After the massacre of Lhubiriha Secondary School students in Mpondwe,Kasese District on Saturday 17 June 2023, whose death toll numbers keep rising from 20s to 40s with more injuries registered. The Uganda Peoples Congress’UPC’ party has called on the government of Uganda through UPDF to engage omusinga of Rwenzururu Kingdom Charles Mumbere who was recently…
“Once a thief, always a thief,” goes an old African adage which demystifies how complicated it is to abandon a certain character or behaviour by an individual. This explains why Courts of Judicature most times downplay narratives by culprits arraigned before judges as “first time offenders” and therefore should be exonerated. They are either sentenced…
By Beinomugisha Godfrey Kampala: Reflecting on the current Business Financing in Uganda, its very difficult to get An investment long term loan in our local commercial Banks. Bank of Uganda needs to loosen up on “the intricacies of economic policy-making on banks lending out money to individual investors, who find it hard to get cheap…
Mr Adrian Wasswa Ddungu,LCV Chairman for Buvuma District Local Government has appealed to the Government of Uganda to prioritize the compensation of land owners in his area of jurisdiction whose land is being used for oil palm growing. Speaking at the belated Buvuma District Women’s Day celebrations on Friday held at Busamuzi Sub-county Headquarters as…
Allied Democratic Forces rebels have killed 41 students and left eight casualties in an attack that was carried on Lhubirira Secondary School, in Mpondwe-Kasese, located approximately 2kms from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border with Uganda, on Friday, June 16, 2023, leaving a dormitory in flames and looting food. According to the Headteacher of the…
Her lordship Mary Stella Arach-Amoko has died at Nakasero Hospital in Kampala,aged 68. According to statement released by deputy chief justice Butera revealed that judge Arach passed away at 4:00 a.m. on 17th June 2023. Arach-Amoko served in the Uganda Attorney General’s chambers from 1979 until 1997, rising from a state attorney to commissioner for…
Three Indians who are directors of Wellex Hardware Limited led by Jigar Chandarana were convicted by the Anti-Corruption Court in Kololo for generating and selling fictitious invoices. They were convicted on 5 counts of making false statements to a tax officer contrary to Section 58(1)(a) of the Tax Procedures Code Act, 2014. Each of the…
Detectives at Jinja Road Police have in detention a Kenyan woman who got a Ugandan National Identification Card from the National Identification and Registration Authority NIRA using false information. Wanyonyi Sylvia Nanjala, the suspect was arrested on Tuesday 30/05/2023 from the Directorate of Industrial Training and detained at Jinja Road Police as investigations commenced. She…
The National Drug Authority has raised a red flag over a sexual arousing herbal drug, Elo-Enjoy. The drug is manufactured by by Eloi-pharm (U) Ltd, also the manufacturers of Elcof, Elodiastop, and Elocid Triple Action. NDA, a gov’t agency that promotes and protects public health through effective regulation of human, animal medicines & healthcare products…
Deputy Kampala metropolitan ‘KMP’ police spokesperson ASP Luke Owoyesigyire has revealed that KMP South and Kajjansi Police Division are actively investigating a tragic incident of murder by shooting that occurred on the night of 30th May 2023. The incident took place at Kitiko…
