Police in Elegu Township in Amuru District are holding a 44-year-old Ugandan who has been on a wanted list of serial child abductors and traffickers in the country. The suspect, Bakaki Yunusu alias Kabbu was arrested on Saturday from his hideout home at Lorikwo West Cell, Elegu Town Council at the Uganda-South Sudan border during…
Parliament has approved a government request to borrow Euros 216.7 million from the African Development Fund (ADF), Euros84.41 million from the African Development Bank (ADB) and Euros25.9 million from the Corporate Internalisation Fund of Spain. The loan monies totaling to approximately shs1.4 trillion will facilitate the refurbishment of the Kampala-Malaba Metre Gauge Railway Project. According…
Members of Parliament have blocked a recommendation by the House Committee on Human Rights that sought to grant citizenship to children of refugees born in Uganda, and register them at birth as Ugandans. The recommendation was contained in a report on the recommendations of the 20th Annual Report of the Uganda Human Rights Commission; presented…
The Ugandan Foreign Affairs Ministry is on the spot after some of it’s senior officials got involved in a dubious house deal. The property in question is a residential building on Plot No. 31 Mackenzie Vale in Kololo which was recently “purchased” by the Government of Equatorial Guinea to house its Embassy in Kampala. In…
Police at Nsangi are investigating a double murder and attempted suicide that took place at Kasenge, Kikajjo, Nakilama in Kyengera Town Council in Wakiso District. According to deputy Kampala metropolitan spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire revealed that suspect Shaban Musisi attempted to rape his house help , Scovia Abed, 15 years old. Scovia made an alarm that…
The Church of Uganda has condemned the beating of it’s priests by minister Musa Ecweru. It is alleged that minister Ecweru roughed up three Anglican priests last Saturday over a land dispute, leaving them injured. The wrangle pits St John’s Church of Uganda Wera and the neighbouring Wera Seed Secondary School, both in Amuria District.…
President Yoweri Museveni took the oath of office Wednesday and was sworn in to a sixth term in office at a ceremony held at Kololo Independence grounds. Speaking at the inauguration, President Museveni thanked the heads of state that graced the ceremony for honoring his invitation. The ceremony was also graced by heads of delegation…
The State Minister for Relief and Disaster Preparedness, Hon. Musa Ecweru has been accused of beating up three Anglican priests last Saturday over a land dispute. The wrangle pits St John’s Church of Uganda Wera and the neighboring Wera Seed Secondary School, both in Amuria District. The attack reportedly left one of the reverends bleeding…
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…
Nurses and midwives under their umbrella body of the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) have called off their strike, 5 days after they declared to lay down their tools over uncleared lunch allowances. The decision to end the strike was reached after successful negotiations with government to cater for their lunch allowances at Shs.…
