At least 41 people have been arrested by security agencies for allegedly planning to disrupt President Museveni’s inauguration ceremony on Wednesday this week, the army has said. According to UPDF deputy spokesperson, Lt. Col. Deo Akiiki, the arrest was treated as a preventive measure to ensure that the veteran leader swears in for his sixth…
The Joint Task Force is aware of plans by Former Presidential Candidate, who lost the recent Presidential Election, to hold a parallel and illegitimate swearing-in ceremony, in one of the Hotels in Iganga. According to police spokesperson Fred Enanga revealed that Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobiwine continues together with some of his supporters to declare himself…
Parliament has ordered for immediate arrest and prosecution of city businessman, Brian Kirumira also known as Brian White on charges of trafficking in persons. The directive follows an inquiry by Parliament’s Human Rights Committee, whose findings indicate that Kirumira sexually harassed a number of girls, physically tortured them and unlawfully confined them in his home.…
Fourteen people have been confirmed dead in the Thursday morning fatal accident on Masaka – Mbarara highway after a head on collision involving a commuter taxi and a trailer. A Tanzanian trailer registration number TH77 BVW / T433 BDY Mercedes Benz collided with a Toyota HiAce registration number UBE 995C that was coming from Sembabule-Matete…
The International Criminal Court will on Thursday sentence a child soldier turned Lord’s Resistance Army commander for a litany of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Uganda. Dominic Ongwen, 45, was found guilty in February of 61 charges including murders, rapes and sexual enslavement during a reign of terror in the early 2000s by…
The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) has asked the High court in Kampala to allow them to settle out of court a case in which they were sued over battering journalists earlier this year. City lawyer Steven Kalali sued the government on behalf of journalists for battering several journalists on February 22, 2021, who’d gone…
The Directorate of Crime Intelligence in close coordination with the Territorial Units in Kiboga and Old Kampala, conducted a well-coordinated raid on major metal business locations in Kayiwa Zone, that was dealing in suspected stolen electric gadgets and transmission wires from electric utilities and poles. According to police spokesperson Fred Enanga revealed that this followed…
The Minister of Works and Transport, Gen Edward Katumba Wamala, has ordered a section of the senior management team at the Uganda Airlines Corporation (UAC) to leave office for at least three months to allow for an internal investigation. According to sources, the top hierarchy including the CEO, Cornwell Muleya have been sent packing after…
police at Kakiri, Wakiso District, working with Flying Squad Unit have recoverd a gun in a bush at Kyanunavillage, Namayumba Town Council on Kampala-Hoima Road. The recovery of the gun follows a case of aggravated robbery that was reported at Kakiri Police on 19/03/2021. It is alleged that at around 10pm information was received from…
Former President of Uganda Journalists Association ‘UJA’ ,Star FM presenter Robert Kagolo has this evening been shot dead at Kasengejje in Wakiso district. Kagolo who lost his brother on Monday, was reportedly returning his late brother’s children from the burrial to their home when he was gunned down right at the brother’s gate. Last week,…
