Uganda and South Africa have appreciated the role played by sharing intelligence information in neutralizing global challenges. This was discussed in a meeting between the South African Chief of Defence in charge of Intelligence (CDI) Lt Gen Jeremiah Nyembe and UPDF Chief Of Military Intelligence and Security Brig Gen Abel Kandiho. In a meeting attended…
Among the over 8,000 students who graduated from Kyambogo university on Wednesday, Allan Kajik, the husband to State Minister for Privatisation and Investment Evelyn Anite. Uganda Radio Network [URN] reported that Kajik was among the 151 masters degree graduands at 16th Graduation Ceremony. To the awe of onlookers, when Kajik’s name was read, an overexcited…
President Yoweri Museveni has expressed his condolences to victims and relatives of Ugandans who were affected by mudslides in parts of Eastern and Western Uganda last week. Museveni passed on his condolences in a statement published on his social media accounts on Tuesday, in which he revealed that government will do everything possible to relocate…
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year, mainly for the 2018 deal he reached with Eritrea to end a long-running border conflict. In accepting the prize in Oslo on Tuesday, Abiy insisted the prize also belonged to his “partner and comrade in peace, President Isaias Afwerki, whose goodwill trust…
Hearing of a murder case against the Kanyamunyu brothers in the High court has been scheduled to start next year in January. Mathew Kanyamunyu and two others are accused of murdering child activist, Kenneth Akena in November 2016. Kanyamunyu is jointly charged alongside his Burundian girlfriend Cynthia Munwangari and his elder brother, Joseph Kanyamunyu. Today Wednesday,…
The UPDF Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen David Muhoozi has re-echoed the joint commitment to preserve the achievements of the country’s security agencies. This was contained in a speech read for him by Maj Gen Sam Kiwanuka who represented the CDF as chief guest at this year’s edition of the CDF Cup at Masaka…
Brig Gen Charles Okidi has taken over the office of Chief Of Staff of Uganda Air Force from Maj Gen Paul Lokech who has been assigned special tasks in South Sudan. The ceremony was Presided over by the Commander Air forces, Lt Gen Charles Lutaaya. In his speech, Gen Lutaaya acknowledged the distinguished services rendered…
Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) is investigating a case in which a Local Defence Unit (LDU) personnel reportedly shot dead his colleague in Kisekka Market. The LDU Spokesperson, Major Umar Katamba, said the LDU personnel, whose identities haven’t been disclosed was killed in a scuffle on Tuesday evening. According to Katamba, the LDUs had gone…
Uganda first indigenous Health Minister, Dr Emmanuel Bijugo Ssajjalyabeene Lumu is dead. Dr. Lumu breathed his last at his residence in Bakuli in Kampala on Wednesday morning aged 103 years. His daughter, Vivian Kityo, says her father died in the early hours of the morning from a suspected pneumonia attack. “Mzee has been unwell for…
Joe Rwamirama from Kampala, Uganda is cashing in on his unique and deadly farts that kill mosquitoes instantly. Two big mosquito repellent companies are paying Joe millions to study his farts so they can convert them into a mosquito repellent product. Joe’s good fart can drop all flying insects not bigger than mosquitoes dead within…
