A war of words has erupted between Uganda People’s Defence Forces spokesperson Brigadier Felix Kulayigye and Uganda Police over a case involving suspected rapist in Wakiso District. In a statement this evening, the police says “Our attention has been drawn to a video clip from NTV circulating on social media emanating from a program that…
Three people were injured in a road accident on Friday morning when a driver of the Global bus failed to control it and rolled several times at Kayabwe along Masaka-Kampala highway. The Mbarara-bound bus Reg. No. UAX 283A was enroute to Mbarara from Kampala. The police’s traffic and road safety PRO ASP Faridah Nampiima said…
Parliament in its report from the Committee on Commissions Statutory Authority and State Enterprises (COSASE) has directed that leases on Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) land be cancelled. Presenting the report of the committee during the plenary on Wednesday, 13 April 2022, the Chairperson, Hon. Joel Ssenyonyi said that over time, different district land boards in…
Arua police are holding Sharon Amaniyo, a resident of Koo cell in Yivu ward, Ayivu division for allegedly strangling her two-month-old infant to death. One of the residents identified as Tabu Albino found the minor’s lifeless body lying in the suspect’s doorway around 6am on Monday. She was intercepted by residents at around 9am, who…
Jailed lawyer Male Mabirizi has today failed to continue with the offensive communication case against him before Buganda Road Magistrates Court citing hunger and persecution in prison. This case was instituted against him by lawyer Robert Rutaro Muhairwe as a private prosecutor. The case was instituted a few days after the High Court Civil Division…
SP Martial Tumusiime, the Greater Bushenyi Police spokesperson is being hunted on allegations of impregnating a suspect and neglecting a child. Jane Asiimwe Muhindo, the Bushenyi District Resident Commissioner says that SP Tumusiime impregnated Phoebe Katusiime, 31, a resident of Katanda Village, Katanda Sub County in Rubirizi District. Preliminary investigations indicate that Katusiime met Tumusiime…
The East African Community (EAC)National Early Warning center in Uganda has been established at the Internal Security Organization (ISO) in Kampala. The Permanent Secretary Ministry of East Africa Community Affairs Ms. Edith Mwanje in her speech read by Assistant Commissioner Economic Affairs Annet Kenganzi at the launch today said the establishment and operationalization of the…
President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that former Speaker of Parliament Rt Hon. Jacob Oulanyah was a uniting man for whole of Northern Uganda. Museveni said despite dying young, Oulanyah made his mark in nation building. “He was young, but he had already made impact; we in NRM first dealt with him when he was in…
There is a new form of fraud in Kampala which is being perpetrated by revellers at bars that accept payments for services using Airtel money. Our investigators reveal that these fraudulent revellers enjoy services at bars, then pay for the same using Airtel money but later reverse the transactions after leaving the bar, thereby causing…
Flying squad unit of police has arrested one Bwambale Sunday Swaib herbalist in connection to the murder of the NRM district registrar for Bundibugyo district. The deceased Aguma Robert Kifunga was lured into gold deal by his friend Bwambale Sunday who later strangled him to death and after dumped the body at Bimala cell in…
