The Ministries of Health and Education are considering further assessment of medical and dental graduates, as a requirement before internship. This is aimed at eliminating incompetent medical practitioners whose number, the Ministry of Health says is on the rise even after the mandatory one year of pre-clinical training. The revelation was made during a meeting…
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) offices have been broken into and vandalized for a second time in three years. In the latest attack on Monday night, at least four computers and printers were allegedly stolen from the offices of the party’s Secretary General and Electoral Commission in Najjanankumbi. Some of the desks that were broken…
The police in Kitgum are holding two of their own over illegal sale of live bullets. The suspects are; SPC Beatrice Akello attached to Kitgum Matidi Police Post and James Canrac (Bus Park Police Post). Sources say the pair was arrested at the weekend following a tip-off from the locals. Kitgum Resident District Commissioner William…
Uganda Police Force in Mbale district is investigating circumstances where several people were almost left lifeless during a fire outbreak at an alcohol processing plant in Wangagai Cell, Nkoma Division in Mbale Municipality. It is alleged that some employees sustained severe injuries and were rushed to Mbale Regional Referral Hospital following a fire outbreak at…
Court has ordered the Assistant Inspector General of Police Godfrey Bangirana to temporarily vacate office citing lack of a valid contract. High court judge Henrietta Wolayo held that the order shall stay in force until determination of the main case in which Bangirana is accused of illegally holding office. However, justice Wolayo declined to issue…
Despite the stiff relations between Uganda and Rwanda, the Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah managed to fly to Kigali on Sunday evening, where he is Leading the Uganda delegation for the 55th Session of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) and 38th Session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. Some of the delegates attending the summit…
Ugandan businessman identified as Andrew Leju, who is a business associate of popular events promoter Balaam Barugahara, was on Monday afternoon allegedly kidnapped by gunmen in Juba, South Sudan. Sources reveal that Leju was picked up by gunmen on Saturday night and taken to an unknown destination. All his mobile phones have since been switched…
City businesswoman Maria Prossy Namwanje has been fined sh30m by the Standards Utility Court after she pleaded guilty to five counts of dealing in counterfeit products. Namwanje popularly known as Aunt Lususu on Friday pleaded guilty to the charges before Buganda Road Court Grade One Magistrate Marion Mangeni. Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) senior…
Panic is mounting among residents Ndorwa West in Kabale District after two of their colleagues were arrested in Rwanda. Mr Gilbert Beingana, 24, and Mr Amos Tibesiga, 50, both from Butanda Sub-county, Kabale District were reportedly arrested by Rwanda security officials on November 11. Mr Gideon Turyatunga, a brother of Mr Beingana says that his…
The police are hunting down unknown assailants who gunned down an engineer with MBW at 9pm Friday night. Well-placed sources say the incident in which Daniel Nguudo was killed happened at Namwendwa, southern division in Kamuli Municipality when unknown men riding on motorcycle hijacked his car, registration number UBD 653Q, confiscated his phone before shooting…
