The death toll of the Mbale city flood victims has increased to 20 people. Ten more bodies have been recovered this morning from River Nabuyonga in Mbale City Industrial Division. The 10 were traveling in a super custom, which plunged into the river following the heavy rains that pounded the town on Saturday evening. This…
Lawyers of Dr Kizza Besigye, his sister and Observer Media Limited have demanded more than Shs240m from the former Crime Intelligence Director, Col Ndahura Atwooki, after they won a defamation case. In 2012, Col Atwooki sued Ms Olive Kobusingye, Dr Besigye’s sister, in the High Court for defaming him in her 213-page book: The Correct…
It’s now four years ever since leaked documents pinning former Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor Louis Kasekende came to public attention showing how he transferred 12 plots of land into names of his driver Moses Musitwa in an effort to dodge the scrutiny of the Inspector General of Government (IGG). The IGG among other mechanisms…
The East Kyoga Regional Police has confirmed the arrest of 43 opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) members for allegedly bribing voters. According to East Kyoga Police Spokesperson, ASP Ageca Oscar, those arrested include FDC Party President Patrick Oboi Amuriat, former Kasese Municipality Member of Parliament, Robert Centenary. and others who were allegedly bribing people…
The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has committed 19 people to the High Court to face trial for terrorism. They were committed on Wednesday by Grade One Magistrate Asuman Muhumuza after the prosecution led by Patricia Cingtho informed the court that the investigations into six charges against them are complete. The suspects are mobile money operators…
Police in Kiira region on Monday evening confirmed the arrest of 41 youths who are accused of being involved in the protests within Jinja city and Jinja district at large. The suspects are currently detained at different gazetted police stations within the Kiira policing area. 34 suspects were arrested from different highway points in Jinja…
The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has condemned the brutal killing of a policeman and injury of another in an attack at a roadblock in Luwero district along the Kampala-Gulu highway. On Monday at around 12.30pm, assailants armed with machetes emerged from both sides of the checkpoint and attacked the two field force…
Juliet Najjuma Senkoole, the Resident District Commissioner of Kalangala has blocked the eviction of over 100 residents on a contested piece of land in Bujumba County. Senkoole made the directive on Saturday during a meeting between the affected residents and Nsamba Lubega, who claims ownership of the land. The disputed land covers 61.256 hectares in…
The head of the High Court Commercial Division Justice Stephen Mubiru literally threw under the bus a bank client one Aida Atiku when he absolved Centenary Bank of any liability of fraud occasioned to Ms. Atiku’s account. On July 18th 2022 making a ruling in a case in which Aida Atiku had sued Centenary Bank…
More children have flooded city streets in the last two months despite efforts by authorities to evict and rehabilitate them, sparking mixed reactions about their safety. The children, who have made begging their mainstay, commute from their various places of abode in city slums every morning to storm the streets in search of a fortune.…
