Pastor Aloysius Bugingo survived Tuesday night’s assassination attempt because he was driving himself yet the assailants targeted the co-driver seat where his bodyguard, Muhumuza Richard was seated according to eyewitnesses. It is still unclear whether the assailant(s) targeted Muhumuza in particular, or it was just a case of misjudgement and mistaken identity. Meanwhile, several Ugandans…
A woman in Luwero has been electrocuted while fixing a faulty TV antenna. The deceased has been identified as Betty Nampijja aged 23 years, a resident of Kalagala village in Kikyusa sub-county. John Ojokuna the Luwero District Police Commander says that Nampijja bought a TV set on 31 December, 2023 and the following day she…
TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran has hanged nine convicted drug traffickers in recent days, state media reported Tuesday, as it keeps up one of the world’s highest rates of execution. Three were hanged at a prison in the northwestern province of Ardabil on charges of “buying and transporting heroin and opium,” the official IRNA news agency said.…
Israel carried out new airstrikes Wednesday in the Gaza Strip, while the Israeli army said it was on high alert for attacks by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, following a drone strike that killed a senior Hamas official in Beirut. Hamas and security officials in the region attributed the strike that killed Saleh al-Arouri to…
Police in Kajjansi are investigating circumstances under which one Steven Kabuye was attacked and stabbed by unknown assailants. Mr. Kabuye aged 25 years an employee of Coloured Voices Media Foundation located at Lukuli, Buziga, and a Human Rights activitist was attacked this morning at around 7:30 am as he was going to work. According to…
The Uganda Police have arrested a 28-year-old man who had been preying on women through Facebook, arranging dates with them, and ultimately robbing them at knifepoint. During a security press conference today, January 2, 2024 Police spokesperson SCP Fred Enanga unveiled the suspect’s photograph, informing the public about the successful arrest. “We have apprehended the…
Pastor Aloysius Bugingo, who was rushed to Mulago National Referral Hospital after being attacked by unknown gunmen in Kampala, is out of danger. Officials who visited Bugingo on Tuesday night said he was “responding well to treatment,” emphasising, “He is now out of danger.” Bugingo, who is the Director of House of Prayer Ministries International,…
Kenyan police said they had arrested two people in connection with the weekend stabbing to death of Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat. The two men – believed to be in their 30s – were arrested on the outskirts of the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, local police commander Stephen Okal said on Monday. “The two suspects…
An official of the Bank of Uganda has died in an accident along the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway. The accident occurred on Sunday morning near Kajjansi Road Toll. “Tragically, early this morning, a fatal accident occurred on the Kampala—Entebbe Expressway. The car rolled several times, the driver died on spot,” said Allan Ssempebwa Kyobe, the Spokesperson of…
The anti-terrorism squad said Saturday that they had detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Kataba slum, Kabalagala- Munyonyo area on Friday evening. “The police in Kabalagala received information last night of a suspected IED in Kabalagala, and the area where it was dropped is someplace that is very busy, and we went there,…
