A few days ago, Ugandans were shocked after learning of how the Managing Director Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC) professor Tom Wasswa Davis allegedly siphoned over Ugx 3billion corporation money, which he stealthily passed on unto himself as a commission to himself, for having ‘brokered’ a shs 9billion printing deal from electoral commission to…
South Sudan government has shut down access to social media services across the country as part of security measures to abort calls for protests for peaceful regime change in the country scheduled for August 30, 2021. Leaders of the civil society groups organizing for the mass protest say the plan has not changed but have…
It was a strange development as a 39-year-old man, James Mutua was seen to have developed a lady-like breast after having a romping session with a neighbour’s wife. Mutua, from Kenya confessed to developing a sagging breast after ignoring several warnings from the neighbour’s husband. Mutua who is now looking for a cure, is of…
A 38-year-old man in Kwania district who has been in hiding after killing his wife has been found dead. Kenneth Opong, a resident of Adaglako cell in Ayabi ward, Ayabi town council reportedly stabbed his wife Beatrice Kia, 26, after a domestic misunderstanding. According to reports, Opong returned from a drinking joint in a nearby…
President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday August 29 met and held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali over the ongoing war and refugees influx in Tigray region. The two leaders discussed various issues and agreed to further strengthen cooperation in bilateral, regional and international issues of common interest. “The meeting with…
Human rights lawyer Isaac Kimaze Semakadde has rushed to court challenging the circumstances under which the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and that of Finance awarded a tender of accommodating the 2,000 Afghanistan evacuees who the US government wants to temporarily live in Uganda to city business man Karim Hirji. Whereas the deal between the GoU…
A body of 25-year-old Ugandan business man who was shot dead in Rwanda has been repatristed to Kibale district for burial ceremony. Justus Kabagambe commonly known as Kadogo, a resident of Rutare village in Butanda sub-county, Kabale district was shot on 18th August at Kitovu village in Burera district, Northern Province in Rwanda. According to…
The joint intelligence security forces on Thursday arrested a suspected suicide bomber who was allegedly planning to blow up mourners at the funeral of the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Paul Lokech. Abdul Katumba alias Ben linked to the Allied Democratic Force (ADF) and Al Shabaab terror group in Somalia. Uganda People’s Defence…
The Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban development, Hon. Judith Nabakooba has strongly warned Wilson Ntuyo, the District Police Commander (DPC) of Mubende District for allegedly offering protection to land grabbers who claim ownership of the land and end up terrorising tenants. The Minister made remarks on August, 26, 2021 while addressing grieving residents of…
Kween County MP, Hon Abdi Fadhil Chemaswet has asked the Ministry of Health to review the high cost of mandatory Covid-19 PCR test conducted at Entebbe International Airport. The test costs US$65 which the MP said is a scheme that only benefits private laboratories stationed at the airport’s immediate outskirts to conduct the test. “The…
