Tea farmers in Buhweju district are stuck with their produce due to shortage of factories. The farmers supply their produce to Igara-Buhweju tea factory, the only factory in the district. It was constructed in 2010 with the capacity of producing 100,000 kilograms, however, the farmers are supplying much more than what the factory can process.…
Police in Iganga has arrested six people for allegedly impersonating as officials from State House under their organisation, Tailoring Uganda. The operation which was led by the deputy resident district commissioner [DRDC] Iganga, Namagogwe Hajjira, saw the alleged members of Tailoring Uganda Organisation, arrested from Nampirika B village, Nakalama Sub-county in Iganga district. The suspects…
Police in Kiira region on Thursday arrested the Jinja regional referral hospital internal pharmacist, Ambrose Kamugisha, alongside six others for allegedly selling government labelled supplies. The suspects are being detained at Nalufenya police station awaiting prosecution. The suspects were arrested following a tipoff from a passenger, who alerted Uganda Revenue Authority-URA law enforcement personnel after…
The deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Charles Elem Ogwal, has revealed that their office is to use a new technique of anatomically detailed dolls to prosecute more than 700 cases of sexual and gender based violence effective October 25th, 2021. Anatomically detailed dolls are specifically made with descriptive sexual reproductive parts and they are used…
After critical investigations into allegations of civilian casualties in Golweyn on 10 August 2021, the Board of Inquiry (BOI) convened by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has established that, regrettably, the seven people killed were civilians and the conduct of the personnel involved was in breach of the AMISOM Rules of Engagement. According…
Sixty eight suspected criminals have been rounded up in a police swoop in Kampala central business district. The suspects were picked up from Kisenyi and Nakivubo channel in an operation on Wednesday morning involving Field Force Police-FFP officers from Old Kampala police and Central Police stations. Police swung into action following complaints from residents and business…
Hope Kivengere,former president Museveni’s spokesperson has passed on, the sad news has been confirmed by Senior Presidential Press Secretary, Ms Lindah Nabusayi Wamboka on Tuesday. Ms Kivengere was Mr Museveni’s longest serving Press Secretary (1986-2001). “Ms Hope Kivengere has passed on from Nakasero Hospital. She always checked in on the Press whenever she was back…
Mukono Municipality member of parliament Hon Betty Nambooze has claimed this morning an invension by a panga-wielding man who found her in bed and ordered her to say the last prayer before being chopping her head into pieces. In the video clip circulating by on social media timid Nambooze is covered by buckets of tears…
Joint Security Task Teams, actively involved in countering all acts of subversive behavior, conducted three separate operations in Njeru Municipality, in Buikwe district, as well as in Zombo and Kasese districts respectively, where a total of 13 suspected rebel collaborators were arrested. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga revealed that the operation carried out in Njeru Municipality,…
KAMPALA – A red flag has been raised on the ongoing construction of the Shs 770 billion 159-kilometre of Masindi – Kisanja -Tangi -Paraa -Buliisa road, being undertaken by Chinese firm China Communications Construction Company Ltd (CCCC), with serious issues emerging after the termination of the contract of the external consulting engineers. In the fall-out,…
