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…
A section of MPs is dismayed by what they have described as a public humiliation of the Deputy Head of Operation Wealth Creation, Lt Gen Charles Angina by Security Minister, Gen Elly Tumwine. On Saturday morning, a video clip fired up social media, showing Gen Tumwine reprimanding a visibly subdued Lt Gen Angina for the…
Members of Parliament heeded to the Speaker’s request to raise shs100 million for the young performers to pay off a balance on the house they purchased. The house acts as their residence and also the training center. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga made the request after the Ghetto Kids put in an energetic performance at the Parliament…
The outgoing Minister of State for Defence in charge of Veterans Affairs Hon Lt Col (Rtd) Dr Bright Rwamirama said Veterans should not worry about payments for their pensions and gratuity. The Minister said this while concluding his three days meeting with veterans in Luweero Triangle at Wakiso District Headquarters. Hon Rwamirama while addressing veterans…
Police detectives have mounted a hunt for members of people Power a pressure group led by MP Hon Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine on allegations that they assaulted, incited violence and caused chaos in Iganga last week. It is alleged that last week, People Power hired some goons from Kampala, Mukono, and Jinja Districtz who…
The Remains of fallen Commissioner of Police Christine Alalo have been laid to rest this Friday at her late husband’s ancestral home in Kitwe, Ntungamo. CP Alalo was among the 175 passengers who died in an Ethiopian Airlines crash six minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa earlier in the month of March 2019. In…
