bottles at musician Moses Ssali aka Bebe Cool during a music concert. He said he expects police to arrest culprits next time. On Saturday evening, Bebe Cool was pelted with bottles by angry revelers while performing on stage at a music…
Manchester United Stand Firm Against City As Bruno Fernandes Makes The Difference And Hope Returns To Old Trafford
It has been a while since Old Trafford reverberated like this at the final whistle and it has been a while since Manchester United have had a player to pin their hopes on like Bruno Fernandes. Maybe Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s hyperbole about the Portuguese international being a mix of Paul Scholes and Juan Sebastian Veron is…