President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has revealed that the person who died in the Ishaka – bound bus yesterday, was a terrorist (mutujju) by the names of Muzafala, but also calling himself Isaac Matovu. He was part of the Pader group that had been sent by ADF to blow up the mourners during the funeral of…
A panel of three Court of Appeal Justices has reduced the 40-year jail term handed to city businessman Muhammad Ssebuwufu, and accordingly substituted it with an 18 year sentence for having murdered businesswoman Betty Donah Katusabe. In the same way, the panel comprising of Justice Fredrick Egonda-Ntende, Catherine Bamugemereire and Christopher Izama Madrama, has quashed…
Following the Central Bank head of legal Margaret Kaggwa Kasule’s constant and deliberate refusal to sign and to be served, court documents in connection with illegal liquidation of the assets of Crane Bank while in receivership by Bank of Uganda, lawyers representing city businessman Sudhir Ruparelia have filed an application in the High Court against…
Another suspected bomb attack has hit the country after a Swift Safaris Bus bus Reg No UAU 989T en route to Bushenyi is said to have been hit by an explosive at Lungala, Mpigi along Masaka Road. According to imminent eyewitnesses, at least one passenger has died and several others escaped with injuries though other…
A secret plot by the National Unity Platform leadership ‘NUP’ and activists to frustrate the current bail amendment proposal by government has leaked. A security source has revealed how NUP is now clandestinely planning to harass and attack Members of Parliament in a bid to threaten not to back the proposal. “We have established how…
One person has died in a fire that destroyed timber stores near Mbarara Bus Park in Mbarara City. Thedeceased was identified as Ssenkuba Kaboyi alias Sonko, a worker in one of the stores. There were 15 people and 14 survived. The fire that started at around 2am on Monday, destroyed vehicles and several other kiosks…
Following the explosion that occurred at Kwata Zone, Komamboga Ward, Kawempe Division, in the Kampala District, our joint task teams of experts from Counter Terrorism, Intelligence and Investigations have confirmed the incident as an intentional act of domestic terror. The facts gathered clearly indicate that 3 men, disguised as customers arrived at the eating point,…
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack that killed at least one person in Uganda’s capital Kampala on Saturday night, the militant group said in a statement on Sunday. The group said that some of its members detonated an explosive device in a bar where “members and spies of the Crusader Ugandan government…
President Yoweri Museveni said Sunday that an explosion in the capital Kampala that killed one person and injured five was “a terrorist act” and vowed to hunt down those responsible. Police said a “serious blast” occurred at around 9 pm (1800 GMT) on Saturday at a grilled pork joint in Komamboga, a northern Kampala suburb…
Ugandans are among the suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels that were captured in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. According to Captain Antony Mwalushayi, the spokesperson of the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) for military operations, the suspected rebels were captured on Friday and Saturday by FARDC soldiers during…
