Police in Kawempe is investigating the circumstances in which a 28-year-old lady was found murdered and her body dumped in a rubbish pit in Bwaise. The deceased has been identified as Sanyu Edith a known sex worker and resident of Bwaise, Kimumbasa zone. It is alleged that the deceased had gone to see someone at…
Over 1,500 people are in tears after they were forcefully evicted from their land by a Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) general. Lt Gen. Jim Owoyesigire is accused of grabbing 4 square miles of land, located in Kisuuga village, Masindi district. In some of the evictions that started in 2014, residents accuse Owoyesigire’s men of…
Over 1,200 people are in tears after they were forcefully evicted from their land by a Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) general. Lt Gen. Jim Owoyesigire is accused of grabbing 4 square miles of land, located in Kisuuga village, Masindi district. In some of the evictions that started in 2014, residents accuse Owoyesigire’s men of…
The newly elected leaders of the Police Exodus savings and credit cooperatives organization (Sacco) have today taken over their offices of responsibilities at a function held at SACCO headquarters Naguru. The Joint Chief of Staff AIGP Brig Jack Bakasumba oversaw the function. In his remarks, AIGP Bakasumba urged the new leadership to serve to the…
The commander in chief of armed forces President Yoweri Kaguta over the weekend passed out a team of over 2000 local defence unit commandants at . to curb insecurity in Uganda especially in urban areas. while delivering speech congratulatory speech to officers,M7 assured them to work with passion without fear or favour because nobody will…
Police in Sembabule District is holding a 26- year-old mother for allegedly beheading her husband in a fight over Shs 20,000. The suspect Generous Birungi, a resident of Ibaare village in Bulongo Sub County was picked by police on allegation that she murdered her husband, Nuru Kabarwanyi in domestic violence brawl. According to eyewitnesses, the…
A security guard Sunday shot dead a suspected thief who was allegedly stealing an assortment of construction materials from Rest Ville Hotel in Mbale Municipality. The hotel is owned by former Energy and Mineral Development Minister, Ms Irene Muloni. Police said that at about 1: 00 am, two thugs who were armed with metals and…
The President of the Republic of Uganda and Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), His Excellency Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has passed-out another batch of Local Defence Unit (LDU) personnel at Kaweweta Recruits Training School in Nakaseke district. In his remarks, the President noted that the government embarked on LDU recruitment as a…
President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to contribute USD100,000 (about Shs366m) for the construction of the William S. Ruto Institute of African Studies at Makerere University. President Museveni and Kenyan VP William Ruto display the artistic impression of William S.Ruto Institute of African Studies VP William Ruto signed an autograph on the proposed project Museveni made…
The Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake, has defended himself against allegations of threatening Makerere University Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, arguing that the ongoing investigations are aimed at diverting the public’s attention from what happened during the strike at the university. Zaake, who appeared before Parliament’s Committee on Rules, Privileges, and Discipline, said that the recent…
