By Ben Ssebuguzi Kampala: President Yoweri Museveni has ability to be succinct and create a story with rich African history to create audience awareness. Sometimes he punctuates his messages with idioms punctuated with humour hence making him one of the most effective public speakers. Although he makes sure that his message is delivered to the…
A multipronged international effort has begun to pull out all the stops to launch trials of experimental Ebola vaccines in Uganda, which declared an outbreak of the deadly disease on 20 September. According to the most recent World Health Organization (WHO) update, Uganda had by Sept.29 had 35 confirmed cumulative cases, and 7 cumulative Ebola…
For six months, crime intelligence and flying squad have been hunting for Daren Kabuye, a man suspected to be the ringleader of the Kigaali gang that clobbered Kyebando’s Internal Security Officer (GISO) Ben Kasule as he responded to a robbery alarm. The GISO was attacked on March 20, 2022 at Akamwesi mall at around 10pm…
Tanzania has urged its citizens, especially at its borders, to be vigilant following the Ebola outbreak in Uganda. So far, no Ebola case has been reported in Tanzania. It has also called for screening at its borders and public education on Ebola symptoms. In a statement, Health Deputy Minister Godwin Mollel said, “I call upon…
The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has ruled that the former Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Airlines Cornwell Muleya who is accused of disobedience of orders requiring him to record a statement has a case to answer. On Friday, the court presided over by Grade One Magistrate Asuman Muhumuza ordered Muleya to prepare his defense over…
Unidentified assailants have killed Bernard Nalulu, a guard from SEK security services limited in Kireka, Kira municipality in Wakiso district. Residents found Nalulu’s body outside the perimeter wall of Hajji Medie Ssebunya, a resident of Kamuli-C zone in Kireka town on Thursday morning. Some of the residents ably identified the deceased, saying that he was…
The Special Forces Command (SFC) has spoken out on an accident that left three people injured along the Northern bypass in Kampala on Monday, September 12. In a video shared online after the accident, a woman was recorded claiming that it was the vehicle with President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s mobile toilet that hit the…
Police has confirmed the arrest of socialite Charles Olim famously called Sipapa for aggravated robbery. For the last five days, crime intelligence and criminal investigations directorate have been hunting for Sipapa after items stolen from Arok’s home in Kawuku, Bunga, in Makindye Division in Kampala were recovered from his residence at Kityo Close, Buwate village,…
The Magistrate’s court in Masaka has ruled that Laetitia Nakimbugwe, a mistress involved in a property dispute with former vice president Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi does not have rights over his fortune. Nakimbugwe was dragged to court by Victoria Nawangi, an appointed administrator of Ssekandi’s properties. Nawangi challenged Nakimbugwe’s occupancy of a commercial building on plot…
The latest landing on our desk indicates that Police in Kampala have arrested Former presidential candidate Katumba John for holding an illegal assembly in downtown Kampala City. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango, Katumba was found at Ben Kiwanuka William street junction holding a megaphone speaker calling on people to fight for an…
