Uganda Police in Bugiri District, are hunting for an unidentified armed assailant who shot and killed one of the area imams. Sheikh Masudi Mutumba was reportedly shot dead at his home in Iwemba Parish, Lwemba Sub County at around 9:45pm, according to Bugiri Municipality Member of Parliament (MP), Asuman Basalirwa. “One of my constituents; an…
Residents of Kanyogoga parish, Butorogo Sub-county, Mubende District are living in fear following a series of incidents that resulted in the death of one of their own, Vincent Karemera, 33 years on 9th February. In December last year, Vincent Karemera, a farmer, was carrying on his daily activities alongside fellow villagers in Mpiive Forest when…
The bullet that allegedly killed child rights activist Kenneth Akena has been displayed in court. The round-nosed bullet was displayed before Justice Steven Mubiru on Thursday by principal government analyst Robinah Kirinya attached to the Directorate of Government Analytical Laboratory located in Wandegeya, Kampala Kirinya was testifying as prosecution witness number eleven in the case where…
Uganda’s Counter terrorism team is on high alert the recent arrest of one of Kenya/America’s most wanted terrorist, Abdikadir Mohammed Mahat. Following Mahat’s arrest, Uganda is on high alert.This comes after plans to attack Owino Market, State House Nakesero, Serena Hotel and Mulago Hospital among other sensitive places. To this, Counter Terrorism Director Abas Byakagaba…
Fifteen people travelling in a Kampala-bound taxi have been killed in a road accident in Imanyiro village along the Musita-Lumino highway in Mayuge district. The deceased who were vendors from Namayingo town council were travelling to Kampala in a taxi registration number UBD 089A. The accident occurred at around 5:00 am according to police. James…
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has ordered the deportation of four Chinese involved in the caning of a Kenyan at Chez Wou Restaurant in Kileleshwa. The four were arrested by the DCI detectives following a viral video showing a Kenyan employee being whipped for arriving late to work. Matiangi’s orders on Thursday came hours…
Corporal Geoffrey Okello, a Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) soldier has been arrested in relation to a shooting which claimed three lives in Gulu town on Monday evening. Okello was arrested in the wee hours of Tuesday and is now detained at the 4th Division barracks in Gulu. Okello is accused of gunning down 52-year-old Beatrice…
Police at Kiira road Station received a disturbance call about a robbery that was taking place at the home of Natif Nicholas located along Matayo close Kigowa II Zone in Bukoto II Parish . It is alleged that about four unknown thugs had attacked and seriously assaulted private security guard and also intercepted the owner…
The Inspectorate of Government (IG) has has on Wednesday February, 12, 2019 arrested the former Town Clerk of Kamwenge Town Council, Mathew Tumushabe Atwiine, for misappropriation of UGX 4,450,000 (Four million four hundred thousand only). Atwiine has been charged with one count of Embezzlement contrary to Section 19 of the Anti-Corruption Act, 2009 and an…
Exporting labour is perhaps one of the most delicate undertakings any country can indulge in, especially if its policy makers appreciate it from the purview of a quick fix to the biting unemployment ravaging impoverished countries in the third world. It is, for all intents and purposes, modern day slavery euphemisms as human trafficking and…
