Uganda Police with sister security operatives have arrested and detained two men on suspicion of killing a herdsman and stealing 24 head of cattle. Police identified the suspects as Kamu Nanjo and Isaac Odema both detained at Kajjansi Police Station as investigations continue. According to preliminary reports, Kajjansi police first registered a case of cattle…
The Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah has advised government that unless Saccos shift from simply extending credit and savings to financing production, realizations of the desired wealth creation among rural and poor communities will be miraculous. Mr.Oulanyah said that Saccos have not been keen on assessing the potential of creditors to transform loans into income, thus…
Government intends to borrow over Shs2 trillion to finance a budget shortfall realized a few months into the 2019/2020 financial year. In a domestic loan request presented to Parliament, Government indicated its plans to borrow up to Euro 300 million from each of two local banks: Stanbic Bank (U) Limited and Trade Development Bank. The…
Uganda Police Force is mourning the passing of their own, ASP Daniel Mugisha 34 years who succumbed to diabetes on Sunday December 1, 2019. Daniel Mugisha who hails from Rukungiri District was born on 28th August 1985 to the late Rwakiseta Charles a man that served Uganda Police Force wholeheartedly and convinced his son to…
Uganda police force has revealed that its task team carrying out the electronic registration of firearms has so far covered 24 regions including the Kampala Metropolitan area (KMP) where they have registered over a total of 57,171 firearms. This was revealed by the police spokesperson SP Fred Enanga during a press briefing on December 2,…
Former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Party President and a three time presidential contender Dr. Kiiza Besigye’ now leading a pressure group ‘People’s Government’ had by December 1, 2019 gathered over 903,004 signatures supporting his petition to the International Crimes Court (ICC). According to Besigye, the petition intends to back up his evidence that President…
Uganda Police Force together with sister security operatives in Kabale have arrested and detained over 83 Rwandan and Congolese nationals over illegal entry into Uganda. The development was revealed by the Kabale District Police Commander Brian Ampeire who said that they were forced to stage a roadblock in Kabale town on Thursday to intercept the…
President Yoweri Museveni has assured the French business community of abundant investment opportunities in Uganda. “We have got several business opportunities. Uganda is endowed with phosphates and iron ore,” he said. The President was meeting a French Business delegation, led by the Chairman of the Confederation of French Companies, Mr. Momer Nguer, who called on…
The Minister of State for Finance, Hon. David Bahati, has assured legislators that Uganda will not lose its properties in Kenya following the enactment of a new law limiting foreign ownership of property in the country. Bahati said that Ugandan owned property in Kenya is managed by either Uganda Property Holdings Limited (UPHL), Uganda’s embassy…
The sour relationship between the governments of Rwanda and Uganda have worsened after President Paul Kagame reportedly issued a blockade on Ugandan media houses. We have learnt that the first media house to suffer the brunt of Kagame’s wrath us Nation Media Group’s Daily Monitor, which has since been banned from circulation in Rwanda. It…
