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Crime

POLICE REPORT Exposes How Over 270 Driving Permits Were Fraudulently Issued At UDLS

About 270 driving permits have been fraudulently issued by the Uganda Driver Licensing System, an entity mandated with the scrutiny and issuance of driving licences. Charles Twine, The Criminal Investigations Directorate spokesperson has said that several employees of the company are conniving

October 6, 2021

News

BIG STORY: Six OPM Officials Charged With Corruption

The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has charged six top officials working in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) over corruption in regard to the procurement of substandard relief items meant for Kasese flood victims. The items according to court include mosquito

October 6, 2021

Crime

Suspected Terrorist Shot Dead In Kyebando

Uganda Police Force has confirmed that a suspected terrorist was on Monday evening shot dead. In a brief statement by spokesperson CP Fred Enanga, police said the armed terror suspect was put out of action after turning violent during his arrest. “Our

October 5, 2021

Politics

High Court Dustbins Third Election Petition Against MP Nantaba

Mukono High Court presided over by Justice Olive Kazaarwe Mukwaya has dismissed a third petition challenging the election of Idah Erios Nantaba as Kayunga District Woman Member of Parliament. The judge delivered the verdict in her ruling on an application filed by

October 5, 2021

Tech

Breaking! WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Down for Millions of Users Across World, Fb Says ‘Working on It’

WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook services are down for the majority of users. Several users have taken to Twitter to report an outage on these platforms. At the time of writing this article, all three services were showing an error that is refreshing.

October 4, 2021

Travel·Trending·Uganda

Luuka District Secures Land for Government to set up Sugarcane Factory

Luuka District local Government has secured over 50 acres of land to construct a sugarcane factory, the Daily Express reports. The sugar factory is among the two factories which the government of Uganda promised to set up in Busoga sub-region and the

October 4, 2021

Crime

Karamoja Women Hailed For Spearheading Gun Recovery

The joint security task force enforcing the ongoing disarmament exercise in Karamoja has hailed women for playing a key role in the recovery of firearms. Capt. Edrin Mawanda, the UPDF 3rd Division Spokesperson, says that women have been great partners since the army

October 4, 2021

Crime

Embattled ‘Toxic’ Blogger Isma Olaxess Finally Arrested Over Offensive Communication

The Police Crime Investigations Department (CID) detectives have today morning arrested blogger Isma Olaxes aka Isma Kalevu and charged with offensive Communication and Criminal Libel. CID spokesperson, ASP Charles Twiine confirmed the arrest of the motormouthed blogger in a tweet through his

October 4, 2021

Education

International Schools Remain Closed – Janet Museveni

With Uganda remaining as an island of school closures in the region, members of the diplomatic community in Uganda have been softly pushing the government to give special consideration to the reopening of international schools. However, their calls have been politely but

October 4, 2021

Crime·Education·Trending

BIG STORY: How Top Gov’t Officials Spent Shs 9bn On Two Closed Institutions

A recent investigative story run by the Daily Monitor publication has revealed how unnamed government officials wired about Shs 9 billion to two agricultural training institutions despite all schools being closed during the Covid-19 induced lockdown. This money, according to reports was meant for

October 4, 2021

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